January 16th, 20190For all the fear crew have about their jobs being lost to automation, a new 170-page report from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the World Maritime University (WMU) suggests that the global seafarer workforce will actually double in size by 2040.
The report entitled Transport 2040: Automation Technology...
January 16th, 20190Trade unionists have acted with predictable ire down under following the news that miner BHP and BlueScope Steel have cancelled a domestic shipping contract, leaving nearly 80 Australian crew redundant.
Under a 17-year arrangement, Australian crews aboard the bulkers Mariloula and the Lowlands Brilliance ship BHP iron ore from Port...
January 16th, 20190A new short film details the lives of crew making a brief call to a seafarers’ centre in the UK, showing viewers the in-between world of a shipping rest stop where those featured are on land but not quite ashore.
For many Seafarers, the new eight-minute documentary from British filmmaker Eleanor Mortimer, will be the first time they...
January 14th, 20191A campaign has been launched on change.org to put pressure on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, to intervene in a horrific case of crew abandonment involving crews on five ships belonging to a local shipping company.
Justice Upheld, a UK charity, has launched the online campaign with the backing of the 40...
January 10th, 20194The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is shedding its reputation as a hotspot for crew abandonment with a series of measures introduced over the past 12 months aimed at completely stamping out the scourge.
The latest ruling from the UAE’s Federal Transport Authority (FTA), issued this week, means all ships – both local and foreign –...
January 7th, 20193The Revd Canon Andrew Wright, secretary general of The Mission to Seafarers writes exclusively for Splash today, outlining his seafarer safety forecast for the year ahead.
Happy New Year to all Splash readers! I hope that you had a very happy Christmas and that many of you were fortunate enough to spend the holiday season with...
January 3rd, 20193The 2,668 teu has been targeted by pirates off Benin with Ambrey Intelligence reporting six crew have been kidnapped. The attack took place 55 nautical miles off Cotonou.
The Panama-flagged was attacked and boarded. The container vessel was outbound from Togo at 12 knots when the attack took place.
The ship is now anchored off...
January 3rd, 20196Could seafarers’ experiences of mental health management be adding to the problem? Carolyn Graham investigates.
Would talking about health in committee meetings on ships contribute to improving seafarers’ health and safety? While concerns for seafarers’ mental health is not new, there appears to be mounting concerns from all...
December 24th, 20180Former soldier Steve Regis, now COO of ARX Marine, writes about seafarer mental health, a critical issue at this festive time of the year.
A seafarer. What does the word mean to you? A glamorous life at sea, lots of traveling to exotic ports? A lifetime of experiences? A stable steady income and stable job? Do words like abandonment,...
December 13th, 20181A captain of a chemical tanker has been fired by shipmanager Anglo-Eastern after being found more than three times over the legal drinking limit as his ship was due to leave New Zealand’s Port Taranaki laden with a cargo of methanol. Compounding the issue, the ship was meant to be a dry ship according to Anglo-Eastern...
