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Reino Unido galardona a dos integrantes de la marina mercante británica

Details: Category: Marina Mercante; Published on Thursday, 09 September 2021 06:00; Written by Administrator2; Hits: 8

Reino Unido galardona a dos integrantes de la marina mercante británica por la promoción de los derechos LGTB+ y de la mujerMinistro de Asuntos Marítimos destacó la diversidad como clave para el éxito en cualquier sector

Dos activistas pioneros que promueven los derechos de las mujeres y de los miembros LGBT+ de la comunidad marítima fueron reconocidos el 3 de septiembre por sus méritos por el Gobierno del Reino Unido.

El primer caso es el del suboficial Paul Owen, quien se convirtió en el primer galardonado con la prestigiosa Medalla de la Marina Mercante por sus esfuerzos en la promoción de los derechos LGBT+ en el sector marítimo.

Paul, de Blackpool, se une a otros 15 marinos premiados por su destacado servicio y contribución al sector,

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Itf.-Flags of convenience

Details: Category: Marina Mercante; Published on Sunday, 15 August 2021 21:14; Written by Administrator2; Hits: 23

Seafarers are vital to all of us. They travel the globe with everything we need, from bananas, oil, gas and building materials to cloth, grain and frozen meat. They are also an invisible labour force. What goes on at sea is often out of sight of regulators. This allows rogue ship owners to get away with abusing seafarers' rights without detection.

The ITF has a powerful influence on the wages and conditions of seafarers working on ships flying flags of convenience (FOCs).

What are flags of convenience?

A flag of convenience ship is one that flies the flag of a country other than the country of ownership. For workers onboard, this can mean:

very low wages
poor
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IMO Warns of Rising Number of Seafarer Abandonment Cases

Details: Category: Marina Mercante; Published on Wednesday, 04 August 2021 02:44; Written by Administrator2; Hits: 33

File image courtesy IMO

PUBLISHED AUG 3, 2021 7:05 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE

The IMO's Legal Committee has reported an alarming uptick in the number of seafarer abandonment cases since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Between January 2020 and this April, the ILO/IMO joint database on abandonment recorded 111 new cases. 85 of these cases in 2020 and the balance of 26 cases occurred in the first quarter of 2021. Only 46 have been resolved since, and 27 more have been reported since April.

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) reported a slightly lower number, with 53 vessels and about 850 seafarers affected in 2020. Going by the IMO's 85-vessel count for the year, more than 1,300 seafarers

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Maersk posts $3.7 billion profit in Q2 2021, expands logistics service

Details: Category: Marina Mercante; Published on Sunday, 08 August 2021 01:43; Written by Administrator2; Hits: 24

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BUSINESS & FINANCE

August 6, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić

Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has continued to deliver strong growth and profitability with profit going up to $3.7 billion in the second quarter of 2021.

Revenue was up almost 60% to $14.2 billion compared to the same quarter last year and EBIT amounted to $4.1 billion, which is up more than five times.

With a net profit of $3.7 billion in the second quarter of 2021, the net result for the first half of 2021 went up to $6.5 billion, the company revealed in its financial report.

“The results benefitted both from the exceptional circumstances in Ocean, where congestions and bottlenecks continued to

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García López presenta en Gijón su tercer tomo sobre la Marina mercante asturiana

Details: Category: Marina Mercante; Published on Wednesday, 04 August 2021 02:38; Written by Administrator2; Hits: 33

“Es un libro denso pero fiable”, destaca el autor luanquín en el acto en el museo Evaristo Valle

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José Ramón García López posa con su libro. | Marcos León

El luanquín José Ramón García López, director del Museo Marítimo de Asturias, presentó ayer en Gijón su libro “Historia de la Marina Mercante Asturiana: III. Los años del carbón (1901-1935)”, el tercer tomo que le dedica a la historia de la navegación comercial asturiana. El acto tuvo lugar en el museo Evaristo Valle, a cuya fundación agradeció el autor poder celebrar la presentación de su trabajo.

“No es gratuito que se presente aquí. Esta casa siempre fue sinónimo de apertura social y cultural”, afirmó García López, quien aseguró que

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Reino Unido galardona a dos integrantes de la marina mercante británica

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IMO Warns of Rising Number of Seafarer Abandonment Cases

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García López presenta en Gijón su tercer tomo sobre la Marina mercante asturiana

“Es un libro denso pero fiable”, destaca el autor luanquín en el acto en el museo Evaristo Valle

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