ELECCIONES PRIMARIAS DEL 14 DE AGOSTO

Video explicativo de la mecánica de las próximas elecciones primarias:


http://arbia.org.ar/nov-detalle.php?nov=972

Egipto desentierra la segunda barca solar del faraón Keops

Tiene unos 4.500 años de antigüedad y estaba a tres metros de profundidad

Permanecía desmontada en un foso en la cara sur de la Gran Pirámide de Giza
Un navío similar fue hallado en 1954 a unos metros de la excavación actual
Ambos se exhibirán en el Museo Egipcio que se inaugurará en Giza en 2015

Mas Info:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/06/23/ciencia/1308838319.html

Avanza en el Congreso "el" proyecto que busca regular el mobbing en la Argentina

La Comisión de Legislación del Trabajo de la Cámara de Diputados emitió dictamen favorable a la iniciativa presentada por el legislador oficialista Héctor Recalde. La propuesta, que regula el acoso laboral y sexual, fue aprobada por unanimidad. Qué opinan los especialistas.

Màs informaciòn:
http://www.iprofesional.com/notas/119132-Avanza-en-el-Congreso-quotelquot-proyecto-que-busca-regular-el-mobbing-en-la-Argentina- 

16º CONCURSO DE LITERATURA Y 27º CONCURSO FOTOGRÁFICO

En adhesión al “Día del Marino Mercante” se han organizado concursos de Literatura, de Poesía y de Fotografía, en los que pueden participar socios del Centro y afiliado a OSCOMM, allegados al quehacer marítimo, fluvial y portuario, personal de empresas de navegación y de agencias marítimas y amigos de la Institución.

Más información en http://www.capitanes.org.ar/contenido/noticias/paginas/121.shtml

La OMI, cien años después del Titanic

En el marco del 106º período de sesiones del Consejo de la (OMI), del 27 de junio al 1 de julio, se decidió que el lema del Día Marítimo Mundial 2012 sea, “La OMI, cien años después del Titanic”, como testimonio de la evolución experimentada desde entonces, por la seguridad de la vida humana en las aguas.

Les dejo el texto completo, en idioma ingles, del comunicado de prensa de la OMI, al respecto.

The IMO Council has endorsed a proposal by IMO Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos to adopt “IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic” as the World Maritime Day theme for 2012.

“The time has come for us to return to this Organization’s roots and raison d’être, i.e. safety of life at sea,” Mr. Mitropoulos said.

One of the consequences of the sinking, in 1912, of the Titanic, in which 1,503 people lost their lives,  was the adoption, two years later, of the first International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (the SOLAS Convention).  The 1914 version of the Convention was gradually superseded, respectively, by SOLAS 1929, SOLAS 1948, SOLAS 1960 (the first adopted under the auspices of IMO, then known as IMCO) and SOLAS 1974.  SOLAS 1974 is still in force today, amended and updated many times.

Mr. Mitropoulos said the selection of the theme proposed would provide an opportunity to:

• take stock of improvements in maritime safety during the 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic;
• pay tribute to the memory of those, who lost their lives in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic on that fatal night of 14 April 1912;
• highlight that the sacrifice of so many of the Titanic (passengers and crew) has not gone in vain;
• examine whether the lessons drawn from amongst the most costly (in human lives lost) accidents of the last 100 years have been learnt to the full;
• examine the safety record of shipping and identify those areas that have contributed the most to its improvement over the years;
• identify the most contributory factors (systems, concepts, mechanisms, etc) in the quest for ever-enhanced safety in shipping;
• examine which areas, within the overall spectrum of maritime safety (constructional, operational, cargo, human element, etc.), should be given priority consideration in the years to come;  and
• pay tribute to all those who, in the course of the 100 years, have contributed to improvements in maritime safety.

IMO – the International Maritime Organization – is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships.

Piratería: 62 marinos mercantes muertos y más de 3500 victimizados en los últimos cuatro años

Un cable de la Agencia de Noticias Reuters, basado en una entrevista con la organización SOS, revela que ya fueron asesinados 62 marinos mercantes y más de 3500 fueron víctimas de la piratería en los últimos cuatro años.  El tema, es de revisión en las Reuniones de Comisión Directiva del Centro de Capitanes.  Les dejo la nota completa, en idioma inglés.

(Reuters) - The number of seafarers killed due to Somali piracy has escalated in the past four years with 62 merchant sailors losing their lives through torture, execution, suicide and malnutrition, campaigners said on Monday.

Somali gangs, who are making millions of dollars in ransoms, are becoming increasingly violent, and are able to stay out at sea for long periods and in all weather conditions using captured merchant vessels as mother ships.

"62 seafarers have died in the past four years as a direct result of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, through deliberate murder by pirates, suicide during the period of captivity, death from malnutrition and disease, death by drowning, or heart failure just after the hijacking," said SOS SaveOurSeafarers.

SOS said two seamen were killed in 2007 as a result of pirate attacks, adding that piracy had worsened since then.

Overstretched international navies have proved unable to contain the raids in the Indian Ocean due to the vast distances involved in a crisis costing world trade billions of dollars a year.

"It is government inaction that has allowed piracy to spiral out of control in this area," said SOS, which is backed by the shipping and marine insurance organisations and a major workers' union. "It's time to stop this outrage. It's time for governments to take action."

SOS said during the four-year period, more than 3,500 seafarers had been kidnapped and held hostage by pirate gangs, who have used them as human shields and forced crew members to operate vessels as mother ships.

"Hundreds of these seafarers have been subjected to horrific torture including being hung by the ankles over the side of the ship, being shut in the ship's freezer room, having cable ties tightened round the genitals, being beaten, punched and kicked," said SOS chairman Giles Heimann.

"Many of these seafarers remain traumatised and unable to return to their seafaring careers long after the hijack is over, if at all."

Dipendra Rathore, a 22 year-old Indian deck cadet who had been held hostage for eight months on board the Merida Marguerite vessel, said he was determined to return to sea.

"At my age you can still bear pain -… watching people twice my age being tortured, crying and begging for help is what really measured me," he said.

"I felt so bad for them but I could do nothing about it, except for praying." (Reporting by Jonathan Saul)

Sinceridad paraguaya en el Río Paraná.

Con relación a la Red Troncal Paraná-Paraguay (mal llamada "hidrovía") solemos leer y escuchar de las "asimetrías", de los "problemas sindicales", y otros tantos temas que hacen a la problemática del sector fluvial.  Este artículo publicado hoy, 20 de junio de 2011en el diario ABC Color, pone una mirada bastante crítica y objetiva de la cuestión de fondo del problema que Paraguay padece en la navegación de la red.  Un buen análisis, a mi entender, por lo cual les dejo el hipervínculo para su lectura: http://www.abc.com.py/nota/en-drama-de-los-contenedores-quien-es-culpable-de-problemas-actuales/