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15 Jan 2019
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Transport in 2040: how automation and technology will impact the future of work
The forward-looking assessment, produced by WMU, investigates how the global transport industry will change as a result of automation and advanced technologies,...
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04 Jan 2019
Greece rewards migrant fishers for fire rescue
Greece has awarded citizenship to three migrant fishers who rescued Greeks from a wildfire outside Athens last July. Greek President, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, thanked...
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04 Jan 2019
British authorities rescue crew threatened by stowaways
The UK’s Special Boat Service (SBS) boarded a cargo ship in the Thames estuary after the crew reported that they had been threatened by stowaways. The...
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04 Jan 2019
Britain arrests cross-Channel people smuggler suspects
Britain has arrested two people suspected of people smuggling, following a rise in the number of people attempting the perilous crossing of the English...
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04 Jan 2019
Eleven migrants die in small boat off Spain
A Spanish Navy research vessel found the bodies of 11 people in a small boat off the strait of Gibraltar in late December. The boat was carrying 55 passengers when...
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04 Jan 2019
Freedom and wages returned after seven years of hell
Mohammed and his three crewmates had been effectively in captivity, abandoned for five years, on a tugboat in Mumbai harbour. Without power or fuel, the Ghanaian...
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20 Dec 2018
Australian seafarers to gain from Canadians’ seafarers local shipping win
From December 9-11 in Ottawa, Canada, the Seafarers International Union of Canada (SIU Canada) hosted an Australian delegation of Labor Senator Glenn Sterle and...
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14 Dec 2018
US fines Greek firm $2m for pollution cover-up
A court in Delaware, USA, has fined a Greek shipping firm USD2 million for the deliberate cover-up of pollution after the crew blew the whistle on the practice. The...