Category: International

ILO Child Labour Convention Attains Universal Ratification
August 5, 2020 No Responses

ILO Child Labour Convention Attains Universal Ratification

  For the first time in the ILO’s history, an International Labour Convention has been ratified by all member States. Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour  achieved universal ratification, following ratification by the Kingdom of Tonga. Ambassador...
read more
Skoda Appoints Thomas Schäfer As Board Chairman
August 4, 2020 No Responses

Skoda Appoints Thomas Schäfer As Board Chairman

Skoda Auto has announced that Thomas Schäfer has taken over as the Chairman of the Board with immediate effect.In this position, he succeeds Bernhard Maier, who is handing over the office to his successor after almost five years at the helm, th...
read more
World Bank Approves $500m For Girls’ Education In Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Four Others
July 29, 2020 No Responses

World Bank Approves $500m For Girls’ Education In Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Four Others

The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) towards improving secondary education opportunities among girls in seven states in Nigeria.  A statement from the bank in Abuja on Wedne...
read more
Greece Exempts Seafarers From Entry Restriction
July 24, 2020 No Responses

Greece Exempts Seafarers From Entry Restriction

Greece has exempted seafarers from COVID-19-related travel restrictions, meeting its pledge to the IMO to facilitate crew change.   GAC Greece said that the Greek government has allowed seafarers entry into its country together with citizens of the following...
read more
EU Bankrolls Electrification Of Seaport Terminals
July 21, 2020 No Responses

EU Bankrolls Electrification Of Seaport Terminals

The Port of Valencia has secured aid from the European Commission for two projects aimed at facilitating and accelerating the possibility of connecting ships to the electricity grid. The first of these, the Global EALING Project, European flagship action for.....
read more
Opinion: COVID-19 Debt Relief Must Consider The Vulnerabilities Of Small States
July 21, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: COVID-19 Debt Relief Must Consider The Vulnerabilities Of Small States

 By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General A lethal combination of disease, extreme climate events and economic crises is threatening the smallest and most vulnerable nations of the world. To tackle it, we must overhaul how we understand and ad...
read more
Volkswagen Projects Mild Growth
July 19, 2020 No Responses

Volkswagen Projects Mild Growth

German automaker, Volkswagen AG expects a slight growth in China’s premium car segment this year despite a slide in broader market sales, a senior executive said.Volkswagen Group‘s China chief, Stephan Woellenstein, made the remarks to reporter...
read more
Bio-LNG Secures $12.57 EU Backing
July 17, 2020 No Responses

Bio-LNG Secures $12.57 EU Backing

Titan LNG, a Dutch supplier of LNG to the marine and industrial markets in Europe, has secured funding for its bio-LNG project. The company said on Friday it has received €11 million ($12.57 million) from the European Union through the...
read more
MSC Ship Loses 20 Containers Off South Africa
July 16, 2020 No Responses

MSC Ship Loses 20 Containers Off South Africa

Earlier this week, a containership operated by Swiss shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) lost more than 20 containers overboard during stormy weather in Algoa Bay near the city of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, the South African Maritime Safety ...
read more
Okonjo-Iweala To WTO: Elect DG On Basis Of Merit
July 15, 2020 No Responses

Okonjo-Iweala To WTO: Elect DG On Basis Of Merit

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday in Geneva stressed the need for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to elect a credible candidate, based on merit, for the position of Director General. Okonjo-Iweala, who is among the eight candidates vying for the...
read more
Singapore, London, Shanghai,Top New List Of Most Important Shipping Hub
July 13, 2020 No Responses

Singapore, London, Shanghai,Top New List Of Most Important Shipping Hub

The 2020 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index has been published by the Baltic Exchange, in collaboration with Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency. The index, in its seventh edition, provides an independent ranking of the perf...
read more
ILO Renews Commitment To Create Better World Of Work After COVID-19
July 13, 2020 No Responses

ILO Renews Commitment To Create Better World Of Work After COVID-19

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, has welcomed the commitment and determination of world leaders to build a better world of work as a core element of recovery from the COVID-19 crisis . Speaking at the close of ...
read more
ILO Welcomes COVID-19 Seafarers’ Rights Agreement
July 10, 2020 No Responses

ILO Welcomes COVID-19 Seafarers’ Rights Agreement

The International Labour Organization has expressed support for new international measures to protect the rights of seafarers, stranded at sea because of the COVID-19 crisis .It welcomed a joint statement  signed by more than a dozen countries that gives ...
read more
Maritime Stakeholders Implore US, UK, UAE, Others On Crew Change Crisis
July 10, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Stakeholders Implore US, UK, UAE, Others On Crew Change Crisis

Thirteen countries have committed to facilitating crew changes and achieving key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted by the UK government July 9, 2020. This step is said to represent a significant progres...
read more
1 … 38 39 40 41 42 … 49