Cruceros: España consolida el segundo puesto en el mercado europeo

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Published on Thursday, 19 March 2015 21:12

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El turismo de cruceros generó 26.389 empleos en España y el impacto de su actividad supuso 1.255 millones de euros

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Cruceros en el Puerto de Palma de Mallorca / EP

Los puertos españoles han logrado convertirse en referentes de Europa en el tráfico de cruceros en los últimos años. En el último ejercicio de 2014, 7.662.010 pasajeros de crucero pisaron alguno de los 46 recintos portuarios a bordo de 3.700 cruceros, cifras que suponen la consolidación de este tipo de turismo. Las expectativas son positivas, y según la previsiones realizadas por las Autoridades Portuarias, en 2015se podría alcanzar

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Ship naming

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Published on Thursday, 19 March 2015 03:29

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Ship naming ceremony is held at the shipyard when a new ship is ready to sail out after undergoing the required sea trials. Once the construction of a ship is completed, the ship owner is notified of the completion and a particular date is fixed for its naming ceremony. On the day of ceremony, the owner arrives at the shipyard with family members, friends, and business partners with a pre-decided name. Ship naming and launching procedures are arranged to provide a ship hull with her identity.

History of Ship Naming and Launching

Traditionally, the ship naming and launching ceremony had a meaning where it had brought good fortune and safety to the new ship, its crew, and passengers. The

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SHIPPING INDUSTRY

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Flag State Performance Table

BASED ON the MOST UP TO DATE DATA AVAILABLE AS OF the start of December 2014

GREEN squares suggest positive performance indicators, with potentially negative performance highlighted by RED squares (although individual indicators should be considered within the context of the Table as a whole).

For additional information about the criteria used see footnotes overleaf.

Port state control

A simple means of assessing the effective enforcement of international rules is to examine the collective Port State Control record of ships flying a particular flag.

The three principal Port State Control (PSC) authorities are the countries of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Tokyo MOU and the United States Coast Guard (USCG). All three authorities target particular flags

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Ship Sizes

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Published on Thursday, 19 March 2015 03:25

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Cargo ships or vessels come in different types and sizes to meet the various demands of marine cargo transportation. Cargo ships  are categorised partly by capacity and partly by dimensions (often related to the different canals and canal locks they are traveling through). Sizes of cargo vessels range from a modest handysize carriers(10,000 - 30,000 DWT) to mammoth VLCC and ULCC super tankers with a capacity to carry cargoes of more than 200,000 DWT. Aframax and Panamax are mid-sized cargo vessels.