New date: 56th General Meeting EMPA

The IMPA has published on 30th June 2020 a letter about crew exchange in times of corona. Read the letter here:

Open Waters Program Launch - Maritime Career Development Program
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Shortly after 5 a.m. local time the vessel “Else” had a collision in the Kiel-Holtenau lock to the Kiel Canal.
The "Else" subject to pilotage passed the pilot's boarding position without taking a sea pilot on board and collided from the outside into the closed gate of the new north lock. The bow bored into the metal construction and the ship was stuck for about six hours.
For more information about this accident see related content below (articles).

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