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Shipping Ikea

Giant retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot have been chartering their own containerships for a little while now. The Swedish furniture giant Ikea has followed their footsteps in taking some of their ocean supply chain needs into their own hands.

Container shipping has been affected by many delays and disruptions since the beginning of the pandemic, elevating the freight rates.

“Congestion in ports combined with historically high demand has created an imbalance in the entire world market...

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Rising Star of the week: Polaris Media

A new concept is coming to life at EUROPORT 2021, the Rising Stars Pavilion powered by MARPRO. An area fully dedicated for promising maritime start-ups and next-gen innovators, where they can demonstrate how they contribute to a smarter, cleaner or/safer maritime future.

EUROPORT’s and MARPRO’s intention is to provide small start-ups a fair chance of showing their products and services to a large audience like EUROPORT is, for a budget friendly participation fee.

Company profile: Polaris media

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Social interaction matters

Many vessels are built to achieve economies of scale, so although they are often built larger, accommodation quarters and spaces for crew to relax and socialise are not necessarily a priority. One crew members interviewed in our Phase One survey commented:

‘They’ve forgotten about the crew [is] basically what’s come out of the design. All the Gucci stuff for the operational side but actually when you look at living, we haven’t got the space on there’

A balance needs to be achieved between making...

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7 main technological trends in shipbuilding

Any industry in the world cannot develop steadily without the use of modern technologies. Shipbuilding is also actively applying modern technologies, and is now developing at an increased speed. While the automotive and aviation industries have long gone ahead in automation, shipbuilding is in its infancy in comparison. But the variety of modern technologies will soon allow it to catch up with the two previously designated industries and even get ahead of them in the field of IT application.

Som...

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A champion for seafarers

By Carly Fields

Throughout the pandemic, Bjørn Højgaard has championed tirelessly for seafarers’ rights. He has staunchly promoted key worker status for seafarers and continued to challenge crew change issues, even when others could see no solution to the humanitarian crisis caused by closed national borders.

As CEO of the crewing and ship management specialist Anglo-Eastern Univan Group and chair of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, Bjørn sat on the frontline of what became a very real...

https://maritime-professionals.com/a-champion-for-seafarers/

10 reasons sustainability is pandemic-proof

The economic damage and costly business disruption brought on by the global spread of the COVID-19 virus have failed to slow the gathering momentum behind environmental sustainability and the array of efforts to battle climate change.

After decades of doubt on the part of business leaders, sustainability is delivering ROI. Businesses, investors, consumers, governments and others see it as a source of post-pandemic resiliency, efficiency and competitive advantage. Why is it proving durable now?

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https://maritime-professionals.com/10-reasons-sustainability-is-pandemic-proof/

Why recycling our wastewater makes sense?

By Nico Saporiti & Elleanor Robins 

A public-private partnership (PPP) between the city and a private environmental services company made this achievement possible. And it is a good example of how wastewater reuse is helping some cities address critical water shortages.

Wastewater reuse — recycling and reusing water from our sewerage systems — may prompt what is quite simply known as the “yuck” factor. People are naturally squeamish about the idea of reusing water that comes from our toilets,...

https://maritime-professionals.com/why-recycling-our-wastewater-makes-sense/

How do crew changes work?

The UK Club has been working with over 200 members of our correspondents network to produce a comprehensive document that outlines challenges and changes for crew changes in ports.

The document is structured to answer 4 simple questions:
  1. Are routine crew changes permitted in your port?
  2. If they are allowed, are there any restrictions in do so? (e.g. Mandatory COVID-19 tests, quarantine requirements etc.).
  3. Are crewmembers that are either sick or injured permitted to be disembarked in your port?

https://maritime-professionals.com/how-do-crew-changes-work/

Low vaccination rate among seafarers

“Seafarers must be recognized as key workers and given priority access to Covid-19 vaccines.”

Covid-19 vaccinations of seafarers are critical in solving the crew change crisis. Hence, as of August 2021, the Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator has been expanded to include the aggregate percentage of seafarers who have been vaccinated. Data from August shows that only 15.3% of seafarers have been vaccinated. In comparison, the share of the population fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in...

https://maritime-professionals.com/low-vaccination-rate-among-seafarers/

Digital learning for the maritime industry

Digital learning specialist Mintra has signed an exclusivity agreement to become the international market provider of the world’s first fully online STCW-compliant training courses. The ground-breaking eLearning created by US-based Northeast Maritime Institute – College of Maritime Science is now being sold through Mintra’s digital trading space, Marketplace.

The suite of nine fully online courses provide comprehensive simulation, assessment tools and examination monitoring software, which...

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