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Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and what to know about the financial turmoil — and how ...

Business Insider 25 Mar 2023
Welcome to the weekend. I'm Phil Rosen ... If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Insider's app here. Katherine Jollon Colsher, President and CEO, Girls Who Invest ... Phil Rosen ... The ships don't have sufficient insurance, the Washington Post reported, and they pose safety risks to the environment and ship crews as they navigate dangerous waters.
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LAPD officers sue owner of anti-cop website for posting photos, ‘bounty’

The Los Angeles Times 25 Mar 2023
It's retaliatory ... 'This is one of those things that I worried about and feared when we released these photographs ostensibly to be transparent, that others were going to use them to threaten our officers.' The chief said he has taken steps to address the safety concerns of those whose photos were released ... “Now, but that ship has sailed ... .
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GTT Contracts Sloshing Virtual Sensor with�European LNG Ship-Owners

The Maritime Executive 24 Mar 2023
Combined with an appropriate risk analysis, the ship-owners and the charterers are able to optimise the tank maintenance while complying with strict safety standards, improving operational flexibility and making significant cost savings ... and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO).
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Abandonded livestock carrier crew returns home

SAFETY4SEA 24 Mar 2023
AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) had detained the international livestock carrier ship, the Yangtze Fortune, after its owner failed to pay its crew or meet its obligations under international maritime law.
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Crewless container ships appear on the horizon

Yahoo Daily News 24 Mar 2023
Before long the container ship Yara Birkeland will be sailing crew-free ... When it comes to safety, crewless vessels need to perform as well, if not better than captained ships says Prof Tannum, who believes there will always needs to be a backstop - someone monitoring who could intervene if necessary.
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USCG Clears SF Bay Area Navigational Hazards from Unprecedented Storm

The Maritime Executive 24 Mar 2023
The USCG reports that the storm left multiple vessels, docks, and barges adrift, causing navigational safety issues around the San Francisco Bay Area ... Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco also conducted an overflight of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers to better understand maritime safety for the main ship channels.
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FIVE-ALARM FIRE: The House Freedom Caucus’ Extreme Budget Proposal Weakens Our National Security

The White House 24 Mar 2023
endangering public safety, raising costs for families, shipping manufacturing jobs overseas and undermining American workers, weakening national security, and hurting seniors ... and procurement of critical munitions like the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile and the Standard Missle-6.
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Denmark invites Nord Stream operator to help salvage unidentified object

Reuters 24 Mar 2023
Authorities have assessed that "the object does not pose any immediate safety risk," the agency said. Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that a ship rented by Gazprom had found an antenna-like object about 30 km (19 miles) from the explosion sites.
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Abandoned Crew Heads Home After Chinese Livestock Carrier is Sold

The Maritime Executive 23 Mar 2023
The 4,800 dwt ship ... In its current iteration, the ship is registered in Liberia ... The Admiralty Marshall consulting with the safety regulators determined that 20 of the crewmembers could be repatriated immediately and they left the ship in January to fly home to the Philippines.
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The ruins of RMS Mulheim that can still be seen near Sennen Cove in Cornwall

ITV 23 Mar 2023
The ruins of a container ship can be still be seen rusting on the coast of Cornwall 20 years after it ran ashore ... crew to safety ... "It's not very often you get a big merchant ship like that going aground, particularly these days with the advances in safety and technology.
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Ships carrying fuel from sanctioned countries on the increase, research finds

Business Day 23 Mar 2023
Some industry figures fear this parallel trade carrying tens of millions of barrels of oil around the world could undermine decades-long industry efforts to increase shipping safety after disasters including the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, which caused devastating environmental damage.
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Oil spills and near misses: more ghost tankers ship sanctioned fuel

Reuters 23 Mar 2023
Some industry figures fear this parallel trade carrying tens of millions of barrels of oil around the world could undermine decades-long industry efforts to increase shipping safety following disasters including the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, which caused devastating environmental damage.
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Raytheon Technologies completes delivery of 23 Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems to the U.S. Navy

Victoria Advocate 23 Mar 2023
JPALS is a software-based GPS navigation and precision approach landing system that guides aircraft onto carriers and amphibious assault ships regardless of sea state or weather conditions, bolstering safety and operational capability ... Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, as well as all F-35 aircraft.
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Ukraine's Uncrewed Boats are Changing the Way Wars Are Fought

The Maritime Executive 23 Mar 2023
Several Russian ships were damaged in the attack, and the USVs were reportedly able to penetrate the harbour defences and cause damage to ships in protected anchorages ... The design of the ship can be streamlined, disregarding human needs such as sleeping, eating and safety (sleeping berths, galleys, life-rafts and life-jackets can all be removed).
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HRAS urges the Australian Government to reinforce its national legislative on seafarer welfare

SAFETY4SEA 23 Mar 2023
Referring to 2020 data from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), the company reveals that Australia received more than 26,000 ship visits from more than 6000 vessels despite restrictions on global shipping movements that year.
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