The winners of the 2012 International Seafarers’ Welfare Awards were announced during a high profile ceremony hosted by Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, Mr Koji Sekimizu at the International Maritime Organisation in London. The winners are: • Shipping Company of the Year: Shell Shipping • Port of the Year: Port of Kandla,…
RESOLVE Salvage & Fire, the salvage, emergency response and wreck removal subsidiary of RESOLVE Marine Group, Inc., has completed the removal of the grounded 202-foot freighter Jireh from Mona Island. Mona Island lies 35 miles off the western coast of Puerto Rico and is a 22- square-mile ecological reserve managed and protected by Puerto Rico’s…
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is warning against fraudulent cargo tracking websites. Such sites have been created and improved over the years to add legitimacy for fraudsters to entrap their would-be victims. This is particularly true for containerised shipments, where convincing tracking websites highlight the degree of sophistication employed. Two recent examples investigated…
Industry experts taking part in a piracy session at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime conference in Dubai cautioned that the drop in piracy attacks this year should not make seafarers complacent. “It is certainly important to monitor pirates’ activities and behaviour and to remain one step ahead in anticipating their next moves,” said Steven…