June 20th, 20182David Galea, a partner at Ince & Co, based in Dubai, has this contribution on how to solve ‘one of the most stark and shameful realities of our industry’ with the creation of a crew abandonment benevolent fund.
For the past seven years we have seen double-digit instances of crew abandonment. Those numbers spiked in 2017. The...
June 15th, 20181Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes exclusively for Splash today, stressing the importance of bridging the divide between how crew actually feel, and how we would like them to feel.
At some point in every relationship it becomes important to understand whether the people within it are actually happy with...
June 14th, 20180Canada’s Seafarers’ Training Institute (STI) has launched a hiring initiative to plug a looming labour gap in the offing as seasoned mariners retire in the next five years.
STI’s initiative is targeting youngsters fresh out of high school in a bid to compensate for the expected 20% decline in the country’s maritime workforce...
June 14th, 20180An explosion onboard Indian chemical tanker has killed one of the ship’s crew.
The vessel was anchored off Cochin Port yesterday undergoing repairs when the explosion occurred, resulting in severe burns to the crew member who died after being airlifted to hospital.
The 2012-built Nu Shi Nalini is owned by India’s Arya Ship...
June 13th, 20180A maritime welfare charity that helped The Beatles when they fell on hard times has released a new book, which includes how it fed George Harrison horsemeat in Hamburg.
Whenever they played Hamburg, the band visited Sailors’ Society’s seafarers’ centre.
John Lennon and Harrison both had fathers who were seafarers and...
June 5th, 20180The Mission to Seafarers has just published the latest of its ongoing Seafarer Happiness Index reports, which revealed further evidence between onboard connectivity and seafarer happiness levels.
The report is based on the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Mission between January and March this year, in which seafarers were...
June 1st, 20181Stuart Rivers, CEO of the Sailors’ Society charity, writes exclusively for Splash today, reminding those attending next week’s jamboree in Athens not forget about the daily problems faced by the men and women working out at sea.
Next week, more than 20,000 visitors are expected to attend one of the largest and most anticipated...
May 24th, 20180The 11 hostages held onboard the Dutch ship have been released by Nigerian pirates after a month in captivity. Splash understands a ransom was paid. The seafarers’ release was relayed by their shipmanager ForestWave yesterday.
The ship was attacked near Port Harcourt on April 21.
“The crew are currently on their way to be...
May 22nd, 20180A new website, Fair Pay at Sea, has been launched with backing from trade union Nautlius International, looking to raise seafarer pay by at least $50 a month. The site has been launched with negotations on seafarer pay set to start next month in Geneva at the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Writing an introduction to the...
May 18th, 20181The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Transport Authority (FTA) have signed a groundbreaking memorandum of understanding to work together to protect the rights of all seafarers operating in UAE waters.
On signing the memorandum at the International Maritime Organization...
