Denuncian venta de licencias para marinos en Panamá (2)

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En Panamá, la Asociación de Oficiales de Marina Mercante denunció que la corrupción dentro de la Autoridad Marítima está acabando con el prestigio de los profesionales del mar en ese país.

Panamá cuenta con unas 9 mil naves registradas, el mayor número a nivel mundial, y tal vez con el mayor número de marinos titulados, pero por la venta de licencias.

La situación se agravó en 2011, cuando la Autoridad le dio exclusividad a la empresa Orión, creada por allegados a la institución, para que certificara las licencias de marinos de otros países. Esto le ha dado ganancias multimillonarias a Orión en pocos años, pero también desprestigio al marino panameño.

Los gremios exigen al presidente electo Juan Carlos Varela que destituya

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«Un accidente y adiós posidonia»

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Greenpeace advierte de las consecuencias fatales para la ´Posidonia oceanica´ en caso de vertido accidental durante las catas petrolíferas

13.06.2014 | 09:26  Diario de Ibiza

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«Un accidente y adiós posidonia»
Dos activistas de Greenpeace despliegan una pancarta contra Cairn Energy en es Freus, frente a la torres de ses Portes. J. A. RIERA
 
 

Un accidente como el de la plataforma de BP en el Golfo de México en el año 2010 y la ´Posidonia ocenica´, el pulmón de las aguas pitiusas, quedaría herido de muerte, avisa Greenpeace, asociación ecologista que ayer continuó su campaña

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With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Computer

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With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Computer

By June 11, 2014

If Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard are spinning in their graves, they may be due for a break. Their namesake company is cooking up some awfully ambitious industrial-strength computing technology that, if and when it’s released, could replace a data center’s worth of equipment with a single refrigerator-size machine.

Photograph by Richard Lewington/Hewlett-PackardHP CTO Martin Fink in the Photonics laboratory at HP LabsThat’s what they’re calling it at HP Labs: “the Machine.” It’s basically a brand-new type of computer architecture that HP’s engineers say will serve as a replacement for today’s designs, with a new operating system, a different type of memory, and superfast data transfer. The

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ILO supports new law to protect abandoned seafarers

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Providing financial security for death or long-term disability of seafarers

Government, employer and worker delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC), at the 103rd annual meeting of International Labour Organization (ILO), overwhelmingly voted in favour of approving amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006) in order to better protect abandoned seafarers, and provide financial security for compensation to seafarers and their families in cases of a seafarer's death or long-term disability.

The approval of these amendments was a major step in establishing binding international law on these issues which are very important for the shipping industry. The amendments were discussed in detail and adopted on close to unanimous basis (1 abstention) vote on April 11 2014 by the 400 participants at the first meeting of the

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