Abogados especialistas en asuntos marítimos han plantado su bandera al gobierno electo. En una reunión de acercamiento al equipo de Juan Carlos Varela, presentaron su propuesta para mejorar el servicio de marina mercante en el exterior. ‘Hay que divorciar el servicio exterior de la marina mercante de los consulados tradicionales’, dijo Joel Medina, experto en derecho marino.
BANDERA DE PANAMÁ.-Abogados piden reducir consulados
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viernes 27 de junio de 2014 - 12:00 a.m. Apademar propone separar el negocio marítimo de la Cancillería. Respaldan el trabajo de los equipos técnicos, por encima de la política
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Iria Barrancos, abogada.
Sewol.- Assembly to hold Sewol hearing Monday
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Assembly to hold Sewol hearing Monday
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Published : 2014-06-26 21:09 Updated : 2014-06-26 21:09
The parliamentary panel investigating the Sewol accident will hold hearings at the National Assembly for government agencies from Monday to July 11, lawmakers said Thursday.
Rival parties will call up senior officials from more than 20 agencies including the Security and Public Administration Ministry, the Coast Guard and the Defense Ministry to answer questions about the government’s unsuccessful rescue operations on April 16.
Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-choon will be called in on July 10. Prime Minister Chung Hong-won could also be called in if lawmakers think answers from his senior secretary, who will represent the Prime Minister’s Office in the hearings, are unsatisfactory.
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Rival parties will call up senior officials from more than 20 agencies including the Security and Public Administration Ministry, the Coast Guard and the Defense Ministry to answer questions about the government’s unsuccessful rescue operations on April 16.
Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-choon will be called in on July 10. Prime Minister Chung Hong-won could also be called in if lawmakers think answers from his senior secretary, who will represent the Prime Minister’s Office in the hearings, are unsatisfactory.
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22 nations, including first-ever Chinese ships, set to begin RIMPAC
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Crew members of the Chinese destroyer Haikou man the rails in port June 9 before departing for the Rim of the Pacific exercises. The ship is one of four from China that will be the first from that nation to participate in the event. (Hu Kaibing/Xinhua via AP)
Fomento exige el cumplimiento del reglamento para prevenir abordajes
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Fomento exige el cumplimiento del reglamento para prevenir abordajes
Supone la causa más común entre los siniestros marítimos investigados desde 2008 hasta la fecha
Araceli Muñoz algeciras | Actualizado 26.06.2014 - 01:00 EUROPA SUR
La Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes Marítimos está investigando el último abordaje ocurrido en el Estrecho de Gibraltar, el que causó importantes daños materiales a los buques Le Sheng y Cape Med. Mientras se conocen los resultados de dicha investigación, la comisión ha mostrado su preocupación por el incumplimiento del Reglamento Internacional para Prevenir los Abordajes en la Mar (RIPA), que es la causa más frecuente en los siniestros marítimos.
El organismo dependiente del Ministerio de Fomento ha llegado a esta conclusión mediante el estudio de los expedientes de
Shipping safety advocate criticizes arctic preparedness plans
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Vessel traffic around Alaska. (Graphic from Marine Exchange of Alaska)
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23.06.2014
As the summer arctic shipping season gets underway, a member of a group that formed after the Selendang Ayu ran aground a decade ago, is calling for more rescue tugs, monitoring and risk management measures in the Bering Strait and Unimak Pass.
In letters to the Coast Guard, Rick Steiner with the Shipping Safety Partnership, says the money to address these concerns could come from the 3.5 billion-dollar Oil Spill Liability Trust fund the Coast Guard has.
“It’s used almost exclusively for spill response, but we all know spill response simply doesn’t work, so we’re arguing that this fund should be broken open and used to charter