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		<title>South Africa signs anti-piracy Code</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5706</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>a contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IMO Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy and Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Djibouti Code of Conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMO anti-piracy code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piracy and armed robbery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of IMO IMO BRIEFING: The Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden (Djibouti Code of Conduct) was today signed on behalf of South Africa by the South African High Commissioner, His Excellency Dr. Zola Skweyiya, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A fix for Filipino STCW administration?</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5692</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5692#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manning, Training and Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commission on Higher Education CHED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EO 75 transfer of STCW functions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Order No. 75]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maritime schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime Training Council MTC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So Malacañan Palace has castrated the Maritime Training Council. Under Executive Order No. 75, all functions concerning the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) are transferred to the Department of Transportation &#38; Communications through the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). The move would seem to make sense: MARINA, after all, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing the value of maritime PR</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5684</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5684#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime Media & Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy and Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboitiz Jebsens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elaborate Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maritime PR public relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Marshals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Videotel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Press releases are either interesting or ho-hum (thus fit for the trash bin). Elaborate Communications&#8216; recent announcement about securing a new client would seem to fall under the latter category. But the brief news release from the UK public relations outfit is not lacking in interest. The client referred to is Sea Marshals, which provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget the speeches, meet the buyers</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5673</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5673#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements and Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copland Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maritime conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meet the Buyer (MTB)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s unlikely that we&#8217;ll see an end to the orgy of maritime conferences. These two-day borefests provide a perfect excuse for executives to hie off on a junket and for the organisers to profit therefrom. What a waste of time and a drain on corporate resources. Thankfully, there&#8217;s an alternative: the &#8220;Meet the Buyer&#8221; (MTB) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Piracy, cruiseship safety on the menu</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5661</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5661#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>a contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IMO Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy and Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMO Maritime Safety Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSC agenda 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passenger ship safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOLAS amendments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IMO BRIEFING: Piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean and passenger ship safety will be high on the agenda when IMO&#8217;s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization&#8217;s London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick way to understand MLC 2006</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5652</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5652#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manning, Training and Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights for seafarers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime Labour Convention 2006 MLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime Training Service MTS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To date, 25 countries with 56% of the world tonnage have ratified the ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006, the &#8220;bill of rights&#8221; for seafarers. With five more expected to come on board this year, the treaty can enter into force by 2013. But how many seafarers and shipping executives have bothered to read MLC 2006? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A cutting-edge coastguard cutter</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5644</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5644#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Products & Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sauter Carbon Offset Design SCOD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scarborough Shoal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Eagle ultra green catamaran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Coast Guard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sauter Carbon Offset Design (SCOD) is offering its new &#8220;ultra green&#8221; catamaran called &#8220;Sea Eagle&#8221; to the US Coast Guard in an unsolicited proposal to beef up American homeland security. With helipad and underwater ROV (Remote Ocean Vehicle), the E-Class Sea Eagle is said to use less than half as much fuel to go 10% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s with &#8220;the human element&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5635</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5635#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime Media & Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shipping and Logistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maritime accidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable shipping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the human element in shipping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no escaping the catchword &#8220;the human element&#8221; in shipping. It&#8217;s become as ubiquitous as &#8220;sustainable shipping&#8221; &#8211; and necessarily so. Despite the advances in technology, maritime accidents continue to take a heavy toll on life and limb, not to speak of the environment. Time to shift the focus on &#8220;the human element&#8221; in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Dutch with VSTEP simulators</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5627</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5627#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Products & Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMO Rotterdam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Taiwan Ocean University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAUTIS simulator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shipbridge VSTEP distributor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical University Varna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VSTEP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had our first real look at the NAUTIS bridge simulator developed by VSTEP of The Netherlands in November 2011 during the Asia-Pacific Manning &#38; Training Conference in Manila. The visual realism and the build quality left a positive impression on us. That&#8217;s not surprising. If the Dutch have made a mark in the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour Day tribute to workers at sea</title>
		<link>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5610</link>
		<comments>http://marine-cafe.com/mcblog/?p=5610#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barista Uno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements and Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime Art, Culture & History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Day tribute seafarers fishermen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-Impressionist painter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent van Gogh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re a huge admirer of Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Today, Labour Day, we post this image of his &#8220;Seascape at Saintes-Maries (Fishing Boats at Sea)&#8221; as a tribute to all those who toil at sea &#8211; fishermen, seafarers, coastguardsmen and offshore and oil rig workers. The masterpiece is part of a series [...]]]></description>
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