The Seychelles Foreign Minister has called on European partners to “look at the oceans as a development space that should be treated with the same seriousness as land-based development” in a special piracy presentation he made to the EU Sub-committee on External Affairs of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. The Minister for […]
By Irina Smirnova-Godoy The successful application of the EU’s comprehensive approach to combating piracy has resulted in fewer vessels captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia in 2012. At a press conference, on 19 June, organised by the European Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR) Operation Atalanta encouraging progress was reported in improving safe navigation […]
NEW YORK, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Cruise Shipping Asia -Pacific — conference and trade show focusing on the emerging Asian-Pacific cruise industry — interviews Buhdy Bok, Vice President Pacific Asia & China, Costa Crociere S.p.A. Mr. Bok will be speaking at Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from September 17-18, 2012. (Photo: […]
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[Relevant documents: Piracy off the coast of Somalia, Tenth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2010-12, HC 1318, and the Government Response, Cm 8324.] Motion made and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(James Duddridge.) 2.30 pm Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con): I welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, […]
Washington, June 14 — India and the United States have agreed to hold a trilateral dialogue with Kabul to support their joint efforts to prepare Afghanistan for the post-2014 scenario when US forces are set to leave. The decision seen as a recognition of India’s constructive role in Afghanistan was set out in a joint […]
The busiest ports in the world are determined on the basis of the container traffic passing through them. Thus, it is not necessary that the biggest ports in the world are also the busiest ports in the world. The marine domain has increased by leaps and bounds in the past few decades, necessitating port and […]
London, UK and Seoul, Korea (PRWEB UK) 13 June 2012 The British Embassy located in Seoul, Korea, announced this week that it has awarded the “UK-Korea Ocean Energy Technology Co-operation Project” to KMU and IT Power. This follows closely after the accord between RenewableUK and the Korean Wind Energy Industry Association (KWEIA), signed in London […]
In navigation operation since centuries, the foghorn has been used as a navigational aid that helps vessels and its crew to identify potential colliding threats in exceedingly foggy weather. These threats could be incoming vessels from the opposite direction, rocks, shallows and even indiscernible rocky formations jutting above the water. The fog horn can be […]
Taiwan is paying close attention to the development of China’s first aircraft carrier, including its sea trails, a defense official said Sunday as the trails have reportedly become more frequent recently. “(We) have been closely monitoring issues related to the development (of China’s aircraft carrier),” Ministry of National Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Luo Shou-he told […]