El Piloto de la Marina Civil Rafael Romero Filgueira

 

 

 

 

JUAN JOSÉ BURGOA05/01/20

El político ferrolano Rafael Romero Filgueira nació en Ferrol el 24 de noviembre de 1885, siendo hijo del comerciante y banquero de Neda Juan Romero Rodríguez y de Elvira Filgueira Pavía. Juan Romero visitó el año 1889 la Exposición Universal de París, donde compró la llamada Fuente Wallace por la cantidad de mil reales. Instalada de origen en la ferrolana Praza Vella fue trasladada luego al Parque Municipal Reina Sofía. 

Rafael Romero, que estudió la carrera de la Marina Mercante, estuvo casado con María Álvarez Sisto, con la que tuvo ocho hijos, cuatro hembras y cuatro varones. Ejerciendo su profesión de piloto, sufrió dos naufragios prácticamente sucesivos, mientras navegaba por aguas atlánticas hacia Inglaterra, por lo que

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Maritime Subsidies Do They Provide Value for Money?

https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/maritime-subsidies-value-for-money.pdf

 

The International Transport Forum The International Transport Forum is an intergovernmental organisation with 60 member countries. It acts as a think tank for transport policy and organises the Annual Summit of transport ministers. ITF is the only global body that covers all transport modes. The ITF is politically autonomous and administratively integrated with the OECD. The ITF works for transport policies that improve peoples’ lives. Our mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the role of transport in economic growth, environmental sustainability and social inclusion and to raise the public profile of transport policy. The ITF organises global dialogue for better transport. We act as a platform for discussion and prenegotiation of policy issues across all transport modes. We

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50,000 TEU... the Future or Not?

 

 

 

https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/50000-teu-the-future-or-not

 

 

 

 

BY TOM BEBBINGTON 2017-11-09 19:11:06

In a recent report from the McKinsey Consulting Group there was a fascinating article about imagining the container shipping industry 50 years from now. I think they may be right to assume that 50,000 TEU vessels will come, but I think this will be much sooner than 2067.

From a technical and naval architecture standpoint, there isn't any limit on the size a container ship can be. There are currently three major limitations that a shipping line has to consider when building new vessels: terminal infrastructure limits, draft restrictions and length overall.

Currently there are vessels sailing close to the 22,000 TEU mark. This is something that was unimaginable 10 or 15 years ago. I'm

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State aid: Commission approves maritime transport support schemes in Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Poland and Sweden

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules five schemes to support maritime transport in Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Poland and Sweden. The schemes encourage ship registration in Europe and contribute to the global competitiveness of the sector without unduly distorting competition.

The Commission adopted five separate decisions, concerning

  • the introduction of a tonnage tax and seafarer scheme in Estonia,
  • the prolongation of a tonnage tax and seafarer scheme in Cyprus,
  • the introduction of a new seafarer scheme in Poland,
  • the prolongation and extension of a seafarer scheme in Denmark, and
  • the prolongation of a seafarer scheme in Sweden.

The Commission assessed the five schemes under EU State aid rules, in particular its Guidelines on State aid to maritime transport (the “Maritime Guidelines”) and established that all schemes are

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