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Greater China
Covid outbreak at Qingdao port spooks authorities
Qingdao, the port China has chosen to pilot the easing of crew change regulations, is at the centre of a…
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Operations
China to gradually open up ports for crew changes
China is going to open up a number of ports soon for ship crew changes as the country eases entry…
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Operations
Pandemic short cuts pushing shipping towards more accidents
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has issued a stark warning that if temporary short cuts adopted by many in…
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Contributions
A practical way to deal with the shameful maltreatment of 600,000 people
We can’t go on like this. We all know it. The frequency of silly little accidents that pop up in…
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Operations
Flag states attacked for weak stance on crew change
The crew change crisis shows no sign of abating, still affecting some 600,000 seafarers either stranded at sea or waiting…
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Contributions
What’s coming next and why it matters
With no end in sight to the crew change crisis and uncertainty surrounding the return to whatever normality looks like…
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Operations
Floatels deployed as Singapore finally eases crew change stance
From tomorrow Singapore will finally address its crew change commitments, deploying three floatels as dedicated crew facilitation centres at its…
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Contributions
Shipping’s crew change crisis: global problem, local actions
GAC’s Neil Godfrey charts the crew change crunch across the world. At ports around the world, Covid-19 has prompted the…
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Operations
Crew change credentials of the Philippines analysed
News carried earlier this week that the Philippines is trying to position itself as one of the world’s top crew…
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Operations
Charterers playing ‘pass the parcel’ with crew changes
Charterers are now discriminating against ships which have long-serving crew onboard rather than risk their cargo being delayed by crew…
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Operations
Digital health document created to alleviate crew change crunch
Swiss-based track and trace specialist SICPA, in partnership with Hong Kong’s Crew Assist, has developed an urgently needed tech solution…
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Operations
Philippines positions itself as the ‘crew change capital of the world’
The Philippines is trying to position itself as a crew change hub, adding three more ports along with Manila where…
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Splash TV
‘Our lobby is weak. Our associations are weak’: Frank Coles goes on the attack
Today is the final episode in the Maritime CEO Seafarer Leader Series powered by Ocean Technologies Group. Summing up the…
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Operations
Dark tactics deployed to make crew changes harder
Some charterers and owners are not painting themselves in a good light in terms of helping out with shipping’s humanitarian…
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Operations
Filipino crewing supremo calls for global digital quarantine pass to resolve the crew change crunch
The world’s manning hubs need to club together and come up with digital solutions to reassure other stakeholders and fix…
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Splash TV
ILO tackles the crew change crisis
The Wallem-sponsored Maritime CEO Seafarer Leader Series powered by Ocean Technologies Group has so far interviewed employers, trade unions, the…
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Regulatory
IMO makes all meetings virtual through to the end of the year, crucial MEPC set for November 16
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will hold all its meetings virtually through to the end of the year including the…
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Operations
Crews down tools Down Under
Cases of crews downing tools around the world in protest at the enforced stay onboard during the coronavirus pandemic are…
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Splash TV
Kitack Lim discusses the crew change crisis
Kitack Lim, the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), is the latest high profile name to star in the…
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Operations
Euronav: Crew change crunch is shipping’s ‘largest ever humanitarian and logistical crisis’
Belgian tanker giant Euronav announced its interim results today, and spent plenty of time discussing the crew change crunch. In…
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