TOKYO—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that its group seafarer manning company, Magsaysay MOL Marine, Inc. (*, Magsaysay-MOL) has received the Award of Excellence from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III attended the award ceremony, held on February 10 at Malacanang Place. The award is…
DetailsPress Release: ICS Shipowners, Salvors and Insurers – through their respective trade associations – have jointly called for the prompt and proper implementation of international measures to provide a Place of Refuge for stricken vessels, following a series of incidents where casualty vessels have been delayed in accessing a safe harbour. The International Chamber of…
DetailsPress Release – The European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA): Far from being specific to the shipping sector, bullying and harassment are phenomena, the consequences of which can be exacerbated due to the very nature of the seafaring profession. Indeed, shipping is one of the very few sectors where the workplace coincides and overlaps with the…
DetailsLloyds List: 28 January – Liz McMahon. The threat of prison is not a deterrent — armed guards are, says US academic. IF SOMALI pirates continue to be unsuccessful, the infrastructure established to prosecute them will need to be dismantled, according to Northwestern University School of Law professor Eugene Kontorovich. Last week a Kenyan court…
DetailsLloyds List: 24 January – Liz McMahon: SEVEN Indian nationals hijacked along with Asphalt Venture in 2010 are still being held by pirates in Somalia, according to the International Maritime Bureau. Pirates released the 1991-built, Panama-flagged, 3,884 dwt vessel in April 2011 after a ransom of $3.6m was paid by then owners Bitumen Invest of…
DetailsIMO Briefing 04/2014, 21 January 2014: IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has launched this year’s World Maritime Day theme, “IMO conventions: effective implementation”, expressing the hope that the year would see genuine progress towards effective and global implementation of all IMO conventions. Speaking at a reception to mark the launch of the theme, at the end…
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