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After an Incident in Lubeck, Liepaja Lost Its Ferry
In a German port of Lubeck, a ferry “Urd” was hit by another ferry “Nils Holgersson”. Scandline ferry “Urd”, which sails with the Danish flag, was seriously...
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The Region to See a Sharp Jump in Container Handling
It is estimated that the ports of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Finland will handle 8.7 million TEU containers per year in 2020.
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Russia Declares Its Navigational Systems to Be First in the Region
Russian St. Petersburg Port Captain’s Office created a unified ship information center and declares that they are ahead of the Baltic Ports.
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The main reason of shipwrecks - seafarers' tiredness
The result of the most accidents is seafarers' tiredness. To save money, sailors often are on duty from 6 pm work and 6 hours according the holiday schedule.
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In the Baltic Sea are redistributed container flows
In the Baltic Sea region appears new leading record-handling container ports. First of all, are mentioned the Riga port and the largest port of Gothenburg in...
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Significant seafarers’ disparities in salaries
British consulting company “Precious Associates” found that the gap wage between the captains of cargo ships in the East and West European countries make up...
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Fish are marked as birds
Labeling method has long been used to investigate the behavior of fish. Markers have helped to establish the Baltic Sea fish trips, opened the map of varying...
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Greek Crisis and the Shipping Industry
Although Greece faces one of the Europe’s largest crises, the country’s shipping industry is among the fastest growing.
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Increase in Bio-Fuels after a Decade
A container company Maersk Line tries out new bio-fuel made out of water plants. Solazyme Company started making bio-fuel from water plants to the U.S. Navy.
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Sad Perspectives on the Baltic Transit
Latvian ports manage to create 18-20 percent of the national gross product. Although the cargo handling is increasing in the Latvian ports, their future...
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Container Increase Is Changed by Its Lack
Last year, the container flows from Asia to Europe and from Europe to Asia have been increasing.
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The World’s Ship Industry Is Constantly Enlarged by New Ships
There were 2755 new ships built in the world last year. Their overall deadweight amounted to 164.5 million tons.
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The Fast Development of the Eastern Baltic Ports
Klaipeda and other surrounding ports are being developed rapidly. New terminals are being built in Riga and Liepaja port plans new deepening and cargo...
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Yachts Sailing Across the Atlantic Carry Drugs
A sailor from Sweden has been intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. His yacht had 1.5 tons of cocaine. He tried to sail the drugs from Colombia to Europe, Sweden.
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Shipping is Denmark’s Economic Engine
Shipping in Denmark has been declared to be a priority in the country’s business industry. The shipping industry employs 80 thousand people in the country.
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The Port of Muuga Plans Ships’ Gas Station
Danish company Ramboll Oil & Gas will examine whether the Estonian port of Muuga cane become a supply port for gas-powered vessels in the Gulf of Finland and...
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Piracy Danger Zone Is Expanded
International Agreements Forum (IBF), Ship-Owners Bargaining Group (JNR) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) have agreed to extend the...
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Russian losses go to the ports of Eastern Baltic
Last year, Russia exported and imported 607 million tons of cargo. Russian ports handled 503 million tons.
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Mass changes in the management of Ventspils port
After a particularly bad year of 2011, the port of Ventspils has decided to make some changes in the management.
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The city of Riga does not want any oil products in the port
By handling massive amounts of coal, the port of Riga has driven its citizens to an absolute confrontation because of polluting cargo.