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Shipping Industry Job (In)Security Causes Concern to Employees, Study Reveals
Over half of shore-based maritime employees are actively looking to change jobs and nearly two-thirds are worried about job security, a new survey shows. On March 26, 2019, Halcyon Recruitment, in collaboration with Coracle, published its 10th annual Maritime Employee Survey in which 2,800 respondents took part. The results show that 62% of shore-based shipping…
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K Line Moves Ahead with New System for Ship Hull Inspection
Japanese companies Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Technos Mihara have launched a development project using “an innovative method” for ship hull inspection and maintenance by a drone and image analysis system. According to K Line, the company had difficulties in the past while inspecting ship parts that are hard to access, such as the top…
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Korean Register to Inspect Ships with Drones
Ship classification society Korean Register (KR) is now conducting inspection services using drones, responding to the industry-wide trend to use more unmanned technology. Inspections are conducted onboard, in and around ships, and many of the inspected areas are high risk and difficult to access safely. As explained, the inspections will be carried out using drones…
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