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Read   MANDATORY ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE ON HORIZON FOLLOWING REVISED FAL CONVENTION APPROVAL The Facilitation Committee (FAL), meeting for its 39th session, approved a revised annex to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965, as amended, following a comprehensive five-year review aimed at modernizing the Convention. To be circulated with a view to adoption at the Committee’s next session (FAL 40, scheduled for March/April 2016), the revised annex would introduce the mandatory electronic exchange of information on cargo, crew and passengers. ... Read   MIGRANT DEATHS WORRY SHIPPING The increasing number of migrants dying while illegally crossing the Mediterranean sea is set to go from bad to worse. ... Read   TIME FOR A GOOD SWEATING IN THE OIL MARKET U.S. demand for petroleum products has experienced an unprecedented and broad-based decline over the last eight years as soaring oil prices have forced consumers to become more efficient and seek cheaper alternatives. ... Read   FLEET MANAGEMENT CHOOSES CYPRUS FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY The Hong Kong-based Caravel Group’s subsidiary Fleet Management Ltd. chose Cyprus to celebrate the ship-management company’s 20th anniversary, an event that saw 280 international executives mingle with leading members of the Cyprus maritime community. ... Read   INDIA: PORTS GEAR UP TO HANDLE SURGE IN COAL IMPORTS India’s major ports are taking to dredging and procuring more cranes to deal with a surge in imported coal. While Paradip Port plans to dredge two of its berths for handling bigger ships, Kandla Port has begun the process of procuring additional cranes. ... Read   IMO TACKLES SHORELEAVE The Facilitation Committee (FAL) has approved a revised annex to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965, as amended, following a comprehensive five-year review aimed at modernizing the Convention. ... Read   SECURITY TIGHTENS AT HANJIN SHIPYARD OVER WORKERS’ DRUG USE The shipyard of Korean firm Hanjin has tightened security in its facility here following the discovery of employees smuggling and using illegal drugs. ... Read   SEA WATER TURNED TO FUEL The US Navy has successfully converted sea water into fuel and that it used it to fly a model plane. ... Read   LNG VISIONS OF THE FUTURE If the major classification societies are to be believed, by 2020 the North Sea will be a hive of high-tech LNG-powered feeders whizzing about, while large deepsea vessels call at ports just outside the emission control area (ECA) zone like Liverpool to drop off their cargo. ... Read   TSAKOS TANKER MT ARION RESCUES IMMIGRANTS AT SEA OFF LIBYA On 02 October 2014 at 22:30 local time whilst MT ARION of Liberia Flag, DWT 39.378 was en route to Augusta, Italy, in ballast condition, Master, Capt Ronnie A. Awa, received instructions from IMRCC Rome to deviate to a position of about 90 miles north off Libya Benghazi, to pick up immigrants from a boat reported to be in distress. ... Read   ADANI SCOUTS PORT ASSETS, LNG TERMINALS OVERSEAS Gautam Adani-owned Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has begun a serious scout for port assets in the international market, more than 18 months after it sold its Australian port assets to the Adani family, far below the purchase price. ... Read   EMMA MAERSK LEFT ZEEBRUGGE WITH RECORD TONNAGE On Sunday October 5th, the Emma Maersk sailed away from the port of Zeebrugge with a total tonnage of 15.500 TEU, which is the maximum amount of containers the ship was designed to carry, and also a record in Zeebrugge’s statistics. ... Read   PANAMA LOCKS POSE SAFETY RISK As the Panama sees a range of new construction initiatives to enlarge the locks which have been hindering the size of vessel which can use the canal, there are concerns that this may bring with it some safety risks. ... Read   FILIPINO SCHOOLS MAY BE CUT Up to half of the Philippines maritime schools may not make it to a “white list” that comply with the European Maritime Safety Ageny’s (EMSA) standards for STCW compliance and certification. ... Read   IMO PUSHING TO CREATE SEAFARERS The International Maritime Organisation hopes to see at least 40,000 qualified seafarers by 2030 as the merchant fleet grows. ... Read   BALLAST WATER TO BE PASTEURISED “Nobody thought it was possible,” commented Kim Diederichsen, CEO of BAWAT AS, a Danish company that it releasing to the shipping industry the first type-approved ballast water treatment system utilizing the pasteurization process. ... Read   RUBBER FENDERS SCAM EXPOSED The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has become aware of a sophisticated scam, using a falsification of AMSA’s crest and stamp to endorse rubber fenders. ... Read   KOREAN SHIPBUILDERS IN DEEP TROUBLE Major Korean shipbuilders attained their business goals earlier than expected last year and raised their order targets for 2014 on expectations that more orders would be placed in the marine energy equipment sector and the like. However, their predictions turned out to be wrong, and they seem unable to meet their larger goals this year. ... Read   JOCKEYING FOR IMO POSITION Denmark and its maritime industry are lobbying to get the top position at the International Maritime Organization. ... Read   DRIVING SEAFARER CAREERS As always seafarers are the key element driving the shipping industry and perhaps never more so than today. ... Read   CHINESE SHIPYARDS BOOST NEWBUILDING ORDERS IN FIRST NINE MONTHS New shipbuilding orders at China’s shipyards continued to build up with figures rising in the first nine months of 2014 over the year-ago period, according to data from the ministry of industry and information technology. ... Read   MANUALS AND PROCEDURES ARE THE PROBLEM When the UK charitable trust CHIRP, reported on the lack improvement in the standard of Marine Operating and Maintenance Manuals after 10 years, there were some answers as to why problems abound. ... Read   BALTIC TRADING LIMITED TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST OF FOUR ULTRAMAX VESSELS Baltic Trading Limited announced that it has taken delivery of the Baltic Hornet, a 64,000 dwt Ultramax newbuilding. The Baltic Hornet is the first of four Ultramax vessels to be delivered to the Company under Baltic Trading’s previously announced agreements with Yangfan Group Co., Ltd. ... Read   SEASPAN ACCEPTS DELIVERY OF FIFTH 10000 TEU SAVER CONTAINERSHIP Seaspan Corporation (SSW) announced that it accepted delivery of a 10000 TEU containership, the MOL Brightness. The new containership, which was constructed at Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. ... Read   NEW MLC GUIDELINES ON SAFETY The ILO has agreed guidelines to assist in implementing the MLC following a Meeting of Experts on Maritime Occupational Safety and Health. ... Read   NEW FACE OF SEAFARERS WELFARE The ITF Seafarers’ Trust – the charity arm of the International Transport Workers’ Federation – has appointed leading shipping figure Kimberly Karlshoej as its new head. ... Read   SRI LANKA TO ESTABLISH A NEW VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM The Government has taken steps to establish a new Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to monitor the thousands of multi day fishing boats in the Sri Lankan seas. ... Read   THE OIL PRICE UNCERTAINTY While the price of oil has been declining, Nigerian government assumes rising oil price in its budget for 2015-2017. Is it misguided or valid? ... Read   KRISHNAPATNAM PORT INAUGURATES ‘MECHANISED COAL HANDLING SYSTEM’ Krishnapatnam Port has inaugurated ‘Mechanised Coal Handling system’ in the presence of Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Union Minister of Shipping and Transport. ... 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