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Updates from the Port Authority of Valencia Board Meeting

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) Board of Directors has approved an agreement with CNH2 (C.N.E. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells) to advance hydrogen research, technological development, and its implementation in the Valencian docks. This agreement continues the authorization for the use of a 446m² area in the north dock ‘Xità’ for operating a pilot hydrogen refueling station, currently serving vehicles from Mediterranean Shipping Company Terminal Valencia, S.A. (MSC) and Valencia Terminal Europa,...

https://mfame.guru/updates-from-the-port-authority-of-valencia-board-meeting/

Shipbuilders’ annual meeting opens in Washington, D.C. May 15

Shipbuilders from around the U.S. will meet in Washington, D.C. this week. Ken Hocke photo

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national trade association representing the U.S. shipyard industry, said that more than 70 shipbuilding and repair organizations will be represented at their 2019 annual meeting beginning on Wednesday, May 15. Ahead of the meeting, SCA launched a new web site dedicated to sharing important policy and industry information about U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry and the supplier industrial base, as well as highlight the work and dedication of the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/shipbuilders-annual-meeting-opens-in-washington-d-c-may-15/

Public meeting set about POLB’s project

POLB invites the public to a meeting for the deepening project of the harbor. The public will have the chance to submit its their comments and suggestions about the big plan of POLB and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

POLB’s press release:

The public is invited to a meeting Wednesday evening for the “Port of Long Beach Deep Draft Navigation Feasibility Study and Channel Deepening Project,” a joint effort between the Port of Long Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate potential...

http://container-news.com/public-meeting-set-polb-project/

P&R creditors’ first meeting after company’s scandal

The first creditors’ meeting concerning the insolvency of the German shipping container lessor P&R took place in Munich on Wednesday (Oct. 17).

P&R had gone bankrupt in March, whereupon one of the biggest economic scandals in German post-war history became public.

According to the responsible insolvency trustee, Michael Jaffe, P&R had allegedly sold about 1.6 million shipping containers of which only 618,000 have been located so far. P&R is accused of having sold approximately one million...

http://container-news.com/pr-creditors-meeting-scandal/

The round-table: Making ship-board meetings matter

Round table meetings and plan sharing are very important for ship safety so each person knows what the others are doing and they avoid incompatible tasks, argued Captain VS Parani, noting that meetings should not be cancelled even amid time pressure. On this respect, he shared eight ideas to make meetings more efficient, onboard and ashore.

On a fine day in early 2005, the Master of the ro-pax ship Arahura planned to carry out an emergency steering drill as was required by regulation. Usually...

https://safety4sea.com/the-round-table-making-ship-board-meetings-matter/