Seafarers
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World Tankers issues plea to release crew detained in Indonesia
World Tankers Management, the owner of the product tanker , has protested against the arrest of the vessel’s crew. The…
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Singapore widens seafarer vaccination campaign
Singapore is widening its vaccination programme for seafarers calling at the key Asian port city. According to port agency GAC,…
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Bjørn Højgaard goes on the offensive in ongoing crew change crisis, calls for ports boycott
Bjørn Højgaard, CEO of Hong Kong shipmanagement giant Anglo-Eastern Univan Group, has gone on the attack, determined to highlight who…
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Not enough has changed with crew rotations
Ian Boyd from GAC Group gives readers an update on where the industry stands today in its fight to carry…
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If seafarers are key workers, why aren’t they being treated like them?
Monica Lambrou-Whiting, senior claims manager at West P&I, writes for Splash today. The scale of the problem is colossal. Around…
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Singapore to provide jabs to select number of crew
Singapore, one of the world’s most active port cities, will be rolling out a limited vaccination programme for non-resident foreign…
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Denmark starts offering vaccines to seafarers
The Danish government has just announced that it will start offering vaccines for seafarers calling Danish ports or transiting Danish…
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InterManager members double onboard oxygen provision after life-threatening incidents
Shipmanagers have pledged to go above and beyond international maritime regulatory requirements in their onboard provision of medical oxygen –…
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Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, Venezuela and Latvia reported as hardest countries for crews to secure vaccines
The Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, Venezuela and Latvia have been identified by top shipmanagers as the areas with the largest challenge…
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Rising seafarer abandonment cases prompt talks on emergency fund
Three of the world’s largest seafaring nations are proposing the establishment of a seafarers’ mutual emergency fund to support abandoned…
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Seafarers waiting for Godot
Steven Jones, the compiler of the Seafarers Happiness Index, on the realities of staying at sea for so long. People…
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Seafarer morale hits new lows
The Mission to Seafarers has published the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report for the second quarter of 2021, painting a…
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Splash Extra: Crew shortages bite
The horrendous disregard shown to the world’s seafarers during the pandemic looks set to see future shortages of crew from…
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New BIMCO/ICS seafarer workforce report warns of serious potential officer shortage
Launched today, the new Seafarer Workforce Report from BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) warns that the industry…
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Mauritius comes under pressure to release Wakashio crew held for a year without charge
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is among a host of organisations calling for the immediate release and repatriation of…
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Nine shipmanagers hit with Chinese crew change bans following spike in vessels arriving with Covid-hit crews
Nine shipmanagers have been handed crew change bans by the Ministry of Transport in Beijing after a series of ships…
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Mumbai trade union claims China is banning Indian seafarers from entering the country
The government in India as well as international shipmanagers contacted by Splash have sought to play down claims by a…
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World Health Organization puts seafarers in priority vaccine category
IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim has welcomed the World Health Organization’s decision to name seafarers as one of the groups of…
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Belgium steps up its seafarer vaccination campaign
Belgium is stepping up its seafarer vaccination programme. The European nation, already one of the world’s most proactive states to…
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Secure Seas: Giving back to seafarers
A touch-free payment platform for the maritime industry has been launched by Secure Seas, marrying the welfare of the seafarer…
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