Port’s Last Sailing Cargo Ship To Be Dismantled

Credit: Tom Fisk/Pexels

The last sailing cargo ship to use the port of Liverpool for trading is set to be dismantled. The De Wadden, a three-masted auxiliary schooner built in 1917, has been dry docked in the city since 1987.

Restoring Attempt Failed

An attempt to rehome the vessel was unsuccessful. Director of National Museums Liverpool, Laura Pye, said decisions like this could not be “taken quickly” and it had been important to have a “particularly rigorous period of consultation, evaluation...

https://mfame.guru/ports-last-sailing-cargo-ship-to-be-dismantled/

Transport strikes put supply chains under duress again

Container cranes with trucks underneath at a port.

It’s not just a potential U.S. rail strike putting supply chains at risk. Air traffic controllers in France are taking Friday off, and dockworkers at two major U.K. ports have scheduled work stoppages.

The pandemic, a giant cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal, floods and droughts, and worker shortages have created two years of havoc for businesses and consumers that depend on freight shipments. Now potential disruptions are coming from within. Workforces, emboldened by a tight labor supply amid...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transport-strikes-put-supply-chains-under-duress-again

Peel Ports partners with Innovate Her to encourage inclusion and promote STEM subjects to Liverpool students

Peel Ports Group has partnered with social enterprise Innovate Her to encourage diversity and inclusion across the organisation and promote STEM subjects to hundreds of female students
across Liverpool.

The national port operator has pledged its support to the organisation after recognising that the maritime sector must become more inclusive and support greater gender diversity.

The latest collaboration is among several initiatives from Peel Ports to encourage more women into the business.

Innovate...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/13/peel-ports-partners-with-innovate-her-to-encourage-inclusion-and-promote-stem-subjects-to-liverpool-students/

Thank you for the Music: Maritime Networking Returns!

Thank you for the Music: Maritime Networking Returns!

Sue Henney, KVH, Steven Jones, Anneley Pickles KVH, and Adam Whittle, Brookes Bell and President of Liverpool and North West Propeller Club.

by Steven Jones, MA, MSc, BSc (Hons), FRSA, MNI

It may seem a little frivolous, perhaps even trivial to write an article about a “gala dinner”. Bear with us though, given all we have been through these past two years, how could we not try to find words to capture just how good it feels to get back to some...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/01/thank-you-for-the-music-maritime-networking-returns/

Four new cases on Friday…

Four new cases on Friday…

Good Morning Monaco – Saturday, October 9, 2021

WELCOME to our new Saturday edition of Good Morning Monaco

Four new cases on Friday
Four Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, October 8…

The first and only female hotel manager in Monaco
Her hard work and career path have steadily led her to the pinnacles of hospitality management, but she was clear from a young age that she wanted…

My Monaco Questionnaire with Siri Khalsa 
Each week we get to know...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/09/four-new-cases-on-friday/

Liverpool City Region set to become a global driving force in drone technology

Liverpool City Region set to become a global driving force in drone technology

Liverpool’s waterfront; picture credits Al Disley – AK

Drone Major Group unveils world’s first sustainable pathway for the deployment of commercial autonomous systems 

[London: 24 March 2021] Today, Drone Major Group* has announced the launch of the first ever drone technology ‘Test and Development Area’ project, to be created in the Liverpool City Region. The project is to be delivered in partnership with Liverpool...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/24/liverpool-city-region-set-to-become-a-global-driving-force-in-drone-technology/

LSC Urges Vital Funding Following Seafarer Suicidal Increase

  • Stress on the betterment of seafarers conditions following increased suicidal rates
  • Charity reiterates calls to pursue legislation to use govt cash to fund
  • Better working conditions to improve the mental health of workers
  • Plans on making levy mandatory

According to a Champion News article, Liverpool Seafarers Centre, says reports of increased suicides among seafarers show it is more vital than ever to invest in shoreside support.

Fund seafarers centres 

The charity, Liverpool Seafarers Centre...

https://mfame.guru/lsc-urges-vital-funding-following-seafarer-suicidal-increase/

Now 2M cuts delay-hit port of Liverpool from calls on transatlantic loop

The UK port of Liverpool will see calls by the 2M transatlantic loop it won from Felixstowe at the end of last year suspended until mid-May, as Maersk and MSC grapple to improve schedule reliability.
The 2M alliance said that, as a result of bad weather in the North Atlantic compounded by port congestion, it will temporarily suspend the Liverpool and New York calls of its TA2/NEUATL2 transatlantic loop for six …

The post Now 2M cuts delay-hit port of Liverpool from calls on transatlantic loop...

https://theloadstar.com/now-2m-cuts-delay-hit-port-of-liverpool-from-calls-on-transatlantic-loop/

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