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‘Leave it to the Manila department of transport to do’: Australian seafarer battle heats up
The fight to keep Australian seafarers employed in the face of cheaper overseas alternatives took to the senate today with…
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Call to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
A coalition of NGOs has called on the countries in the Arctic Council to ban heavy bunker oil in the…
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Aframax tanker strikes wharf near New Orleans
The US Coast Guard was investigating on Wednesday how an empty oil tanker managed to hit a wharf on the…
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Tugboat grounding causes chaos on the Mississippi
Nearly three dozen barges were loose on the Mississippi River after the vessel towing them ran aground. The US Coast…
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Australian livestock trade back in the spotlight
Calls are growing once again for Australia to suspend live animal shipments. An animal welfare investigation is looking into the…
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Illegal cargo onboard stricken Modern Express
The stricken car carrier is expected to enter Bilbao port today. The contents inside the listing Cido ship are now…
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Hijacked Greek tanker freed
The Greek tanker hijacked by Biafran separatists in Nigeria over the weekend has been freed. Threats had been made that the and…
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BP to axe 7,000 jobs over the next two years
BP says it will make 3,000 staff and contractors redundant from its Downstream segment by the end of 2017, in…
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Strike action onboard Eimskip vessels postponed
Industrial action onboard Eimskip vessels has been postponed until February 15 after the Icelandic shipping line came to a “collective…
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Biafran separatists hijack and threaten to blow up a tanker in Nigeria
A foreign-flagged tanker has been hijacked in Nigeria and faces being blown up with its crew onboard if the federal…
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Stricken Modern Express under tow
Salvors have succeeded in getting a tow line fixed between the stricken Modern Express car carrier and a Spanish tug.…
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Armed guards to sail on vessels in Malaysia
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) says it will allow armed guards to travel on vessels transiting Malaysian waters. The…
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Unpaid crew face prosecution in Colombia
Eighteen crewmembers onboard the 20-year-old bulk carrier, unpaid for months, and stranded in Barranquilla, Colombia since November are being threatened…
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Australian seafarers stage another protest
Another protest against foreign crews is underway in Australia. Seafarers from the have refused to depart for Singapore as they…
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Last chance to save Modern Express from hitting French shores
Salvors are hoping for a window in the weather for a last ditch effort to attach a tow line to…
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As bad weather hampers salvors, authorities prepare for the Modern Express to hit French shores
More bad weather on Saturday prevented salvors from attempting to get a tow line on the stricken car carrier. Authorities…
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Salvors ready another attempt to tow stricken Modern Express
A team from SMIT Salvage will try again to tow the stricken car carrier after a failed attempt yesterday. The…
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Prestige ruling ‘an utter travesty of justice’
Responding to the Spanish Supreme Court’s decision to sentence Captain Apostolos Mangouras to two years imprisonment over the 2002 Prestige…
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British admiral warns on ISIS attacks in the Mediterranean
Britain’s highest-ranking naval officer in Nato has warned Islamic State, also known as Daesh, is planning attacks on shipping in…
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North P&I Club warns of new technology at sea
Technology such as video calls, emails, mobile devices could actually be more of a hinderance than a help to life…
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