Having already achieved recognition by the Philippine Overseas Employment Agent (POEA), Delta Marine is proud to announce that it has joined the elite few that have achieved accreditation in accordance with the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC2006). Delta Marine’s Manila operation has successfully earned the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) certification for Private Recruitment and Pla...
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[SOURCE BBC]   Ships sailing under a British flag will be able to carry armed guards to protect them from pirates, the prime minister has announced. David Cameron says he wants to combat the risks to shipping off the coast of Somalia, where 49 of the world's 53 hijackings last year took place. Under the plans, the home secretary would be given the power to license armed guards ...
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Delta Marine please to anounce that during August we had two promotions to officer rank of Third Engineer. Having completed cadetship with a different UK cadet sponsorship company with his OOW (Officer of the watch) however unfortunately the sponsorship company was unable to offer a full time officer position.  Alex came to Delta Marine via our website and joined as an Ordinary...
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Thanks to the bbc for an excellent radio program, educational and informative - Please show your support @ http://www.saveourseafarers.com/...
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 Project Horizon is a European Commission funded project investigating the impact of fatigue on the cognitive performance and decision-making of ships’ watchkeeping officers. The €3.78m project has captured the interest of the shipping industry as concern rises over incidents and accidents at sea that are increasingly attributed to seafarer fatigue.A number of experi...
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Traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal was disrupted after a 42,000-tonne container ship ran aground on Sunday due to engine failure, an official at the Suez Canal Authority said.The ship ran aground at al-Kantara city near the Mediterranean port city of Port Said, blocking the movement of 28 other ships in the waterway, the official said.Efforts were under way to move the ship that ro...
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A sharp downturn in the shipping markets in 2009 helped to ease the shortage of officers BIMCO/ISF 2010 Manpower Study warns against complacency as retention and recruitment of cadets remains a problem.Meanwhile, BIMCO has introduced a new service to help its members deal with operational issues related to crew.The survey reveals that the supply of officers stands at 624,000, while deman...
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[SOURCE BBC WORLD NEWS]} Reposted to promote awarenessAn attempt to free a Danish family recently taken hostage by Somali pirates has failed, officials say.Jan Quist Johansen, his wife, their three children, and two other adults were taken hostage on 24 February.Soldiers from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland tried to rescue the hostages but were ambushed on their way...
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Cadet Agnew as he was pictured below at a merchant navy memorial for fallen wartime seafarers will start his seagoing career as a fourth engineer this weekend; Fourth Engineer Agnew was highly praised by his senior officers throughout his cadetship earning his promotion following completion of his STCW 95 Certificate of Competency and completing sea time required by his sponsor company. ...
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Save Our Seafarers  We welcolme the news that a new advertising campaign proposed and financed by ship owners and unions; will be launched into mainstream media to campaign to goverments. The goal is to bring the public awareness of the war on the shipping industy will put pressure on governments to act, co-operate and bring a solution.Piracy affec...
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