Suicide is now the foremost cause of deaths amongst seafarers, an “… isolated, vulnerable, and globally essential workforce.” 2020, October 1: As the global death toll from COVID-19 increased, spreadi
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Make the world’s seafarers Global Key Workers t the time of going to press, our world as we knew it changed, in some respects, radically. The current year was barely a third of the way through when it
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Managing to prevent catastrophe By Capt. Rawle Baddaloo* 2020, October 1: The ultra large container ship the Milano Bridge collided with multiple ship-to-shore gantry cranes and, in the same incident,
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Port protection demands comprehensive protocols 2020, October 1: The response to a global pandemic must be immediate and precise. Time is of the essence and imprecision is counter-productive if not tr
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A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: CLIA suspends global cruise industry 2020 April 2: On March 13, 2020, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) took extreme action by suspending cruise ship operations from
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WHAT PORT MANAGERS SHOULD KNOW IMO 2020: National laws urgently necessary By Deniece M. Aiken * 2020, April 2: Burning forests in Australia, melting ice caps in the Arctic and the upsurge of hurricane
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Not a destination problem s nations of the world battle an invisible enemy from within and without, drastic action to severely limit the movement and gathering of human beings became increasingly nece
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Jamaica: New tugs for Kingston 2020, April 2: Ocean J. Towing Inc., the Canadian company delivering towage services in the Port of Kingston, brought its two recently acquired tugs into operations foll
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Dominican Republic: Logistics Park for Punta Cana Airport 2020, April 2: The first airport logistics park and free zone complex in the DR and the Caribbean is cleared for development following a forma
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Proposals to build cruise ship docks on the rocks 2020, April 2: Government plans to build new cruise port docking and reception facilities in Grand Cayman is again stalled. A national referendum call
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