Container shipping during the Covid-19 pandemic

 

 

 

Artem Matukhno, Communication Technology Manager

From the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many feared that container shipping would face big problems and challenges. In the first half of 2020, the global economy sagged and it became clear that new difficult times were coming, making it necessary to adapt to the new conditions. There have been significant changes in the structure of consumption and purchases.

The coronavirus outbreak has severely affected container shipping as one of the segments of

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World’s Largest Crane Vessels Meet for Removal of North Sea Platform

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heerema's two large crane vessels recently meet to begin the removal project

PUBLISHED MAY 28, 2021 6:44 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE

 

 

One of the largest topside removal projects of its kind is beginning in the North Sea involved the removal of the platform from one of the area’s largest oil and gas wells after the crew left the platform nearly two years ago. Two of the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessels, converged in the North Sea, for the first time, to commence the unique project.

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC known as TAQA commissioned Heerema and AF Offshore Decom to undertake its first major asset removal project. The Brae Bravo platform, commissioned in 1988, at its

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México.-Circula anteproyecto para crear la Subsecretaría de Puertos y Marina Mercante

 

 

 

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Como lo adelantó el titular de la Secretaría de Marina (Semar), José Rafael Ojeda Durán, circula el anteproyecto de “Decreto por el que se expide el Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de Marina”, con el que se estaría creando la Subsecretaría de Puertos y Marina Mercante dentro de esa dependencia, con la rúbrica del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Lo anterior se da luego del “Decreto por el que se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones de la Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal, de la Ley de Navegación y Comercio Marítimos y de la Ley de Puertos”, publicado en diciembre de 2020, con el que la Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante deja de formar parte de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y

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MARINOS EMPODERADOS: RAFAEL OJEDA PONE AL PODER JUDICIAL EN LA MIRA

Los marinos se alistan para los nuevos poderes que tendrán a partir del 6 de junio, cuando entrarán en vigor reformas a la ley. Hoy el secretario Ojeda acusó que el Poder Judicial entorpece la lucha contra el crimen al soltar a maleantes.

Por Redacción EMEEQUIS
21 may 2021

López Obrador y Rafael Ojeda en la conferencia de hoy, en la que el titular de Marina criticó al Poder Judicial. Foto: lopezobrador.org.mx.

EMEEQUIS.– Los años de silencio sobre el funcionamiento de las instituciones civiles han terminado para la milicia mexicana. El secretario de Marina, Rafael Ojeda, dijo que en la lucha contra el crimen “parece ser que el enemigo lo tenemos en el Poder Judicial” y cuestionó el desempeño de jueces y ministerios públicos.

Al referirse a un

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Negotiations over seafarers’ minimum wage failed

 

Negotiations over the global minimum wage for seafarers have broken down after seafarers’ unions and shipowners failed to agree on a figure following two days of discussions at the International Labor Organization (ILO).

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), representing the seafarers, sought a $1.40 per day increase from the current $641 monthly minimum wage last set in 2018, equating to $683 per month or a 6.5% per month increase starting January 2022.

Read More: A Strong Message from ILO ‘s Committee to Goverments: Failed Duties?

During the discussions, shipowners put forward a deal to increase the basic minimum wage by 3% for seafarers across the world over 3 years.

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