Ferries to be used as temporary shelters as part of Turkish earthquake response effort

The metropolitan municipal council of Istanbul, Turkey, has begun operating passenger ferries as temporary shelters to aid in the ongoing response effort following a dead ..

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Shipping Magnet Arrested, Seafarers On Hunger Strike

  • Turkish police arrested shipping magnate Mübariz Mansimov Gurbanoğlu at his Istanbul home one Sunday last March.
  • His legal woes set off a chain of events that have decimated Palmali Shipping, his once-flourishing maritime empire.
  • Now a dozen of its ships sit abandoned in ports around the Mediterranean with nearly 150 mariners stuck on board, many without adequate food and water.

A recent news article published in the Bloomberg Quint reveals that a tycoon’s downfall pushes trapped seafarers to...

https://mfame.guru/shipping-magnet-arrested-seafarers-on-hunger-strike/

IBIA Annual Convention 2019

Convention Gala Dinner

IBIA Annual Convention 2019 

With the global 0.50% sulphur cap just weeks away, the IBIA Annual Convention 2019 took place at the historical Çırağan Palace Kempinski in Istanbul. We gathered in this unique and historically significant city that straddles two continents across an important waterway at a time when our industry is undergoing significant historical changes for the benefit of human health and the environment. The transition to the global low-sulphur regime is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/07/ibia-annual-convention-2019/