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Survitec liferafts found in perfect condition after 30 months Survitec has carried out a combination of more than 50,000 liferaft exchanges and inspections since 2012 with technicians recording that the liferafts inspected are in perfect condition even after 30 months of service. Revised guidelines (MSC.1/Circ.1328) introduced in June 2009 permit extended service schedules of up to 30 months if they incorporate protective arrangements that give the liferaft, its fittings and equipment adequate protection to withstand the environmental influences imposed by the extended interval. Inspections a...

[Antara Foto via Reuters] Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET on 2020-12-16 More than 200 Vietnamese arrested by Indonesia for illegal fishing in its waters have been stranded in a detention center for months, their representative told Radio Free Asia, a sister agency of Benar News, via emailed video clips. Many of them are free to go home, but the Vietnamese embassy says the coronavirus pandemic is delaying their return, a Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry spokesman told BenarNews late last week. The Vietnamese fishermen, meanwhile, hope a social media campaign will spur their governm...

Of love and unity thshs hateful person came here he came from away. he wasn't from charleston. bringing hate and he created love. he brought division he created unity. the symbol of the confederate battle flag is coming down. >> is that a good thing? >> it's a very good thing. it's important. it's long overdue. right where we're sitting 15 years ago i began a march and walked from here to colombia to protest the flag above the state capitol. we got it off the dome. the u.s. flag state flag and confederate flag we got it off the dome. and then unfortunately the legislature didn't put it in the ...

The carnival "triumph," now famous for what became known as the poop cruise, is registered in the bahamas. and while the u.s. coast guard and the ntsb are involved in the investigation, the bahamas' maritime authority is taking the lead. the same applies to royal caribbean's "grandeur of the seas," damaged by fire just last week. walker says don't expect much. >> there's no legal obligation to comply with any of the recommendations made by the flag state, first and foremost. and that's why the cruise industry incorporates itself outside the united states and registers its ships in foreign coun...

Maritime authority is taking the lead. the same applies to royal caribbean's "grandeur of the seas," damaged by fire just last week. walker says don't expect much. >> there's no legal obligation to comply with any of the recommendations made by the flag state, first and foremost. and that's why the cruise industry incorporates itself outside the united states and registers its ships in foreign countries. the overseeing body, the international overseeing body called the international maritime organization, the i.m.o., can issue only recommendations. >> reporter: u.s. senator jay rockefeller has...