Operations
-
Crew of diverted tanker will face one month’s quarantine before they can get home
The , the aframax that altered course from Singapore to India on Tuesday at the behest of the ship’s master,…
Read More » -
Japanese owners look at using offshore airport as crew change hub
A group of Japanese shipowners has formulated a plan to use a giant offshore airport as a hub for crew…
Read More » -
BP looks at building export-scale renewable hydrogen production facility in Western Australia
BP is to carry out a feasibility study to look at using hydrogen to export renewable energy at scale from…
Read More » -
South Korea tightens marine fuel legislation
From the start of September, South Korea will demand vessels berthing and anchoring at its major ports such as Incheon,…
Read More » -
Master diverts Singapore-bound aframax to India, citing mental strain from prolonged working hours
Splash has learnt that the master of a ship under third party management has diverted for India, citing the mental…
Read More » -
‘Uncertainty takes a terrible toll’: Seafarers Happiness Index founder
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, discusses the mood of crews around the world in the latest…
Read More » -
IMO issues 12-step plan to get crews home
To assist governments to put in place coordinated procedures to facilitate the safe movement of seafarers, the International Maritime Organization…
Read More » -
Weekly Broker: Plunging volumes and asset prices
The prolonged uncertainties brought by the coronavirus have sent asset values in the sale and purchase market on a downward…
Read More » -
Controversial Russian bulk carrier departs UK waters for scrap
A Russian bulk carrier that grounded off the coast of southwest England 17 months ago is being towed away for…
Read More » -
Scorpio Tankers seals new credit facilities, delays scrubber installations
Monaco-based Scorpio Tankers announced in its last quarterly report that it has obtained new finance from its banks. The Emanuele…
Read More » -
G2 Ocean: Walking the walk on diversity
For all the talk of getting more women to work in shipping, especially at board level, few lines are doing…
Read More » -
X-Press Feeders appoints new CEO
Singapore-based feeder boxship operator X-Press Feeders has announced that Shmuel Yoskovitz has become the new CEO of the company. Yoskovitz…
Read More » -
CSSC Shipping appoints new chairman
CSSC Shipping, the financial leasing unit of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has announced the appointment of Zhong Jian as the…
Read More » -
Diversity in maritime programme launches in the UK
Lobby group Maritime UK has launched a new Diversity in Maritime programme. Two new networks with task forces have been…
Read More » -
Seafarers poll reveals dread, fatigue and burn out onboard during the Covid-19 pandemic
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published yesterday by The Mission to Seafarers, has given some insight into the lives…
Read More » -
Oman makes crew change concessions
Oman is making crew change possible at its ports for seafarers whose contracts are up and have failed to get…
Read More » -
Why maritime digitalisation is paramount for tomorrow’s port calls
Michael Bergmann from consultancy company BM Bergmann-Marine, along with Hapag-Lloyd’s eSolutions head Michael Schröder, Robert Ward, the former secretary-general of…
Read More » -
Casualty investigation reports taking nearly three years to complete
Intercargo, the international dry bulk shipping association, has hit out at the slowness with which flag states publish casualty reports,…
Read More » -
Philippines, the manning capital of the world, bans all passenger flights
The crewing industry has been thrown another curve ball over the weekend with the Philippines, the nation that provides more…
Read More » -
Spain facilitates crew changes
Spain has recognised seafarers as key workers thus facilitating crew change in the country, the European nation hardest hit by…
Read More »