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December 2009  Confiscated Passports Returned After "Full City" ran aground in Norway this summer, the passports of two of the Chinese crew were confiscated awaiting the trial which is due to take place in January next year. After several hearings, the Supreme...

November 2009 Manning Level Controversy in Norway A new Ship Safety and Security Act was introduced in Norway in 2008, and more recently, in July of this year, entirely new regulations concerning manning levels on Norwegian ships were enacted. Even so, the...

October 2009 Crew Changes at Sea In a survey of shipowners, 45% of the respondents  state that they perfrom crew changes at sea. The Norwegiam Maritime Directorate is of the opinion that the current regulations safeguard the safety of personnel. The Norwegian Maritime Officers' Association (NMOA) ...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed during its recent session that next year's theme for World Maritime Day will be "2010: Year of the Seafarer" as proposed by IMO Secretary General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos. In the meeting in London last June 29...