Balisage

October 2015. The BBC Shanghai, owned by Germany-based Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co KG, is making the headlines of the world’s maritime shipping news. She has been selected by the French nuclear operator AREVA to ship to Australia radioactive waste reprocessed in Normandy at the La Hague plant. However, the ship had a bad record regarding technical deficiencies as attested by the maritime authorities of all continents; she had been detained three times in Bilbao (Spain), Gladstone (Australia) and in March 2015 in Honolulu (Hawaii, United States). The international mobilization to demand the chartering of a safe ship will do nothing about it, the BBC Shanghai loads 25 tons of radioactive waste and leaves Cherbourg (France) on October 15 for Port Kembla near Sydney. Indonesia has denied her access to its waters. She arrived at Port Kembla on December 5 after a 25,000 km trip.

Only in French.

“On the Trail” n°17
Quarterly information and analysis bulletin on animal poaching and smuggling
764 events. April 1 to June 30, 2017
128 pages illustrated
4,4 Mo
Original in French

“On the Trail” n°17
Quarterly information and analysis bulletin on animal poaching and smuggling
764 events. April 1 to June 30, 2017
128 pages illustrated
4,4 Mo
Original in French
Rhinoceroses, elephants, hippopotamuses and mammoths, pages 71 to 108

“On the Trail” n°17
Quarterly information and analysis bulletin on animal poaching and smuggling
764 events. April 1 to June 30, 2017
128 pages illustrated
4,4 Mo
Original in French
Birds, pages 29 to 39

“On the Trail” n°17
Quarterly information and analysis bulletin on animal poaching and smuggling
764 events. April 1 to June 30, 2017
128 pages illustrated
4,4 Mo
Original in French
Whales and marine mammals, pages 13 to 16

“On the Trail” n°17
Quarterly information and analysis bulletin on animal poaching and smuggling
764 events. April 1 to June 30, 2017
128 pages illustrated
4,4 Mo
Original in French
Seahorses, corals, Abalones, queen conches, horse’s hoof clams, trochus, sea cucumbers, fishes, pages 4 to 13

Bangladesh has the most deficient ratio – 42 ships – 3 deaths.
Indonesia has the best productivity. 81 illegal fishing boats were demolished in 15 seconds.

Palau is the trendy funeral flag this quarter. 11 ships were deflagged to Palau just prior to be sent for scrapping. 17 of the 45 ships deflagged for their last voyage belonged to European shipowners.

The purchase price offered by shipbreaking yards in the second quarter of 2017 is around 350 US$ per ton in the Indian Sub-continent and around 250 US$ in China and in Turkey. The cumulated tonnage of scrapped ships is 1.6 million tons. The tanker Catherine Knudsen built in 1992 in Nagasaki, Norwegian-owned and Norwegian-flagged, was sold for more than 8 million US$. She was deflagged to Palau for her last voyage.

July 14, 2017. (9h26 Paris time).

Unfortunately France and the United States of America have published a joint statement to name the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a nuisance and a threat to World peace. (1)

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted on July 7, 2017 by 122 States with support of the United Nations. It was inspired by the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons initiated by France. It completes the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The preamble mentions not only the catastrophic consequences of use of nuclear ammunition but also the risk of accidental triggering.

July 14, 2017. (9h26 Paris time).

Unfortunately France and the United States of America have published a joint statement to name the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a nuisance and a threat to World peace. (1)

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted on July 7, 2017 by 122 States with support of the United Nations. It was inspired by the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons initiated by France. It completes the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The preamble mentions not only the catastrophic consequences of use of nuclear ammunition but also the risk of accidental triggering.