Category: Shipping

Plastic in the Indian Ocean - Atolls suffocating in rubbish!

Plastic in the Indian Ocean - Atolls suffocating in rubbish!

Gepostet von | 13 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

At the beginning of February, "The Conversation", an Australian online network of non-profit media companies with news, research reports and expert analyses, reported on an impressive study on the migration of plastic waste in the Indian Ocean. Initial situation In 2019, the Seychelles Island Foundation and Oxford University carried out a clean-up operation on the uninhabited Aldabra Atoll north-west of Madagascar. A total of 25 tonnes of plastic waste was collected and removed from a 35-kilometre stretch of the island. A further 500 tonnes of other waste was left behind, as it would have cost 5 million dollars to transport. Based on this alarming situation, the question of where all this rubbish came from on the UNESCO World Heritage-listed breeding ground of, among others, the green...

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Off to warm climes

Off to warm climes

Gepostet von | 13 Feb 2023 | , , , | 0

 Tender "Rhein" on its way to the Aegean On Wednesday, 15 February 2023 at 10 a.m., the tender "Rhein" will leave its home port of Kiel. Under the command of Corvette Captain Sebastian Lenz (33), the Kiel-based tender will deploy to the Mediterranean to support the NATO operation in the Aegean until the summer of this year. The tender, which is part of the support squadron in Kiel, will be the command platform and the German contribution to NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 for the next few months. Various port calls are planned for the 68 crew members over the next six months. In addition, the crew will be supported by a Turkish and...

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Happiness barometer: Satisfaction among seafarers on the rise again

Happiness barometer: Satisfaction among seafarers on the rise again

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2023 | , , | 1

In times of much bad news, good news must not be lost! After months of despair during the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2022 brought a recovery for the well-being of seafarers. The "Mission to Seafarers", which looks after the most important thing in the shipping industry - its people - publishes the "Seafarers Happiness Index" quarterly as a barometer of sentiment in the commercial shipping industry. Seafarers are asked ten key questions each quarter, in which they share their views on the issues that affect their lives and work. The latest report shows that seafarer satisfaction has continued to rise. It has increased in the last...

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Havariekommando: Good to know that it works!

Havariekommando: Good to know that it works!

Gepostet von | 6 Feb 2023 | , , | 1

When something goes wrong in the German Bight, the German Bight Traffic Centre is the first to know - and if the situation becomes really dramatic, it asks the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies in Cuxhaven to take over overall control of a particular emergency. This is what happened last Tuesday, 31 January 2023, when the crew of the multipurpose freighter "Royal II", en route from Esbjerg to Cuxhaven with a cargo of wind turbine parts, reported an engine failure off Heligoland at 16:30 and the anchors would not hold in the storm. The "Royal II" (length: 132 m; width: 21 m; flag: Panama) was drifting at low speed with two anchors deployed....

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boot Düsseldorf - Upswing for the industry

boot Düsseldorf - Upswing for the industry

Gepostet von | 1 Feb 2023 | , , , , | 0

boot Düsseldorf had to take a forced break for three years due to the coronavirus. This year's success of the world's largest indoor water sports trade fair shows that the water sports industry was not in the doldrums during this time, but rather got a real boost. The organisers draw a positive balance after nine days of the trade fair - and we from marineforum were also at boot Düsseldorf for the first time and very successfully. Innovations and trends in the water sports industryThe crises have not harmed the water sports industry - quite the opposite. The industry has received a strong boost and has also developed positively thanks to new innovations. These innovations in the industry characterised the face of boot Düsseldorf....

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