Nigeria Maritime University and Niger Delta Development

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Published on Sunday, 18 May 2014 03:28
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All Africa

By Andrew Airahuobhor, 15 May 2014

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President Goodluck Jonathan performed the groundbreaking of the Nigeria Maritime University and the NIMASA Shipyard and Dockyard in Delta State recently, which are two gigantic projects expected to revolutionise the nation's maritime industry. The coming of the projects to this area hitherto a hotbed of violence sparked by under-development, signals an end to militancy if completed and fully operational, due to its potential to create thousands of employment opportunities,

Correspondent, ANDREW AIRAHUOBHOR reports.

The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) made history on Saturday, May 10, when President Goodluck Jonathan performed the groundbreaking of the NIMASA Shipyard, Dockyard and the permanent site of Nigeria Maritime University at Okerenkoko, as well as flagged off the temporary site

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The Treatment of Foreign Seafarers

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Published on Sunday, 18 May 2014 03:22
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The Treatment of Foreign Seafarers

By Dennis L. Bryant
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
 

The United States effectively treats foreign seafarers more harshly than any other group that enters the country without breaking the law.
The general rule is that all persons who are not U.S. nationals or permanent residents must have a visa to enter the United States.  Persons desiring to become U.S. citizens or permanent residents must obtain an immigrant visa.  Most other persons desiring to enter the United States for a limited period of time must obtain a nonimmigrant visa.  To obtain a nonimmigrant visa, one must have a valid passport and complete the Nonimmigrant Visa Application, Form DS-160 and submit it and a photograph (head

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Rolls-Royce drone ships challenge industry

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Published on Sunday, 18 May 2014 03:16
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Crewless vessels touted to be cheaper and less polluting but critics  question their safety

 
By Isaac Arnsdorf, Vancouver SunMay 16, 2014
 
 
 
In an age of aerial drones and driverless cars, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is  designing unmanned cargo ships.

Rolls-Royce's Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality  prototype at its office in Alesund, Norway, that simulates 360-degree views from  a vessel's bridge. Eventually, the London-based manufacturer of engines and  turbines says, captains on dry land will use similar control centres to command  hundreds of crewless ships.

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India may allow fleet owners to register ships overseas

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Published on Sunday, 18 May 2014 03:20
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Plan aimed at reversing a trend of local fleet owners opening subsidiaries abroad to register and operate ships to increase the national shipping capacity
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The proposal, which needs the government’s approval, involves giving a relaxation from this law to Indian shipowners so that the task of registering ships overseas becomes official and legal. Photo: Bloomberg
India’s maritime regulator, the director general of shipping, is pushing for a plan that allows local shipping companies to register their ships in tax-friendly overseas jurisdictions without opening subsidiaries, in a bid to increase the national shipping capacity.
   The proposal will allow local shipping companies to directly register their ships overseas sitting in India without opening subsidiaries abroad to create a new fleet category known as Indian-controlled, foreign-registered ships.

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Hellenic ship owners control 46.72% of EU tonnage says President of Union of Greek Shipowners

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Published on Friday, 16 May 2014 10:44
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Friday, 16 May 2014 | 00:00

Hellenic ship owners control 46.72% of the EU fleet based on dwt tonnage, a token of the size of the country's maritime industry, despite the challenging conditions in global shipping. As such, Hellas has remained the No1 maritime nation globally, controlling a total of 3,669 vessels (over 1,000 GT), which make up for the 16.16% of the global fleet, in terms of deadweight tonnage. This according to yesterday's message by Mr. Theodoros Veniamis, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), on the occasion of the Posidonia Exhibition, which is to be held this coming June, attracting exhibitors from more than 93 countries.
Mr. Veniamis noted that the vast majority of the fleet is been managed by

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