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IMO Adopts Proposal for Increased Whale Protection

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a U.S. proposal for the increase of protection for endangered blue, fin and humpback whales off the California coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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ICS Launches Maritime D&I Toolkit

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released its first book on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the maritime sector to provide businesses and organizations with best practices and direction.

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Orient Express to Set Sail in 2026

The Orient Express Silenseas, an extravagant 722-foot-long (220-meter-long) vessel with three masts reaching over 300 feet in height, will sail the Mediterranean and Caribbean starting in spring 2026 and is expected to be the largest sailing yacht and superyacht overall.

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Maersk's New Cold Storage Facility in Saudi

A. P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk), a leading global integrator of container transportation and Refad Real Estate, inked a contract for the management of a brand-new cold storage facility at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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Happy New Year!

There's no long blog post this week - just a heartfelt greeting to wish all of our employers and manning agents a very happy and prosperous new year and all the very best for 2022.

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10 of Martide's Favorite Seamen Quotes About Sailing

Here at Martide sometimes we like nothing better than taking a short break from our usual blog posts about maritime recruitment, industry news, Martide solutions and support, and technology in the maritime industry to write something a little more entertaining - such as lists of seamen quotes!

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10 of Martide’s Best Seaman Quotes About the Ocean

The maritime world is a source of inspiration and whether you’re looking for inspirational quotes for seaman or quotes about seafarers, we hope our first blog for 2021 will provide you with some seamen quotes about the ocean that will help you look to the months to come with lots of positive vibes.

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Why You Need to Start Hiring Seafarers with Tech Skills

If you think about it from a traditional point of view, it might seem a little strange needing a seafarer who lists coding, programming or other techie skills on his or her maritime resume. But times are changing and like many sectors, the maritime industry is now starting to embrace digitization.

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MOL to Build "Wind Hunter"

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), a major Japanese shipping company, intends to start building Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing ship with several rigid sails, in 2024.

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KR Launches New PSC Mobile App

The Korean Register (KR) announced on Jan. 4 the launching of its new mobile application called KR PSC Adviser, made to help customers prepare for the Port State Control (PSC) inspections.

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Teledyne Acquires ChartWorld

On January 3, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), sometimes known as "Teledyne," declared that it had acquired ChartWorld International Limited and its affiliates. The deals' terms were kept private.

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ABS and HD Hyundai Inks Comprehensive MoU

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a leading provider of technical advice services for the maritime and offshore industries, and HD Hyundai, a major South Korean conglomerate involved in petroleum, machinery, heavy equipment, and shipbuilding, inked a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding

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Damen Designs FLOW-SV

Damen has created the FLOW-SV vessel to install offshore floating turbines in anticipation of future large-scale floating wind farm installations.

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Woodside Ships LNG to Europe for Security of Supply

Australian energy company Woodside Energy announced its shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) cargo to Europe from Australia’s North West Shelf project and delivered it to its buyer, Uniper Global Commodities SE, to contribute to the security of gas supply in Europe.

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USMMA Appoints First Woman Superintendent

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration announced on Nov. 12 the appointment of retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Joanna M. Nunan as the first woman to be the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) superintendent.

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US Navy Awards $5.1 Billion to General Dynamics

General Dynamics Electric Boat revealed that the USA's Columbia class of submarines, the country’s next-generation sea-based strategic deterrent, has been given a $5.1 billion amendment to the previously awarded Columbia Integrated Product and Process Development Contract by the Navy.

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Ports of Belledune & Hamburg Ink MOU Focusing on Clean Fuels

The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) and Germany’s largest seaport, the Port of Hamburg, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a collaboration on the movement of dry and liquid bulk commodities, and manufactured products between Canada and Germany, focusing on clean fuels and green products.

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Brittany Ferries Announces Route Reopening

Brittany Ferries announced on Dec. 20 its reopening of Portsmouth to Le Havre service for passengers. The company confirmed the route opening following its in “freight-only mode” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Dec. 20, tickets for voyages starting March 1, 2023 have been on sale.

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Gard Launches Seafarers Medical App

Marine insurance provider Gard and the Norwegian Centre for Maritime and Diving Medicine have released a cutting-edge worldwide digital medical handbook to enhance medical care onboard and save the lives of seafarers.

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Damen to Deliver First Multibuster 8020

Dutch shipbuilder Damen and Van Stee Offshore signed a contract for the delivery of an 80-meter Multibuster 8020 ultra-shallow draught multi-purpose workboat at the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference 2022.

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WIMOWCA Holds First Conference in Senegal

The Women in Maritime of West and Central Africa (WIMOWCA), the newest group set up with the support of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to “champion the place of women in the maritime sector,” held its first conference since its inauguration in Dakar, Senegal.

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Ecomar, NMIS Launch Zero-Emission Shipbuilding Project

Marine engineers Ecomar Propulsion and the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), operated by the University of Strathclyde, launched an R&D project that targets bringing the manufacturing of key parts used in zero-emissions electric boats to the UK.

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Costa Cruises & Enel sign MoU

A Memorandum of Understanding between Costa Cruises and the multinational Italian company Enel, which produces and distributes gas and electricity, aims to advance electrification technologies for sustainable maritime mobility.

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Vancouver Port Authority Partners Test Green Fuels & Tech

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, along with partners from the port community, are testing different low and zero-emission fuels and technologies at Canada’s largest port, Port of Vancouver. As a support to the Canadian government's objective of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, the port authority is conducting the testing as part of its efforts to phase out all port-related emissions by 2050. The port authority and the Province of British Columbia, through the Low-Emission Technology

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AD Ports Groups Inks Agreement With Kazmortransflot

On December 28, 2022, KMTF (Kazmortransflot), a wholly-owned offshore logistics and services subsidiary of the Kazakh National Oil Company (KazMunayGas), and AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), the top facilitator of international trade, logistics, and industry, inked a shareholder agreement.

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Coral South Project Exports First LNG Cargo

Trade energy provider and chemical manufacturer ExxonMobil brought additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes to the global energy market as it announced the first cargo from the $8 billion Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) project off the coast of Mozambique.

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StormGeo Celebrates 25 Years With “Green Gift”

As part of Alfa Laval’s 25th-anniversary celebration, StormGeo, a top provider of weather information and decision-support tools for the shipping sector, is giving away its new Carbon Footprint Dashboard as a “green gift” to users of the s-Insight fleet performance management system.

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Windcat Workboats Utilizes Reygar's DDPR System

Reygar's Digital Daily Reporting System, or Digital DPR, has been installed on the complete fleet of Windcat Workboats, which operates over 50 workboats and is Europe's top supplier of specialized crew transfer vessels to the offshore wind power industry.

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SCZONE Inks Container Handling Terminal Extension Contract

Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone signed a concession contract on Nov 15, with the Suez Canal Container Terminal for the “financing, design, construction, management, and operation” of the extension of the container handling terminal as a second terminal at Port Said East Port.

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Canada Invests $1.8M in Offshore Wind Projects

The investment, which collaborates with Mi'kmaw and rural communities to pave the way for greater offshore wind in Cape Breton and northeastern Nova Scotia, was announced by Cape Breton-Canso MP Mike Kelloway, who expressed his pleasure at the news

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Mission to Seafarers' Awards Return in Person

The Mission to Seafarers’ annual Seafarers Awards ceremony in Singapore returned in person on Oct. 6 after a two-year hiatus. The awards underscore the value and importance of seafarer welfare as well as honor individuals and organizations that contributed to seafarer wellbeing.

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Hydrotug 1 Arrives in Belgium

The world’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat arrived at the Port of Ostend in Belgium on Thursday, Oct. 27, for its final touches before its expected delivery by the end of 2022.

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Thailand to Receive New Research Vessel

The government of Thailand through the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) will receive a new research vessel to patrol the country’s coastal environment and monitor fisheries and marine resources.

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10 of Martide's Top Seafarer Quotes About Storms at Sea

Even if you’re just a casual reader of Martide’s Employer Blog and/or our Seafarer Blog, no doubt you’ll have noticed that we enjoy a good old fashioned list of seafarer quotes every now and again! So with that in mind, here are 10 maritime quotes about stormy seas for you to enjoy.

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Martide's Top Employer Blog Posts of 2020

We thought we’d take a look at which of our employer blog posts were most popular in 2020. So from maritime technology to crew management software solutions and from maritime recruitment to seaman quotes to attracting top talent, let’s run down Martide’s very own end of year top ten list.

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How Is 3D Printing Changing the Maritime Industry?

Marine tech aside there's two facts about ships: 1) they’re almost always on the move 2) procuring spare parts at sea is almost impossible. So if certain repair and maintenance issues can only be dealt with while a ship is docked wouldn’t it be great to find a way to fix problems mid-voyage?

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10 of Martide's Favorite Seafarer Quotes About Rowing

We love seafarer quotes and quotes for seamen so we were thinking about different quotes from meaningful seafarer quotes to inspirational quotes for seamen and seawomen. You already know our favorite quotes about storms and quotes about sailing, so we wondered what quotes about rowing we could find.

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Why Your Shipping Company or Manning Agency Needs to be Adaptable

The dictionary defines adaptability as “...being able to adjust to new conditions.” And it’s a crucial trait for the maritime industry to possess: future technologies have infiltrated every facet of our traditional sector and companies who bury their heads in the sand need to shape up or ship out.

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12 of Martide's Favorite Seamen Quotes

At Martide we love anything to do with the maritime industry and that includes finding inspirational and interesting seamen quotes. In this post we thought we’d take a look at some seafarer quotes from various well known (and not so well known) sources that continue to inspire us and make us think.

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10 Seaman Quotes About Compasses

Are you looking for some meaningful seafarer quotes about life at sea and nautical equipment and instruments such as anchors and compasses? If so, you’ve come to the right blog post. Here we’ve gathered for you a collection of ten quotes about compasses that we think are inspiring and interesting.

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Will Seafarers be Replaced by Robots?

Maritime technology is advancing at great speed and shows no signs of slowing down. The UK Government's ‘Maritime 2050’ strategy highlighted technological advancement as being at the forefront of tackling the ever-increasing demand for global sea trade. Guest blog post by All At Sea.

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Seafarer Happiness & Life on a Cargo Ship

Life on a cargo ship is demanding and seafarer wellness must be a priority for all maritime industry leaders. Maintaining health and wellness for seafarers not only improves productivity and morale, but also makes it more likely crew members will re-join or be loyal to your shipping company.

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The Lowdown on the IMO’s 2020 Global Sulfur Cap

Currently making the world maritime news is the International Maritime Organization’s plan to implement a global sulfur cap. But if you haven’t had a chance to read up on this huge change for the shipping industry yet, Martide have the lowdown on what it is and what it means for shipping companies.

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How is eCommerce Changing the Future of Maritime Transport?

The introduction of the ship container shook maritime transport and the industry to its core. Sure, boxes revolutionized it but they also effected employment figures. A similar transition is happening with the rise of eCommerce and automation of the industry: what’s changing the future this time?

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What You Must Know About Cyber Security & BIMCO's New Clause

Pre-2010 most cyber security attacks were on individuals who through bad luck and naivety were defrauded out of financial or personal data. That was less than a decade ago but in tech terms it’s light years. Hackers have set their sights on bigger game - including the maritime industry.

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Martide Welcomes Arriva Shipping

Martide are delighted to announce we are working with Arriva Shipping AS and Arriva Shipping Polska. Arriva were looking for a more efficient way to find and track job applicants and Martide’s efficient end-to-end hiring platform fulfilled their needs.

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Nordic-Shell LNG Announcement

Martide wish to offer our sincere congratulations to Nordic Hamburg who, in conjunction with Shell LNG, after five years of painstaking preparatory work, reached a huge milestone in the industry this week: executing the world’s very first simultaneous LNG bunkering during container cargo operations.

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