Marina Española. Cientos de años de militarismo borbónico.

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Published on Saturday, 18 November 2017 12:36
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 Barcelona, 30 de marzo de 1920

Marina Mercante

Mucho se ha escrito en España desde veinte años acá, acerca la Marina mercante, hasta el punto que nuestra bibliografía marítima es de las más voluminosas, y en ella encuentra el estudioso resueltos los magnos problemas económicos, políticos y sociales de nuestra patria. Pero no obstante el esfuerzo y cooperación individual que ello representa, continúa España en el mayor de lo atrasos en cuanto a la Marina se refiere. La tradición—la rutina, mejor diríamos—preside los destinos de los organismos directores y no hay medio de hacer vivir en la realidad cuanto a la misma se refiere, y es que la serie de intereses creados, que nadie se atreve a destruir, son más poderosos que la lógica de

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The Place of Developing Countries in Global Maritime Business

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Eromosele Abiodun examines the United Nations’ Conference on Trade and Development Review of Maritime Transport, submitting that the long-term growth prospects for seaborne trade and maritime businesses are positive

Before now, the global maritime business was dominated by Western countries. That appears to be changing as it has emerged that developing countries are increasing their involvement in many parts of global maritime business. Aside expert’s position on the development, the review of maritime transport 2016, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), this month, laid credence to this.

The review however, outlined a cautiously upbeat view of global shipping over the years ahead. This is correct because just before the election of Donald Trump as president of the

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Is technology making ships too complex?

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Maritime safety company Propel suggests that human failure is still top of the agenda when it comes to improving safety. However, in an age where ships are becoming more complex, is technology partly to blame?

 

“I was on a ship and in order to look at the read outs of equipment and to operate [it], you had to be like an octopus.” It comes across as slightly tongue-in-cheek, but Allan Graveson, senior national secretary at Nautilus International, is deadly serious. “When you come to the bridge layout itself, a pair of running shoes wouldn't go amiss. I'm just surprised there aren't more accidents.”

Graveson is speaking on the topic of human failure on ships; the hook being a report

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First Unmanned Vessel UK Flagged

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 Port Technologie

 15 Nov 2017 11.22am

An autonomous work boat, C-Worker 7, has become the first ever unmanned vessel to fly the UK flag. 

The UK Ship Register (UKSR) is part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and lays claim to being among the best performing flags in the major Port State Control regimes.

Although autonomous vessels are now being introduced to many fleets in both commercial and military sectors across the world, they are still relatively new in the maritime sector.

C-Worker 7 will be used for work such as subsea positioning, surveying and environmental monitoring.

It is owned by ASV, the UK a supplier of unmanned marine systems for military, security, offshore energy and scientific applications.

It can be used

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