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| Captain of Korean ferry may not have been on bridge | 2 days 5 hours ago | | Added: Apr 18, 2014 07:57 |
| | South Korea's coastguard denied that divers had entered a capsized ferry on Friday in a bid to locate any survivors from an accident that appears to have claimed the lives of hundreds of passengers, many of them schoolchildren. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| SRI welcomes MLC Amendments to Provide Greater Security for Crew | 2 days 6 hours ago | | Added: Apr 18, 2014 07:49 |
| | Seafarers Rights International has welcomed the strengthening of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) to give greater protection to crew against abandonment and in cases of claims for workplace death or long-term disability. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| SMM Istanbul Announces Dates for Next Convention | 2 days 7 hours ago | | Added: Apr 18, 2014 06:47 |
| | New concept, new momentum: SMM Istanbul (26/27 February 2014 in Istanbul) clearly had a lasting positive impact with exhibitors and visitors alike: "SMM Istanbul has blown plenty of sea wind into the sails of the Turkish shipbuilding industry. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Survivors still alive on South Korean ferry - father | 3 days 4 hours ago | | Added: Apr 17, 2014 08:57 |
| | Several people appear to have survived in an air pocket of a capsized South Korean ferry, the father of one of the school children aboard the boat told a Reuters reporter accompanying families out to the scene of the disaster on Thursday. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Programme calls for hostages to be remembered | 3 days 4 hours ago | | Added: Apr 17, 2014 08:54 |
| | The Chairman of a programme which offers support to seafarers and their families affected by maritime piracy, asked for those still being held hostage to be remembered when picking up an award this week. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Coast Guard monitoring damaged drilling rig in Gulf of Mexico | 3 days 5 hours ago | | Added: Apr 17, 2014 08:47 |
| | The Coast Guard is overseeing response efforts, Tuesday, for an offshore drilling rig that began taking on water into a ballast tank after a large wave hit them in heavy seas more than 100 miles south of Galveston. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Technip Heerema Alliance wins major Kaombo subsea contract offshore Angola | 3 days 5 hours ago | | Added: Apr 17, 2014 08:33 |
| | The consortium, comprising Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors (Heerema), was awarded a major lump-sum contract by Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning for the SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines) part of the Kaombo project, located in Block 32 offshore Angola in water depths up to 2,000 meters. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Wreck-removal convention to enter into force | 4 days 5 hours ago | | Added: Apr 16, 2014 07:57 |
| | The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal Wrecks will enter into force on 14 April 2015 following the deposit, on 14 April 2014, of an instrument of ratification by Denmark, with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| New Joint Venture Targets Nuclear Industry | 4 days 6 hours ago | | Added: Apr 16, 2014 07:30 |
| | International maritime logistics expert Cory Logistics, part of Braemar Shipping Services, has formed a joint venture with universal supply chain specialist Navarm Limited to create a single source provider for a full suite of maritime and land-based services for the nuclear newbuild industry. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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