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400 migrants die in the Med, Greece plans mainland reception centres
London: Around 400 migrants died when their boat capsized while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy…
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Shippers are demanding greater transparency from shipowners
Singapore: The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry focused on uniting commercial growth with…
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Don’t allow seafarers to eat caught fish, top chef warns
London: In the wake of the terrible food poisoning that has hit 14 out of 19 crewmembers at a port…
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Search and rescue fails to find man overboard off Fraser Island
Sydney: Chances of finding a man overboard off Australia’s Fraser Island are fading this afternoon as search and rescue teams…
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UniMarine Lubricants: Navigating choppy regulatory waters
Singapore: Who’d be a shipowner or manager today? Not only are rates still fragile at best, the fact is regulations…
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Vancouver spill mostly cleaned up but work and questions remain
Vancouver: Clean-up of last Wednesday’s bunker fuel spill in waters off Vancouver was 90% complete early on Tuesday, but advisories remain…
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Ships banned from calling in Yemen
Dubai: Shipowner body BIMCO has warned that navigation in Yemen’s territorial waters has been banned and ships are not allowed…
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Three Bourbon seafarers kidnapped off Nigeria
Paris: French offshore service provider Bourbon yesterday issued a release admitting that one of its ships, Surfer 1440, was boarded…
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Pirate attack on product tanker foiled by Nigerian Navy
London: Pirates successfully boarded a product tanker sailing into Nigeria but were overpowered by the the Western Naval Command (WNC)…
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Seafarers “content” with life at sea, survey says
London: The majority of seafarers are quite happy with life at sea, and big improvements are being seen in basic…
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18 out of 20 top boxlines vulnerable to ‘click-jacking’ cyber attacks
Copenhagen: Danish maritime cyber security specialists CyberKeel latest research shows that 18 out of the top 20 containerlines – as…
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Chinese seafarer kills two colleagues
Manila: In a horrific attack, a Chinese seafarer killed two of his colleagues with a knife, and injured another crewmember…
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14 seafarers rushed to hospital with serious food poisoning
San Francisco: Having eaten a tropical fish that they had caught in international waters 14 of 19 crewmembers onboard the…
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Vancouver spill response raises concerns over planned pipelines
Vancouver: A day after the toxic spill in Vancouver waters came to light provincial politicians, environmental groups and concerned citizens…
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Elias Tsakos passes away
London: Elias Tsakos, founder of Piraeus-based Entrust Maritime, has passed away after a short period of ill health. His funeral…
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Officials angry over mystery toxic slick in Vancouver’s English Bay
Vancouver: City officials and politicians in Vancouver expressed alarm that they were not informed for more than 12 hours after…
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Braemar board shake-up
Singapore: Big changes are afoot at the board of Braemar Shipping Services. The broker, which merged with ACM Shipping last…
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Ships shun Yemen as much of Aden is torched
Dubai: International shipping is giving Yemen a wide berth as the nation descends into chaos, with much of its main…
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Owners and seafarers urge EU to take action over Mediterranean migrant crisis
London: Immediate collective action is needed to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea, a consortium of shipowners…
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Seafarers stranded in Bahrain hope to go home soon
London: A crew of 16 seafarers could be about to go home after being stranded onboard an impounded oil tanker…
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