Tomorrow, November 10, the "XXXIII Seafarers Day" will be held in online format at the Port of Barcelona. It will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. where different professionals will participate in port activity who will explain the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused on workers linked to the maritime world. Under...
Continue readingThe Virtual Valencia Boat Show held its last virtual meetings yesterday, although the platform will continue to be open 365 days a year, creating a new model of boat show. During its five days of celebration, it has managed to bring together shipyards, distributors, industry professionals, athletes, marinas, yacht clubs, schools, tourist institutions, designers and...
Continue readingFor more than six months, due to Covid-19 the change of crews has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers trapped on board ships or unemployed in their homes. The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and the International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC) have made a joint contribution of US $ 500,000 to the Resilience Fund of...
Continue readingIn recent months due to the health crisis caused by Covid-19, hundreds of thousands of seafarerss have been blocked on board and many others on land waiting to be replaced. All this originated by the travel, embarkation and disembarkation restrictions applied in ports, as well as quarantine measures. The ILO and various United Nations agencies...
Continue readingThe Xunta through Portos de Galicia is working towards the Xacobeo 2021 with the Galician nautical associations and those of national scope to design strategies with which to promote the transits of nautical-recreational through the initiative 'Sail the way', to reactivate the nautical activity after the economic impact marked by the coronavirus. The ‘Sail the...
Continue readingThe 2020 nautical calendar has been gradually suspended from the boat shows that were to be held and the Cannes Yaching Festival Cannes has been one more in the long list such as the Monaco Yacht Show scheduled for September or the Barcelona Boat Show scheduled for October as a result of the crisis caused...
Continue readingThe Blue Economy must continue to grow in accordance with the new technologies that are currently present in our daily lives. The nautical world from its beginnings to the present days has undergone an important technological evolution. From the time of the compass to the current DGPS, technological transformation is a fact, it is between...
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Every June 25 since 2010, the Day of the Seafarers has been celebrated. On June 24, 2010, the Manila Conference, in Resolution 19, decided to declare June 25 of each year “Seafarers Day” . It is organized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO / IMO) and aims to pay tribute to seafarers and remind society...
Continue readingThe Palma International Boat Show organization initially decided to postpone the nautical fair from April 29 to June 4, 2020, in accordance with the recommendations made by the Department of Health and Consumption to postpone all possible events in which there are concentrations of people as a measure to prevent the possible spread of the...
Continue readingThe Barcelona Boat Show celebrates its 58th edition in Port Vell betting on sustainable sailing with a record of exposed boats. Sustainability is gaining strength creating awareness so that nautical contributes in accordance with current values, showing how solar energy and the electrical revolution are gaining weight in the sector. Likewise, the Barcelona Boat Show...
Continue readingThe IV Inicia´t Fair, organized by the Badalona Marina, aims to bring water sports closer to a new audience, publicizing the different trades of the nautical sector. This year the date of the fair has been brought forward, before the start of the season, in order to bring as many people as posible to their...
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