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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"seafarer"”.
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The seafarer, piracy and the law: a human rights approach
… to the maritime community, in particular the seafarer, who as always bears the brunt of these attacks. In parallel with piracy itself the laws of piracy have developed from the Rhodian Laws through Roman Law, post Treaty of Westphalia Law both British and American until today the Law of Piracy …
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Recruitment and retention of seafarers: a maritime industry insight from Myanmar
… explores the challenges and opportunities of seafarer recruitment and retention in the maritime industry, with a focus on Myanmar seafarers and Uniteam Marine, a ship management company. The study examines macro-level factors like globalization, technological advancements and geopolitical …
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Deconstructing "Abandonment of Seafarers": A study on the transnationality of abandonment of seafarers: To what extent do private actors/shipping industry stakeholders have an impact on abandonment of seafarers?
… Convention amendments concerning abandonment of seafarers are expected to come into force in 2017, something long sought by seafarers’ representatives. The Convention is already considered a success, being referred to as a ‘super convention’ or ‘seafarers’ bill of rights’, and the amendments are …
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Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems
… selected Anglo-Saxon poems - The Wanderer, The Seafarer, Exodus, Andreas, and Beowulf - by analysing their metaphoric use of the sea. Metaphor is an essential and distinctive element of all poetry and, to be genuine, to be alive, and to be ever-interesting, a poem must achieve itself through …
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Características en la transición laboral de miembros en situación de retiro de una de las fuerzas armadas del Perú
… findings indicate that the transition of the seafarer to the civilian work environment is characterized by an increase in their income and a better relationship with their families. Likewise, the high adaptability, networking or network of contacts and the skills acquired in their training are …
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Migrant Filipino Seafarers In the Global Cruise Industry: Discourse, Risk and the Geographic Limits to Labor Flexibility
… With this dissertation, I focus on Filipino seafarers working aboard cruise ships in order to illustrate how this most globalized industry is organized around a particular geography of work in the global economy that creates a skilled yet disadvantaged labor force. I argue that particular …
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Challenges and potential of technology integration in modern ship management practices
… technology integration results in the seafarer, who is the keystone to the technology application, becoming a victim of the circumstances. The technology that was intended to ease operations and burdens ends up in controlling him, even leaving him under-resourced and causing …
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A Physics-Informed, Data-Driven Framework for Spatially Resolved Motion Sickness Prediction on The SA Agulhas II
… analytics offer insight to potentially improve seafarer well-being and voyage resilience in the future, offering a transferable template for MSDVs on vessels in extreme seas. For a case study on the SA Agulhas 11, the framework was systematically implemented, leveraging data acquired during its …
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Enabling security and risk-based operation of container line supply chains under high uncertainties
… and sound methodology for the assessment of a seafarer's reliability. Accordingly, control options to enhance seafarers' reliability are suggested. The proposed methodology enables and facilitates the decision makers to measure the reliability of a seafarer before his/her designation to any …
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Internationalising Chinese Maritime Higher Education: Developing Content and English Language Integrated Teaching and Learning
… and training. The global labour market for seafarers, which is dominated by employers from traditional maritime nations, demands internationally minded graduates. China’s response to these demands for quality labour exports from new maritime nations is the subject of exploration in this …
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Il lavoro marittimo nell’era della globalizzazione e della digitalizzazione
… shipowners to guarantee minimum conditions for seafarers. This research has an innovative and original approach. Maritime labour law is a rather neglected branch of legal studies. Only few researchers have investigated this subject. In particular, an organic study on this topic still represents …