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Monthly Archives: November 2013
How I survived North Sea helicopter crash that killed four – Hull man Paul Sharp
A MAN has told how he escaped death when a helicopter he was in plunged into the sea, killing four people. Paul Sharp, 48, […] Read More
P&I Club Analysis Warns of False Sense of Navigational Security
The London P&I Club says that a recent analysis of collision cases has highlighted the effect complacency has on casualties. The club recently undertook a […] Read More
RGU Announces New Oil and Gas Institute
Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen is establishing an International Institute for Oil and Gas, as part of the university’s strategy to build on its […] Read More
IMO Set to Adopt Global Mandatory Audit Scheme
The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting for its 28th session in London, is expected, amongst other matters, to adopt key resolutions and […] Read More
Korean & Russian Classification Societies Sign MOU
At the recent Korea-Russia Business Dialogue meeting held in Seoul attended by President Putin & President Park Guen-hye, the Korean Register (KR) and the Russian […] Read More
Trimaran Averaged 22 Knots to Win Transatlantic Race
The seventy foot MOD70 trimaran ‘Edmond de Rothschild’, sailed by French duo Sebastien Josse and Charles Caudrelier broke the finish line of the 5450 miles […] Read More
Videotel Works with Industry for Chemical Tanker Training
Chemical Tanker safety comes into sharp focus in a new training course from leading maritime training provider Videotel Marine International. The newly-launched Advanced Chemical Tanker Course […] Read More
Oil and Gas Sectors to Drive Vocational Training
Education and training providers will meet with some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies at this year’s VTEC MENA Conference, held at Abu […] Read More
4th OPITO Safety and Competence Conference in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, November 19th 2013
OPITO is heightening its campaign for common global training standards across the oil and gas industry to dramatically improve safety with the launch of a […] Read More
What I Wish I’d Known On My First Day At Sea
Clyde Marine Training (http://www.clyderecruit.com/) surveyed a number of our cadets, employees and serving merchant naval officers recently asking them the simple question, “What do you […] Read More
Ground-breaking Oil Pollution Compensation Fund to be Wound Up
The governing bodies of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) held recent meetings at the Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in […] Read More
ClassNK Update on Loss of ‘MOL Comfort’
Based on both the results of its own independent investigation as well as the deliberations of the third meeting of the Committee on Large Container […] Read More
Pirate Money Trail: Report Gives Insight, Urges Tracking
A study by the International Criminal Police Organization, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and World Bank attempts to understand the illicit financial flows […] Read More