Category: Shipping

Breaking sanctions under a false flag - illegal Russian tankers are a maritime nightmare

Breaking sanctions under a false flag - illegal Russian tankers are a maritime nightmare

Gepostet von | 15 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

Under the title "Ships Are Flying False Flags to Dodge Sanctions", an article by columnist Elisabeth Braw appeared in Foreign Policy magazine on 30 January 2023, the most important statements of which are summarised here. Ownership - register - flag Elisabeth Braw begins by stating that ship ownership in the world is unevenly distributed among countries: the three countries with the largest shipping companies are China, Greece and Japan. But none of these countries are among the top countries under whose flags all these ships actually sail! Even the fourth-placed United States and fifth-placed Germany are not among them. Flag of...

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Plastik im Indik - Atolle ersticken im Müll!

Plastik im Indik - Atolle ersticken im Müll!

Gepostet von | 13 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

Anfang Februar berichtete "The Conversation", ein australisches online-Netzwerk gemeinnütziger Medienunternehmen mit Nachrichten, Forschungsberichten und Expertenanalysen, über eine eindrucksvolle Studie zur Wanderung von Plastikmüll im Indischen Ozean. Ausgangslage 2019 führten die Seychelles Island Foundation und die Oxford University auf dem unbewohnten Aldabra-Atoll nordwestlich von Madagaskar eine Säuberungsaktion durch. Auf einer Insellänge von 35 Kilometern wurden 25 Tonnen Plastikmüll zusammengetragen und abtransportiert. Weitere 500 Tonnen sonstiger Müll blieben liegen, denn sie hätten Transportkosten von 5 Millionen Dollar erfordert. Ausgehend von dieser bestürzenden Sachlage untersuchte man die Frage, woher all dieser Müll auf dem zum UNESCO-Welterbe gehörenden Brutplatz unter anderm der Grünen...

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Off to warm climes

Off to warm climes

Gepostet von | 13 Feb 2023 | , , , | 0

 Tender "Rhein" on its way to the Aegean On Wednesday, 15 February 2023 at 10 a.m., the tender "Rhein" will leave its home port of Kiel. Under the command of Corvette Captain Sebastian Lenz (33), the Kiel-based tender will deploy to the Mediterranean to support the NATO operation in the Aegean until the summer of this year. The tender, which is part of the support squadron in Kiel, will be the command platform and the German contribution to NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 for the next few months. Various port calls are planned for the 68 crew members over the next six months. In addition, the crew will be supported by a Turkish and...

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Happiness barometer: Satisfaction among seafarers on the rise again

Happiness barometer: Satisfaction among seafarers on the rise again

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2023 | , , | 1

In times of much bad news, good news must not be lost! After months of despair during the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2022 brought a recovery for the well-being of seafarers. The "Mission to Seafarers", which looks after the most important thing in the shipping industry - its people - publishes the "Seafarers Happiness Index" quarterly as a barometer of sentiment in the commercial shipping industry. Seafarers are asked ten key questions each quarter, in which they share their views on the issues that affect their lives and work. The latest report shows that seafarer satisfaction has continued to rise. It has increased in the last...

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Havariekommando: Good to know that it works!

Havariekommando: Good to know that it works!

Gepostet von | 6 Feb 2023 | , , | 1

When something goes wrong in the German Bight, the German Bight Traffic Centre is the first to know - and if the situation becomes really dramatic, it asks the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies in Cuxhaven to take over overall control of a particular emergency. This is what happened last Tuesday, 31 January 2023, when the crew of the multipurpose freighter "Royal II", en route from Esbjerg to Cuxhaven with a cargo of wind turbine parts, reported an engine failure off Heligoland at 16:30 and the anchors would not hold in the storm. The "Royal II" (length: 132 m; width: 21 m; flag: Panama) was drifting at low speed with two anchors deployed....

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