El marIno civil Domingo Pose, nuevo capitán marítimo en La Coruña

Domingo Pose, que ejercía como coordinador de Seguridad e Inspección Marítima, sustituirá a Gonzalo Guillén-Espejo al frente de la Capitanía Marítima de La Coruña.

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La Dirección General de la Marina Mercante, del Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible, ha nombrado a Domingo Pose como capitán marítimo de La Coruña. 

El nombramiento se produce tras el cese de Gonzalo Guillén-Espejo Saavedra, nombrado recientemente presidente de la Autoridad Administrativa Independiente para la Investigación Técnica de Accidentes e Incidentes Ferroviarios, Marítimos y de Aviación Civil.

Pose ocupaba desde enero de 2017 el puesto de coordinador de Seguridad e Inspección Marítima, primero en Ferrol y desde octubre de 2020 en La

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How shipping insurance rates are rising, as Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb shut down

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Insurance rates through Hormuz are currently four times the five-year average.

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Maritime insurance prices have soared amid shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and are also rising for vessels traversing the Bab al-Mandeb strait, with both waterways – critical channels for the global economy – now theatres of war.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group announced a blockade of Saudi Arabian ports and ships in the Bab al-Mandeb strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, earlier this week.

The crews stuck at sea as the Strait of Hormuz crisis grows

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The Strait of Hormuz crisis is leaving thousands of crew members on commercial ships stranded.

Arsenio Dominguez, head of the UN's International Maritime Organization, explains.

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The situation in the Strait of Hormuz escalated yet again today. The U.S. reimposed its blockade on Iranian ports, and the U.N. is warning commercial ships not to risk the crossing. The strait is the main route out of the Persian Gulf. And with that passage now too dangerous, thousands of people on board commercial ships remain stranded and an international effort to evacuate them is on hold. We're going to bring in now Arsenio Dominguez, the

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India introduces new rules for sea carriage of plastic pellets

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The listing container vessel MSC Elsa 3 off the coast of Kerala, India. The ship sank on May 25, 2025, causing some of her cargo of plastic pellets to wash ashore with some reaching as far as Sri Lanka.Indian Coast Guard
 
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The Indian Government, through the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), has issued a new circular aimed at reducing the environmental risks associated with the transport of plastic pellets by sea, marine insurer NorthStandard said on Wednesday, July 22.

Effective from April 15, 2026, vessels carrying plastic pellets to, from, or through Indian ports must ensure the cargo is stowed under deck only, with carriage on deck prohibited.

The circular also requires plastic pellets to be packaged

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Ha fallecido PANCHO, un personaje de Candás (Asturias) que fue muy popular.

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Francisco Javier de Diego Coviella, PANCHO, nació en la villa marinera de Candás hace 76 años.

Inició su carrera como Oficial Radiotelegrafísta, años después obtendría el título de capitán de la Marina Mercante.

Sus cenizas serán recibidas en la iglesia de San Félix de Candás el martes 21 de julio, a las 18.00