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2020 Yacht Crew Salary Report Offers Fascinating Crew Salary Insights

MHG Insurance Brokers

YPI CREW, the leading authority in yacht crew recruitment, has now published its 2020 Crew Salary Report. The report comprehensively outlines the average salary range for each crew position, including captains, engineers, pursers, stews, chefs, and deckhands on both motor yachts and sailing yachts of varying size, as well as both temporary and permanent roles, providing a handy point of reference for both employers and crew.

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The results are collated from YPI CREW’s free...

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Successful Trials Pave Way For Low-Cost & Simple To Deploy Systems For Remote Access

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Danish ship technology specialist Danelec Marine and TeamViewer, a leading global provider of secure remote connectivity solutions, have completed trials of an innovative, low-cost and simple-to-deploy system for ship data transfer and remote access.

As an alternative to Virtual Private Networks (VPN) for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, the Danelec and TeamViewer solution promises to lower costs and boost access flexibility while relieving the technical workload on IT teams and enabling...

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Photos: Jumbo Tours India, 5 Ports In 29 Days

Jumbo Fairpartner Tours India In 29 Days

Jumbo of our 9 heavy lift vessels, Fairpartner, was recently tasked to sail from the west to the east coast of India travelling almost 2600 nautical miles with three separate cargoes onboard, calling at five ports, all in 29 days. This is the longest time a Jumbo vessel has stayed in Indian waters and performed a complete coastal voyage.

Image Credits: Jumbo

For this extensive trip, we combined three cargo loads of refinery, port and LNG equipment from three clients, Allcargo Logistics Ltd, Total...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Extends Suspension Of Voyages

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (“Norwegian” or “the Company”), a leading global cruise company that operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, announces an extension of its previously announced suspension of global cruise voyages as the Company continues to work through its return to service plan to meet the requirements of the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”).

Represen...

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Total Reinforces Commitment To Develop Singapore Into A Major LNG Maritime Hub For Asia

Total Reinforces Commitment To Develop Singapore Into A Major LNG Maritime Hub For Asia

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded a third Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker supplier license to Total’s subsidiary in charge of worldwide bunkering activities, Total Marine Fuels Private Limited, for a five-year term starting January 1st, 2022.

This achievement follows a 10-year agreement signed by Total back in 2019, to develop an LNG bunker supply chain in the port of Singapore. It reaffirms the Company’s commitment to contribute to the country’s ambition in...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/total-reinforces-commitment-to-develop-singapore-into-a-major-lng-maritime-hub-for-asia/

Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Wins Order For 8 Ships Worth KRW 835 Billion

Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Wins Order For 8 Ships Worth KRW 835 Billion

Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, an intermediate holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s shipbuilding, has won an order for eight ships worth a total of 835 billion won.

Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding recently joined shipping companies in Liberia, Oceania, and Europe, along with four 15,900 TEU-class ultra-large container ships, two 91,000 cubic meters (m³) super-large LPG carriers, and 40,000 cubic meters (m³) medium-sized LPG. It was announced on the 9th (Tuesday) that it...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/korea-offshore-shipbuilding-wins-order-for-8-ships-worth-krw-835-billion/

Adani Ports Bolsters Global Footprint With Colombo Port’s West Container Terminal

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Ltd. (APSEZ) India’s largest private Ports & Logistics company and a key subsidiary of the diversified Adani Group, received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from the Ministry of Ports and Shipping of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, acting on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, pursuant to approval from the Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers for the development and operations of West Container Terminal (WCT) in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

APSEZ will partner...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/adani-ports-bolsters-global-footprint-with-colombo-ports-west-container-terminal/

Capsized Golden Ray Salvage Operation Going Slow, To Be Continued Till June

A view of the hull-side of Section Two of the Golden Ray wreck from the VB-10000 during cutting operations

The salvage plan of the capsized ship Golden Ray is taking more time than usual. The huge car carrier sank with 4200 cars on its deck 2 years ago and the crew started the salvage operation in November. They thought it would be over by the New year but it is taking quite a long to demolish it.

The crew has employed a massive crane to take the Golden Ray out of the water. The 200 feet tall crane with VB10,000 is still at it after 4 months. The 70 storey ship has been cut off at both ends so that...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/capsized-golden-ray-salvage-operation-going-slow-to-be-continued-till-june/

Iranian Investigators Blame Israel For Blast On Containership

Istanbul MV Iran Shahr-E-Kord

The tension between Israel and Iran heightened again this week after an Iranian containership was attacked in the Mediterranean. Now Iranian investigators have stated that Israel might be behind the attack.

Ship Intentionally Targeted

An explosion hit the Shahr e Kord ship on Friday causing a fire on board the ship. No one is hurt by the explosion caused by a small explosive object. Maritime Security agencies are implicating that the ship was intentionally targeted.

“Considering the geographical...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/iranian-investigators-blame-israel-for-blast-on-containership/

Denmark Joins List Of Govts In $5 Billion ‘Moon-Shot’ Proposal For Decarbonising Of Shipping

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Copenhagen and London: Denmark has joined a growing list of major shipping nations backing a ‘moon-shot’ programme aimed at driving the complete decarbonisation of maritime transport.

Submitted to the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on the 10th March 2021, the proposed creation of a $5 billion USD International Maritime Research and Development Board (IMRB) was co-sponsored by major shipping nations Georgia, Greece, Japan, Liberia, Malta, Nigeria, Palau, Singapore, and...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/denmark-joins-list-of-govts-in-5-billion-moon-shot-proposal-for-decarbonising-of-shipping/

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