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Excerpts from the Globe and Mail:
Is there a strong relationship between sea ice loss and increased ship activity? Findings from the U of Ottawa study reveal that some relationship between sea ice reductions and shipping volume increases do exist, but the linkage was not as strong as might be expected. This suggests that other factors are playing a more prominent role in influencing Arctic shipping patterns, such as tourism demand, community re-supply and construction needs, as well as research and resource exploration activities. It seems like the perception that the Arctic is opening up because of climate change is greater than the reality.
But even if the reductions in sea ice are only playing a small part in influencing the increase in activity in Arctic Canada, the potential consequences of climate change for Arctic ships and for the environment in general are significant. Changing ice conditions present more hazardous operating conditions than they did in the past. The presence of more ships, regardless of the factors influencing sector growth, in combination with more hazardous ice conditions mean there is an exponential increase in the probability of...
[NOTE: Last week, Honduran dockworker union leader Victor Crespo's father was murdered following threats by anti-union forces. Click here to read this news in English at the International Transport Workers' Federation web site.]
Con gran pesar, la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF) comunica que el padre de Víctor Crespo (el dirigente sindical hondureño amenazado de muerte por su activismo sindical en Puerto Cortés), ha muerto tras un atentado hacia él y otros miembros de la familia por un asaltante armado que les impactó con un coche robado.
Después de un intento de asesinato en septiembre de 2013, Víctor Crespo fue protegido en otro país para que fuera posible continuar su trabajo como presidente del Sindicato Gremial de Trabajadores del Muelle (SGTM), afiliado a la ITF. Al parecer, las mismas fuerzas que lo querían muerto, dirigieron sus planes hacia su padre, Víctor Manuel Crespo Puerto, quien fue declarado con muerte cerebral tras el ataque. El equipo médico de soporte vital fue desconectado el día de hoy.
Las amenazas de muerte también han recomenzado en contra los demás líderes del SGTM. La ITF y SGTM creen que estos hechos...
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said on Monday it had started construction on a Chinese order for the world’s largest container ships.
China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) awarded the contract for the five vessels, each with a capacity of 18,400 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) container boxes , to Hyundai in May. The size broke the previous record of the 18,000 TEU container ships another South Korean firm, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine, had built for Denmark’s APM.
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