Seafarer Abandonment Is on the Rise

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The maritime industry's original and most viewed e-news service March 16, 2023 Maritime Today The maritime industry's original and most viewed e-news service Seafarer Abandonment Is on the Rise In troubling news for the maritime sector, new data from RightShip shows reported rates of seafarer abandonment is on the rise with no signs of slowing down.U.K.-based RightShip, which provides an online safety and environmental risk management system for the global maritime industry, said current figures listing 9,925 men and women cast adrift over the last 20-years ABS Wavesight’s My Digital Fleet™ Answering the Call of Digitization and Sustainability Sponsored Thailand Rushes to Avert Spill After Fatal Accident on Oil Storage Ship Authorities in Thailand on Thursday were working to avert a leak from a storage vessel carrying 400,000 barrels of crude oil.One crew member was killed after seawater entered the hull of the Featured video InfiniD™ Biodiesel for Marine Fleets BIODIESEL: A LOWER CARBON SOLUTION AVAILABLE TODAY. 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WCI members from across the country participated in 100 meetings with House and Nord Stream Owners Looking to Seal and Drain Damaged Gas Pipeline to Halt Corrosion Shareholders of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline operator are discussing how to seal and empty the damaged gas pipeline to halt corrosion from sea water, said the chief financial officer of E. Rebuild, Reuse, Recycle: Norwegian Yard Completes Two Retrofit Projects for Brazilian Offshore Vessel Owner Norway's Green Yard Kleven has completed and delivered two retrofit projects for the Brazilian shipowner Oceanica. Oceanicasub Vlll and Oceanicasub lX have been rebuilt from offshore supply vessels March 2023 e-magazine edition The March 2023 edition of MR digs deep into dredging with exclusive insights on the leadership transition at The Dutra Group, plus a look inside GLDD’s new hopper dredge Galveston Island. Read the Magazine This issue sponsored by: … 3 … 2 … 1 … Lift Off! 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NYK Gives Students a Glimpse Inside PCTC Apollen Leader To help foster interest and understanding of the maritime industry in the 'next generation,' earlier this week NYK welcomed students and parents from the Jacksonville Japanese School to board Vale Inks Deal with KDI Targetting Emission Reductions After implementing the vessel-to-cloud Vessel Insight technology to Guaibamax Bulk Carriers in 2020, Vale, iron ore producer and charterer of one of the world’s largest fleet of ore carriers Inmarsat Expects Asia Pacific Coverage to Double Inmarsat’s I-6 F1 satellite has connected to new ground stations in Perth and Merredin, Western Australia, as it aims to provide an upgrade in communications availability for the region. CK Hutchison to Invest $700M in Two Major Egyptian Ports CK Hutchison Holdings port unit said on Thursday it would invest about $700 million in two major Egyptian ports, bringing its total investment in the country to more than $1.5 billion. 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