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  • Theme For Day Of The Seafarer 2015: Career at Sea

    • May 3, 2015
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    Day of the seafarer 2015 is fast approaching. This year the International Maritime Organization is shifting its focus to maritime education. We want you to consider a career at sea. Most people go to work in offices, factories and shops, but it’s a different picture for seafarers: an office can be a hundred thousand-ton oil

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  • The Standard Club And ICS Launch New Hazard Awareness Competition For Seafarers

    • May 2, 2015
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    Welder

    In an initiative to raise awareness of potential hazards at sea, The Standard Club and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have joined forces to launch a ‘Spot the Hazard’ competition open to any seafarer worldwide. With USD$10,000 of prize money, the competition has been designed to help those working at sea identify hazards and

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  • Michael R. H. Stewart: 5 Secrets in Business & Life from Aristotle

    • May 1, 2015
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    “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” 1. NEVER THINK YOU KNOW IT ALL A few days ago, a very successful and massively intelligent young man reminded me of this important line from Aristotle: “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” In many respects, this is one

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  • ‘Signals Of Change’ That Could Reshape Shipping’s Future

    • March 2, 2015
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    • Category: Ships, Technology
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    MSC Oscar at seatrial

    SSI Identifies ‘Signals Of Change’ That Could Reshape Shipping’s Future The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a pioneering coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry focused on uniting commercial growth with sustainable behaviours, has released a new report, ‘Signals of Change’, that explores the potential impact of emerging technology, policy and behaviours on the

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  • Container Shipping

    • March 1, 2015
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    Container Shipping – Striking The Balance Is Tough When Everyone Wants To Get “Back Into The Black” The labour conflict that caused a widespread and highly disruptive strike and subsequent congestion in most US West Coast ports, especially for the container shipping industry, ended towards the end of February. In spite of the conflict, US

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  • The 8 Instinctive Habits of Remarkable Leaders

    • February 2, 2015
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    Once in a while you meet a leader who stands out — even in a room filled with skilled, experienced, successful people. She hasn’t just learned to be remarkably charismatic. He hasn’t just learned to be remarkably likeable. You can tell, in an instant, they simply think and act and lead differently than most people.

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  • 13 Habits of Exceptionally Likeable People

    • February 1, 2015
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    Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few—the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It’s easy to fall prey to this misconception. In reality, being likeable is under your control, and it’s a matter of emotional intelligence

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  • Shipping Must Adopt Can-do Attitude In 2015

    • January 2, 2015
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    Attitude

    International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens says shipping needs to adopt a can-do attitude in order to successfully meet the challenges which are likely to come its way in 2015. Moore Stephens shipping partner Richard Greiner says, “Shipping confidence started 2014 on a six-year high and ended it on a two-year low. It is

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  • The Mission to Seafarers (MtS)

    • January 1, 2015
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    Norman Atlantic Ferry

    Multiple Tragedies At Sea Dominates The Start To 2015 Reports The Mission To Seafarers The Mission to Seafarers (MtS) global maritime welfare charity has reported a very turbulent start to 2015, with multiple incidents at sea dominating their work. There have been two serious accidents in the UK, in Southampton Water and off Orkney; the

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