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Bright Future
The Australian Solar Boat Challenge is being held on Friday, September 25, 2009 at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
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Human Traffic Check
Malaysia which has often been blamed and labelled as a transit country for human trafficking activities is said to be not serious in checking the cross-border crime.
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Modern Solution
In a concerted effort to coordinate international naval patrols, shipping self-protection measures and discourage the payment of millions of dollars in ransom to pirates, Britain, Cyprus, Japan, Singapore and the United States came together to sign the New York Declaration, an international plan to protect ships and thwart piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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Fourth Fleet
The Russian Pacific Fleet is about to send out it's fourth detachment of naval ships to take up counter-piracy duties off Somalia coast.
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Recruitment Drive
Norwegian shipping firm Torvald Klaveness Group (TKG) said it will continue to hire hundreds more Filipino seafarers in the coming years as the company expands its fleet on expectations that the world economy to recover.
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Price Hike
Maersk Line has followed up recent West African trade rate increases from Northern Europe, with further rate increases from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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Shifting To Singapore
The China Navigation Company (CNCo) has announced that it will move its head office functions from Hong Kong to Singapore. The new head office will also accommodate specific functions for its liner trades subsidiary, Swire Shipping, currently located in Sydney, Australia.
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Dirty Secret
Italian authorities have found the wreck of a ship believed to have been sunk by the mafia with 180 barrels of toxic waste on board, one of more than 30 such vessels believed to lie off Italys southern coast, officials said on Tuesday (14 Sept).
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