Hundreds of thousands of seafarers will require some type of new training by 2050 […]
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Maritime sector’s green fuel initiative launched in the USA
Representatives of the maritime sector have officially launched an initiative to catalyze the supply of green fuels to support the global energy transition.
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Indian Ocean’s piracy “high risk area” designation to be withdrawn
After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations, the shipping industry has removed the Indian Ocean High Risk Area (HRA), the Internationa ..
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Nigerian government, shipping industry stakeholders launch anti-piracy strategy for Gulf of Guinea
The government of Nigeria and a coalition of global shipping stakeholders have launched a new strategy to end incidences of piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping in the G ..
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Maersk Quits The International Chamber of Shipping
by Nikolaj Skydsgaard (Reuters) A.P. Moller-Maersk has withdrawn its board member from industry organisation International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), partly over the trade association’s stance on climate change, according to…
https://gcaptain.com/maersk-quits-ics-international-chamber-of-shipping/
Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for May/June 2022
WORK BOAT WORLD: Oceanographic and hydrographic sensors manufacturer Mind Technology has announced that Alan P. Baden and Nancy Harned have been appointed to its Board of ..
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Grimaldi succeeds Poulsson as ICS chairman
The board of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), representing 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, yesterday appointed Emanuele Grimaldi, president and managing director of Grimaldi Euromed SpA, as its chairman.
Grimaldi, a former president of both Confitarma and European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA), was formally voted in as chair by the ICS board of directors, following the announcement of his nomination last year. Alongside ICS Secretary General, Guy Platten, his mandate...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/grimaldi-succeeds-poulsson-as-ics-chairman/
COLUMN | Did politics kill the shipping industry’s R&D fund? [Grey Power]
What was there not to like about the shipping industry’s carefully thought-out scheme for an international fund that could be used to accelerate the route to a carbon-z ..
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Seafarers’ Unions Agree On New Three-Year Global Minimum Wage ‘Safety Net’ Deal
Maritime transport is the only sector with a formally recognised global minimum wage, which has existed for seafarers since 1958. The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) once again convened the latest bipartite round of negotiations between shipowners and seafarers’ unions from across the world, coordinated by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), respectively.
The agreement applies universally to the rating grade of Able...
Shipping’s future-fuel demand equal to entire current global renewables production, data shows
A new report commissioned by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) indicates that the global shipping industry will require the equivalent of the world’s entire current renewable energy demand…