by Barista Uno | Jun 24, 2011 | Announcements and Events
In Manila, the authorities will give free rides to seafarers on the Metro Rail Transit in the early morning and late afternoon. In London, the Lloyd’s Maritime Academy will offer discounts on some of its online courses for seafarers. Elsewhere, seafarers’ charities will probably throw parties for the lads and their families. Tomorrow, the 25th of June, is the Day of the Seafarer. What can we give on this occasion? Nothing much, just a simple prayer for all seafarers. (more…)
by Barista Uno | Sep 24, 2010 | Piracy and Security
The final tally: 930,604 signatures from all over. They came in 12 cardboard boxes and were handed over on 23rd September, World Maritime Day, to IMO Secretary General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos at the UN agency’s headquarters in London. It’s not clear what the IMO will do next with the End Piracy Now petition, an initiative of some 14 seafarers’ unions, shipping associations and allied industry groups. A more important question: what impact will the petition have on the whole Somali piracy problem? (more…)
