Guest: Dr. Jason Zuidema, Executive Director, North American Maritime Ministry Association

What is a fair future for seafarers?

We continue the discussion about; what is a fair future for seafarers? Dr Jason Zuidema, Executive Director, North American Maritime Ministry Association, NAMMA, shares his view on what we need to do to make seafarers keyworkers. He says it’s about respect and using the instruments already in place. Abandonment in 2021 is a disgrace. Also, seafarers must be able to trust that they get paid.

Jason thinks seafaring it’s an honourable profession. Seafarers are...

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Accurate Safety Inspection Of Ships With Drone Technology

The drones to be used for safety inspections of ships in the future passed the first ‘go-no-go test’ with flying colours. The next step will involve further development for deployment in practice, reports Mirage.

More accurate inspection 

Surveys for classification of vessels are currently carried out by human specialists who move through the ships’ many different tanks to check whether the metal hull has started to corrode– and, if so, how serious the damage is.

In cooperation with Force...

https://mfame.guru/accurate-safety-inspection-of-ships-with-drone-technology/

138 Lena Gothberg, Host and Producer of the Shipping Podcast

We are in a pandemic and need to be persistent and patient, but we also have to start adjusting to the new reality that will emerge when the time of isolation is over, and that is what I wanted to talk to you about today.

I have been through changes earlier in my life, it’s tough and challenging but can be very rewarding once you get through it.

The corona pandemic has meant that the Shipping Podcast also has gone through some changes (just like the rest of the world); new equipment, new ways of...

https://shippingpodcast.com/138-lena-gothberg-host-and-producer-of-the-shipping-podcast/

France increases 2028 offshore wind tendering target

Namely, the latest version of the Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)) indicates that France has increased its offshore wind tendering target from 6GW to up to 8.75GW by 2028.

The revised PPE increases the intended operating offshore wind capacity from between 4.7GW and 5.2GW by 2028, to between 5.2GW and 6.2GW by 2028.

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It is said that the 2023 capacity target stayed at 2.4GW, covering the six already approved projects.

https://safety4sea.com/france-increases-2028-offshore-wind-tendering-target/

Watch: NASA Jupiter Robot aces tests in Antarctica

An intrepid NASA robot with the aim to search for signs of alien life in the solar system has excelled in its first road-test in Antarctica. In fact, it is said that a team of researchers and engineers spent three weeks at Australia’s Casey research station, testing the robot under the Antarctic sea-ice.

Namely, the robot has two independent wheels to maneuver along the under-side of the ice and suite of science instruments to take samples of the ice-water interface.

NASA Lead Engineer, Dr Andy...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-nasa-jupiter-robot-aces-tests-in-antarctica/