Curtas do Lloyd´s List

"Preventing terrorism in Gulf waters - Por David Osler - An interview with Commodore Peter Hudson. Coalition naval forces patrolling the Gulf are asking merchant shipping to help gather information for their operations, according to the Royal Navy officer in charge of much of the key waterway. - Louis Dreyfus denies vessel sold to avoid clean-up cost - Por Andrew Spurrier - Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has dismissed claims by a French environmental organisation that its recent sale of the 1977-built liquid natural gas carrier Edouard LD was designed to avoid having to decontaminate the ship for scrapping. - Industry backs crucial role of IMO - Por Richard Meade - Organisation has full support of leading maritime organisations. “It is difficult to imagine a world without the International Maritime Organization,” noted International Chamber of Shipping chairman Spyros Polemis when he addressed the 100th session of the IMO Council. Shell shock - Nigerian rebels attack Bonga Nigerian militants yesterday told oil and gas tanker operators to avoid Nigerian waters or risk being attacked. The warning came after armed raiders attacked Shell’s 312,500 dwt floating production storage and offloading vessel Bonga, 120 km off the Nigerian coast. The maritime route to prosperity - Por David Osler - Study links port access to economic welfare. LACK of access to world shipping routes is the major reason why just over half of landlocked developing countries are among the poorest in the world, according to a World Bank study of landlocked nations. The document offers a further illustration of the key impact that shipping has in boosting all sectors of an economy and facilitating the process of globalisation." - Concordo muito com esse tipo de abordagem.