Seafarers are dying needlessly in lifeboat accidents when maritime legislation doesn’t actually require vessels to be manned during drills.
InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers, is raising awareness of this fact by highlighting a legislative change which means that it is not necessary for crew to be onboard when lifeboats are tested.
SOLAS regulation III/19.3.3.3 requires each lifeboat to be launched at...
Offshore wind is a forerunner in building up a zero-carbon supply chain without being pushed by IMO.
What are the reasons and how do the maritime players in that field manage to move so quickly in their efforts to decarbonize? I have been invited onto DNV’s Maritime Impact podcast to discuss the potential of the sector with host Eirik Nyhus, Director Environment at DNV. What are the preferred alternative fuel options, how can surplus wind power be utilized, and what business opportunities does...
The horrific war in Ukraine is causing tremendous pain to those who remain there and to those who are fleeing—a situation that leaders should continue to support however they can. But recent reports, along with our own analysis, have shown that the war could also trigger a major crisis in our global food system.
As recently as February, the global food market seemed resilient, with producers responding appropriately to price signals in the marketplace. But the war has shaken up that...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/19/bcg-weekly-brief-on-the-brink-of-a-global-food-crisis/
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Attempted murder in Moneghetti
UPDATED, Monday, April 18 19:30: A 24 year-old Monegasque woman was stabbed repeatedly during an incident at Les Mandariniers apartment building on blvd. du Jardin Exotique on Sunday morning…
Palace issues photographs of Princess Charlene and family
Princess Charlene joined Prince Albert, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella for an Easter family portrait at the Palace on Sunday, April 17…
Casino de Monte-Carlo wins top awards
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/19/attempted-murder-in-moneghetti-updated/
SALVAGE AND WRECK REMOVAL– LIVE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 12 and 13 May 2022, a course on the latest updates on the salvage and wreck removal market and correct use of salvage and wreck contracts.
Emergency procedures are of an unpredictable nature. The new environmental requirements and the direct involvement of the state authorities in an incident, requires companies to be well prepared to respond in such events.
During the course the...
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Monaco removes some pandemic rules
The Government announced on Friday, April 15, that a number of coronavirus regulations will be lifted as the health situation has been improving in recent weeks…
Monaco’s pandemic figures continue fluctuation
Forty-one positive coronavirus tests were recorded among residents in Monaco on Friday, April 15, while 56 residents were declared fully-recovered…
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/16/monaco-removes-some-pandemic-rules/
Gloomy outlook for the IMF Spring meetings
By Mark Sobel
The International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring meetings, beginning in Washington on 18 April, will be a gloomy affair. Finance ministers and central bank governors meet against the backdrop of Russia’s heinous war in Ukraine, the global economic effects of shrunken growth, higher inflation from oil and commodity prices and renewed supply disruptions, and worsening debt distress in many emerging markets and low-income countries.
Friday, April 15, 2022
Axe falls on Riviera oligarch properties
France’s finance ministry has announced sweeping new freezes of the properties of many oligarchs whose assets had previously been spared from sanctions…
‘Enemy of the State’ Anna Netrebko to sing in Monte-Carlo
One of the world’s leading sopranos, Anna Netrebko, has been invited to sing the title role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/15/axe-falls-on-riviera-oligarch-properties/
The Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association has opened a temporary shelter where Ukrainian seafarers can reunite with their families who are fleeing the war-torn country after it has been invaded by Russia.
Located in Hoboken, south of the city of Antwerp, the empty office building was offered for use thanks to the generosity of its owner. Through the help of Antwerp’s alderwomen Els Van Doesburg, lawyer Philippe Billiet, and numerous other volunteers, the RBSA was able to refit the property in...
The event was held at the Danish Shipowners’ Association head office in Copenhagen on 12th April to honour Congressman Hoyer’s contribution to the Club’s 102 year history of fostering collaboration and good relations between Denmark and the United States.
Congressman Hoyer was part of a bi-partisan delegation of eight US House members and one US Senator who also visited Germany and Poland to...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/14/vikand-sponsors-high-profile-us-congressional-luncheon/