UK P&I Club has launched its latest video in a series of award-winning reflective learning training videos, based on a real-life case of a vessel that incurred significant damage to its maize cargo due to a failure to conduct basic checks upon completion of loading. The animated video depicts an incident where a bulk carrier is fixed to load a
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Click here to view the annual Makai Santa video.https://www.makai.com/xmas/makai_greeting_2020.htm
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Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has released a film aiming to create greater public awareness of the issues of ballast water, invasive species and the role of the shipping industry in combatting this major environmental threat. The five-minute “Global Thought Leader” video is set to broadcast on CBS News and will be available to share across social media platforms.
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The July webinar on OceanReports is now available as an online video. OceanReports is a tool for developers of energy and other ocean-based projects to help them get to know many facets of a proposed location long before they take costly steps related to selecting sites. The tool and its use is explained in the first 30 min. of a
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As part of Deep Trekker’s “Think Tank Friday” series, “Robotics for Effective and Efficient Vessel Inspections,” which was released in June, features experts discussing how robotics can be used to visually inspect hulls. Shipyard managers talk about using ROVs to perform block checks during drydocking, inspect hulls and running gear, monitor ports, and glean helpful information on equipment failure. Watch
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Dr. Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, and Todd Steiner, executive director of Turtle Island Restoration Network, recently hosted a 40-min. conservation roundtable on creating one of the world’s first marine protected areas, the Cocos-Galapagos Swimway. Watch the video here.
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