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Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally threatened Italy, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece and Finland with legal action at the European Court of Justice for failing to implement European Union (EU) legislation on marine equipment. The 2002 directive ‘laying down quality requirements and testing standards for equipment to be placed on board an EU ship’ aims to enhance sea safety and prevent marine pollution through a harmonised enforcement of international rules regarding onboard equipment.…

Keith Nuthall
THE NUMBER of women seafarers working in the world’s merchant navies is on the rise, but female ship workers still face discrimination and a lack of tailored facilities, an International Labour Organisation report has said. It claims women make up between one and two per cent of the world’s 1.25 million seafarers, on around 87,000 ships.…

Keith Nuthall
WITH the May 2004 implementation date for introducing reforms based on the International Maritime Organisation maritime security code rapidly approaching, the European Union is still debating the shape of EU regulations putting it into force. Indeed the EU Council of Ministers has only just struck an agreed “general approach” on implementation, pending a formal first reading of relevant legislation by the European Parliament.…

Keith Nuthall
THE NUMBER of women seafarers working in the world’s merchant navies is on the rise, but female ship workers still face discrimination and a lack of tailored facilities, an International Labour Organisation report has said. It claims women make up between one and two per cent of the world’s 1.25 million seafarers, on around 87,000 ships.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally threatened Italy, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece and Finland with legal action at the European Court of Justice for failing to implement European Union (EU) legislation on marine equipment. The 2002 directive ‘laying down quality requirements and testing standards for equipment to be placed on board an EU ship’ aims to enhance sea safety and prevent marine pollution through a harmonised enforcement of international rules regarding onboard equipment.…

Keith Nuthall
WITH the May 2004 implementation date for introducing reforms based on the International Maritime Organisation maritime security code rapidly approaching, the European Union is still debating the shape of EU regulations putting it into force. Indeed the EU Council of Ministers has only just struck an agreed “general approach” on implementation, pending a formal first reading of relevant legislation by the European Parliament.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE DISHWAHER, that symbol of the modern household, appears to have provided a crucial breakthrough in minimising the impact of oil slicks on birdlife. According to a University of California study, two brands of dishwashing detergents, “Dawn” from Proctor and Gamble, and Birdwash, marketed as a joint bird and dish washer detergent in New Zealand by Tergo, are the ideal agents for cleaning the birds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties, the world animal health organisation, has warned of an outbreak of bluetongue disease in sheep in Sardinia. Authorities on the Italian island have slapped a movement ban on farms in Cagliari province to prevent it spreading.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
WHAT price safety? Ports and shippers racing to comply with an extremely tight deadline to meet the new International Marine Organisation security requirements are still not sure what the final bill will be. However, with the newly added SOLAS (safety of life at sea convention) special measures and the also new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code due to come into effect on 1 July 2004, those who are not already well down the line to meeting the requirements will find the costs rising sharply as demand for security services steps up.…

BY MARK ROWE
EMPLOYERS will be required to carry out risk assessments of the dangers to their staff from electricity generators and power lines as well as mobile phone masts, following an agreement in principle of a directive by the European Union’s (EU) Council of Ministers.…