Maritime Safety, including Container-Ships

Les grands voiliers transportaient de la soie, du camphre, de la cannelle. Aujourd’hui, les géants des mers transportent du nucléaire en bonbonnes, du chimique en citernes, du gaz en cuves. Ils sont des sites Seveso transocéaniques. Gigantisme, cargaisons dangereuses, pavillons sous-normes, car-ferries poubelles, équipages novices au bout du rouleau ou de la routine : le transport maritime est un cruel pourvoyeur de pertes humaines, le vecteur caché des risques industriels et une source quotidienne de pertes de marchandises en mer.

The European Union, accomplice of a slave shipowner

20 Feb 2023

The European Union, accomplice of a slave shipowner

For exporting its livestock, the European Union has, through the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, approved the Nader A and the Janay, two substandard ships that accumulate technical, social and environmental infringements. Behind the Switzerland-registered shell company Abdin M in and behind the Marshall Islands-registered shell company Princess Maya Shipping, the real owner of these two substandard ships is AMJ Marine Services, 1195, Old Saida Road, Choueifat (Lebanon).

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U-grain : Robin des Bois keeps a close watch (continued)

22 Dec 2022

U-grain : Robin des Bois keeps a close watch (continued)

As of December 18, 2022, 563 ship departures from the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odessa and Yuzhny have enabled the export of 14,194,211 tons of agricultural produce under the Agreement of July 22, 2022 between the United Nations, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey. The European Union (6,251,402 t), China (1,876,057 t) and Turkey (1,831,283 t) are the main importers. Intended to fight the global rise in foodstuff prices, the Agreement will also serve to fight thirst and beer shortages with the export of more than 600,000 tons of barley.

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(Français) Charlie Hebdo et Robin des Bois – 2022

2 Nov 2022

(Français) Charlie Hebdo et Robin des Bois – 2022

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(Français) Transport maritime de marchandises : comment freiner cette pollution exponentielle?

25 Oct 2022

(Français) Transport maritime de marchandises : comment freiner cette pollution exponentielle?

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Ukraine : Robin des Bois keeps a close watch on grain

2 Aug 2022

Ukraine : Robin des Bois keeps a close watch on grain

Update August 9, 2022

Following the exclusive page of Robin des Bois making an inventory of all the cargo ships stucked in the ports of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (20th of April 2022), the Paris-based NGO publishes from today detailed information on bulk carriers leaving or approaching the ukrainian ports in the context of the international agreement on the freedom of trade in grain and other agri-food products from Ukraine.

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(Français) Sète expédie ses déchets à Brest

1 Jul 2022

(Français) Sète expédie ses déchets à Brest

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(Français) Le départ du Rio Tagus, un festival estival de plus pour l’Occitanie

21 Jun 2022

(Français) Le départ du Rio Tagus, un festival estival de plus pour l’Occitanie

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(Français) Le gaz russe avance masqué – suite

26 Apr 2022

(Français) Le gaz russe avance masqué – suite

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Ukraine/Russia. Exclusive: cargo ships and sailors hostages of the war

20 Apr 2022

Ukraine/Russia. Exclusive: cargo ships and sailors hostages of the war

August 2, 2022 update: detailed information on bulk carriers leaving or approaching the ukrainian ports in the context of the international agreement on the freedom of trade in grain and other agri-food products from Ukraine linked https://robindesbois.org/en/ukraine-robin-des-bois-veille-aux-grains/

93 merchant ships are trapped in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Transit would risk exposing them to bombing, torpedoing and underwater mining, therefore they are stuck at berth. 81% of the ships docked between February 17th and 23rd arrived at the ports on the eve of the outbreak of the war.

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(Français) Les roublards

7 Apr 2022

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