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Photo: IMO The challenges and opportunities of decarbonising shipping, and the switch to new fuels were in focus among senior executives and officials speaking at the SMM virtual press conference on Monday. In a pre-recorded message, IMO secretary-general, Kitack Lim, stressed amongst other things the scale of the task faced by shipping as it confronts the challenges of decarbonisation over the next three decades. He highlighted the importance new steps taken...

Ambassador Liu Xiaoming and Madam Hu Pinghua Host Farewell Reception （From Chinese Embassy in UK） 2021/01/26 On 25 January, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming and Madam Hu Pinghua held an online farewell reception, where Ambassador Liu delivered a speech entitled Serve with Sincerity All the Way Through. Madam Hu also made a few farewell remarks. Jenny Bates, Director General, Indo-Pacific at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, spoke on behalf of the British side. Around 500 guests attend...

The Global Tourism Crisis Committee met recently in Madrid to advance solid plans to restart tourism, including the integration of vaccines into a harmonized approach to safe travel and launching a coordinated effort to boost traveller confidence.

Tourism crisis committee explores safe travel in the age of vaccines MADRID, January 24, 2021 The Global Tourism Crisis Committee has met for the first time in 2021. Organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the cross-sector body met in Madrid during the 113th session of the UNWTO Executive Council to advance solid plans to restart tourism.    The meeting focused on the integration of vaccines into a harmonized approach to safe travel and launching a coordinated effort to boost ...

The Global Tourism Crisis Committee has met for the first time in 2021. Organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the cross-sector body met in Madrid during the 113th session of the UNWTO Executive Council to advance solid plans to restart tourism.

1 of 3 In this Dec. 16, 2020, photo released by Harvey Smith, he poses for a photo as he makes his round on the U.S.-owned Horizon Spirit getting overhauled at the dock in Nantong, eastern Chinas Jiangsu Province. The crew of the Horizon Spirit plan to spend Christmas looking after their 800-foot (240-meter) long container ship in a southern Chinese shipyard while they are barred, like thousands of sailors worldwide, from going ashore due to coronavirus restrictions. (Harvey Smith...

Share THE New Year celebration started on a sour note in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) when dare-devil pirates killed four armed guards and kidnapped two Russians and one Indian aboard a Nigerian-flagged Hopper dredger, Ambika on January 2, 2020. The 2,153 Gross Tonnage Ambika was attacked as she was navigating three nautical miles from the mouth of the Ramos River which is just nine nautical miles east of the Forcados Terminal in Nigerian waters.   Deep Blue Project With insecurity rearing its ugl...

Singapore’s sea cargo one bright spot amid pandemic While Covid-19 has severely affected many aspects of transport, Singapore’s sea cargo volume has been doing well, remaining close to pre-pandemic levels. Compared with the start of the year, the volume of sea cargo here stood at 97 per cent in November, according to figures of Singapore’s air, land and sea sectors released by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) in a Facebook post yesterday. Commenting on the performance of the maritime secto...

Covid-19 pandemic has stranded 400,000 seafarers and triggered a humanitarian crisis Border closures and other restrictions have forcing seafarers into indefinite service, unable to even take shore leave. Representational image. | STR / AFP It has been rightly described as a humanitarian crisis and a modern form of forced labour. In the early months of 2020, stranded cruise ships became a stark symbol of the Covid-19 global pandemic. Now it is seafarers stranded on cargo ship...

COVID-19 restrictions in China strand merchant sailors aboard ships The crew of the US-owned Horizon Spirit expect to spend Christmas looking after their 240m long container ship in a southern Chinese shipyard, barred, like thousands of sailors worldwide, from going ashore due to COVID-19 restrictions. Most of the 22-member crew that left Los Angeles on Oct 22 have been confined to the ship while it is being overhauled in Nantong in eastern China, said its third mate, Harvey Smith. Normally, th...