By Wendy Laursen 2015-04-21 22:33:17 The European Union is proposing to double the size of its Mediterranean search and rescue operations after a decision to scale back naval operations last year ...
Air Power Needed in Migrant Solution
Latest Tragedy Shows Why Merchant Shipping Should Not Be Main Rescuer For Mediterranean Migrants
Posted on: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 By: Debbie Source: Lloyd's List The latest maritime tragedy involving Mediterranean boat migrants serves as a case in point why merchant shipping should not be a ...
ICS Chairman Warns of Regulation Chaos
By MarEx 2015-04-20 05:50:29 Addressing members of the Singapore Shipping Association on Monday April 20, the Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, Masamichi Morooka, warned about the ...
Sewol protest turns violent
South Korean riot police were compelled to spray pepper and fire water cannons at protesters demanding a more forceful response from the government to the Sewol ferry disaster that left more than 300 ...
700 Migrants Feared Dead off Libya
By MarEx 2015-04-19 07:48:17 As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, in what may be one of the worst disasters of ...
Migrant rescues prompt SOLAS review
The International Maritime Organization is to review legislation underpinning sea rescues by commercial shipping as a "matter of priority" in the light of mass rescues of migrants and refugees being ...
IMO Discusses Seafarers, Migrants and Pirates
By MarEx 2015-04-17 21:17:22 The IMO Legal Committee met for its 102nd session between 14-16 April 2015 with further discussion undertaken on the issues of seafarer welfare, piracy and the current ...
Christians Thrown From Migrant Boat
By MarEx 2015-04-16 17:06:03 Italian police arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing about a dozen Christians from a migrant boat in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as the crisis off southern ...
Angry and Divided, South Korea Mourns Sewol
By MarEx 2015-04-16 04:54:44 A day of mourning for the 304 victims of the Sewol ferry sinking was overtaken by acrimony on Thursday, as organizers called off a ceremony planned to mark its one-year ...
U.S. Court Denies Somali Pirates’ Appeal
By Wendy Laursen 2015-04-16 04:08:41 Two Somali men challenging their conviction for piracy and murder have had their appeal denied. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused the appeal made by ...
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