Seafarers
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Middle East
Filipino seafarers at the brunt of the Red Sea shipping crisis demand change
The Filipino seafaring community is very much in the headlines with survivors of last week’s deadly bulk carrier attack in…
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Middle East
Filipino crew head home from tanker seized by Iran
Iran is releasing all the remaining crewmembers of the Greek-owned tanker St Nikolas, which was seized by Iranian military forces…
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Middle East
Shipping mourns first deaths from Red Sea crisis
Top officials from across the shipping industry have expressed their feelings about the first loss of lives from the five-month…
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Operations
International Chamber of Shipping sets out industry principles to combat harassment and bullying
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published a guide to combat and eliminate harassment and bullying in the maritime…
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Americas
Canadian survey reveals rampant harassment and bullying
The Seafarers’ International Union of Canada (SIU) has published a report on workplace harassment and bullying within the Canadian marine…
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Operations
Chawla celebrates maritime learning tech endorsement
Maritime e-learning company MarinePALS has become the first maritime training provider to gain an innovation endorsement certificate from ClassNK, an…
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Operations
Ship abandonment cases leapt 11% last year
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has released its figures for the numbers of vessels abandoned in 2023 which show…
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Operations
Appeal launched over fears for crews embroiled in Red Sea shipping crisis
Sailors’ Society has launched an urgent crisis appeal following mounting concern over attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The…
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Contributions
Will seafarers be on the agenda?
Dr Carolyn Graham from Caribbean Maritime University questions what will be the priorities of the new IMO secretary-general. Although the…
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Contributions
Machismo and the art of shipmanagement
Andrew Craig-Bennett on the hard man culture afflicting shipping. Reading about the escape from disaster of the Alaska Airlines B737-9…
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Contributions
The crewing Hunger Games
Carl Martin Faanessen, CEO of Manila-based Noatun Maritime, has some advice for those looking to sign crewing contracts this year. …
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Operations
Master and chief engineer kidnapped off Equatorial Guinea
The Tuvalu-registered 13,000 dwt tanker was boarded 45 nautical miles south of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea on January 1 with…
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Operations
Survey finds crew employment market has tipped in favour of seafarers
Crewing specialist Danica has revealed the results of its latest seafarer survey, which clearly show wages for men and women…
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Contributions
The training racket and the seafarer
Andrew Craig-Bennett bemoans our industry’s misguided approach to training. There is a dangerous idea – common amongst those who speak…
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Contributions
Are shipmanagers doing enough to retain crew?
Peter Schellenberger, founder of maritime consultancy Novamaxis, has some advice to keep crew happy. I was really intrigued by the…
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Operations
Seafarers Happiness Index suffers its longest decline
Further concern over seafarer welfare has been raised by the results of the latest Seafarers Happiness Index, which reveals a…
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Operations
Greater intervention needed to battle shipping’s tragic rates of suicide
Seafaring remains a profession that suffers from a far higher rate of suicide than most other careers, and yet there…
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Contributions
Finding it hard to talk
Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, on the worrying trend among seafarers who are finding it hard to…
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Europe
Ukrainian seafarers face being barred from Russian waters
Ukrainian seafarers face being barred from working on ships that enter Russian waters. A new law coming into place on…
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Contributions
Why seafarers are key stakeholders for shipping’s decarbonisation
As the effects of decarbonisation are increasingly felt within the maritime industry, a just transition could benefit significantly from having…
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