Our colleague Raimonds Vingris, head of the Latvian Ship Register has sent us an update for the OGSR entry. Check it out.
The draft guidelines are open for comment until Jan. 23, 2015 and appear to be primarily an effort to open more training slots aboard Indian flagged vessels.
Draft guidelines are available here.
11 December 2014
Shipping confidence drops to two-year low as concern mounts over cost of regulation
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They threatened back in June and are know acting. From our colleagues at Seatrade-Global
The German flag is to lose its largest ship manager by the end of June 2017 as Reederei NSB's flags-out...
We thought our subscribers might be interested in a recent discussion as to the history of and continued debate about the Jones Act (aka the Merchant Marine Act of 1920). Here's the link to the...
Our friends at Blank Rome brought the following to our attention - Action Item: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a Notice to the Area Port of New Orleans Trade...
From our friend Dennis Bryant's excellent blog at www.brymar-consulting.com - The Hong Kong Marine Department issued a notice stating that, effective 31 December, the telex...
The following caught our notice from our friends at Montgomery McCracken in their most recent Maritime and Transportation Newsletter. The article explains recent court rulings with respect to the...
Privately owned GM International Services Limited, founded in 1974 and run by John A. Gauci-Maistre K.M., has been offering consultancy services in maritime, corporate and financial sectors for four...
113 ships detained for MLC related deficiencies
20 August 2014 marked the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006). During these first 12 months 113...
