Flags of convenience are a disgrace to the maritime industry
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Nov 30, 2015 10:50 AM
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BY CAPT. KELLY SWEENEY
I had completed the academic requirements for graduation from California Maritime Academy and passed my third mate’s exam, so all I had to do was make sure there were no library fines and wait a week until the official graduation ceremony. In the meantime, I decided to attend a maritime symposium; I sat in the audience as a shipping company executive told us how the company he worked for had years earlier re-flagged its ships under various “flag-of-convenience” (FOC) registries such as Liberia — mainly because of no corporate income tax and low labor costs. As someone who the following week would be a licensed third mate in the U.S. merchant
Miguel Urbán: "Es el momento de luchar para que paguen los ricos y vivir todos dignamente"
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Anticapitalistas ultima una propuesta para un impuesto covid europeo a las grandes fortunas que sirva para financiar el plan de inversiones para salir de la crisis del coronavirus. El eurodiputado Miguel Urbán pretende promover esta propuesta en las próximas semanas, aunque todavía no pone fecha concreta a una posible propuesta legislativa.
Miguel Urbán, eurodiputado.
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El plan de reconstrucción post-crisis se ha convertido en una de las prioridades absolutas de los líderes de los 27 países de la Unión Europea. En las últimas semanas han acelerado sus video-reuniones para tratar de firmar un fondo de recuperación cuyo tamaño total puede estar entre 1 y 2 billones de euros.
Unos números que resuenan muy fuerte. Sin embargo, lo que a todas luces habrá detrás
The shipping industry must adapt if it is to survive in the modern world
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La UE denuncia numerosas carencias en el sistema español de formación marítima
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El memorando pone de manifiesto defectos de formación teórica, de prácticas y convalidación de títulos
Símbolos de la UE / Cadena SER
La secretaria general de la Comisión Europea ha remitido al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación un informe que pone de manifiesto numerosas deficiencias en el sistema español de formación de marinos mercantes. El trabajo evidencia la relajación de los sistemas educativos, de prácticas y de convalidación en una materia en la que España ha demostrado, durante toda su historia naval, un alto nivel de competencia
USCG guidelines in response to COVID-19 pandemic
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29 April 2020
Introduction
COVID-19 update and vessel reporting requirements
Port and facility operations
Extension of mariner credential endorsements and medical certificates
Vessel inspections, exams and documentation
Guidance for compliance with federal drug testing requirements
Identification of essential maritime critical infrastructure workers
Vessel and facility response plans
Transportation worker identification credential operations
Ballast water management extensions
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Coast Guard's (USCG's) Inspection and Compliance Directorate has released a series of marine safety information bulletins (MSIBs) to keep the marine industry informed and provide guidance for the continued safe operation of the maritime transportation system.
The MSIBs, outlined below, detail key maritime issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic including, but not limited to, reporting requirements for illness or death, vessel inspections, exams, documentation and federal drug testing requirements.