Hot Port News from GAC 29-Sep-2020 DEPLOYMENT OF UNDERWATER WAVE SENSORS Singapore RECLAMATION WORK AT PULAU TEKONG Singapore MOORING/UNMOORING OF VESSELS OFF PULAU TEKONG Singapore UPDATED CREW CHANGE REQUIREMENT Zhoushan,…
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Hot Port News from GAC 08-May-2020 TERMINAL MAINTENANCE COMPLETE, BERTHING RESUMED Basrah, Iraq PHASED SOFTENING OF LOCKDOWN Pakistan RESTRICTIONS FURTHER EXTENDED Kenya CASH TO MASTER SERVICE SUSPENDED Singapore Terminal maintenance…
Hot Port News from GAC 19-Mar-2020 ENTRY RESTRICTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL VESSELS Australia PROCESSING OF MARITIME CREW VISAS Australia COVID-19 PORT CONDITIONS Azores Islands AIRPORT CLOSED TO NON-NATIONALS Trinidad & Tobago…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) ended up at 1,138 points – plus 46 since yesterday and over one hundred since last Friday the 4th of August – to be precise…
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Shell/BG Kenya for the execution of a seabed survey to detect natural leakages of hydrocarbons. The seeps survey complements a seismic exploration programme…
International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya, has been selected to host the regional Maritime Technology Cooperation Centre (MTCC) for the…
Training and equipment deployment transforms remote local elections Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 19 December 2016: Thuraya Telecommunications Company today confirmed 100% transmission results for recent local elections in Kenya held…
Kenyan painter Camille Wekesa hails the role of art in wildlife conservation By James Brewer Camille Wekesa, a leading muralist and painter who conveys the glory of Kenyan flora and…
Nairobi, 14 November 2015 – UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner released the following statement regarding the attacks in Paris on 13 November: “As part of the UN…
Solo charity expedition from Mozambique to Kenya completed in 24 days Pacific Basin shipping executive Jacob Bliksted Sørensen has successfully completed his 1, 000km solo charity kitesurf expedition between Mozambique…
Designing a referral scheme for maternal health services in rural Kenya Transaid provided technical support to the MANI project (Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement project in Bungoma County, Kenya) to assess…
07 May 2015 – Trade union leader Nicholas Mbugua stirred up an outpouring of public support for Agility workers when he addressed a crowd of over 1, 000 and national…
07 May 2015 – The ITF is helping two informal sector union officials who were wrongfully arrested and detained in Nairobi, Kenya. Joseph Ndiritu, chair, and Mwangi Wanjoya, organiser, of…
14/04/2015 Kenya has ratified the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. Ms Nancy Karigithu, Director General, Kenya Maritime Authority, handed over the instrument of ratification to IMO Secretary-General Koji…
“We are working 24/7. When it comes to accidents we just take care of ourselves. When it comes to payment, it’s very little. We have families and we can’t make…
All eyes are on the Kuwait-based multinational firm Agility Logistics over its treatment of road transport workers in Kenya, the International Transport Workers’ Federation said today at a press conference…
“From land to sea: New Frontiers for National Development” Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi Opening remarks by Koji Sekimizu Secretary-General, IMOYour Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, Cabinet Secretary Engineer Kamau (Principal…
23/02/2015 IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu is in Kenya, where he is giving a keynote speech at the Kenya National Maritime Conference. http://www.kma.go.ke/nmc2015/ Ahead of the Conference, Secretary-General Sekimizu paid a courtesy call to…
Over 290 Kenyan seafarers, including 16 leaders of the Seafarers Union of Kenya (SUK), participated in a five-day seminar to discuss how to strengthen the union to support its newly-formed…
Kenyan informal sector unions discuss organising and climate change Kenyan unions that represent informal minivan (matatu) and bus transport workers participated in a three-day seminar this week which was organised…
World Holidays: 7-20 December 2014 COUNTRY: Worldwide Public holidays around the world in the coming two weeks include the following: Tue 9 Dec – Tanzania Independence Day Wed 10 Dec…
World Holidays: 19 October-1 November 2014 COUNTRY: Worldwide Public holidays around the world in the coming two weeks include the following: Mon 20 Oct – Mashujaa Day, formerly Kenyatta Day…
World Holidays: 12-25 October 2014 COUNTRY: Worldwide Public holidays around the world in the coming two weeks include the following: Sun 12 Oct – Brazil Patroness Mon 13 Oct –…