Seafarers
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Middle East
Stena Bulk seeks access to impounded tanker
Stena Bulk is asking Iranian authorities to get access to its impounded product tanker, , and the 23 crew onboard.…
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Middle East
Iran starts to release detained crew
Iran has released nine out of 12 Indians who were onboard the tanker that was detained in early July, accused…
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Asia
NYK develops crew pay platform
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has formed a joint venture with Philippines-based conglomerate Transnational Diversified Group to launch an electronic money…
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Middle East
Iran releases images of detained Stena Impero crew as UK readies response
Iranian authorities have said the 23 crew of the detained in the port of Bandar Abbas since Friday are okay.…
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Offshore
Arrested OSV does a runner in the Caribbean
An intriguing legal case is brewing in the Caribbean with an offshore support vessel on the run. The – registered…
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Offshore
Fears grow for crew onboard arrested pipelayer in Ghana
Conditions onboard an arrested pipelayer off Ghana have been labelled deplorable, with urgent calls to get the stranded crew off…
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Europe
LPG carrier blaze kills one, injures 15
A seafarer died and another 15 were hospitalised last night after a fire broke out on the Malta-flagged LPG carrier…
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Americas
MSC Gayane cocaine bust a historic high for US Customs
Having combed through the entire ship, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has revealed it found more cocaine onboard…
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Americas
More arrests as US authorities take action against MSC
Investigators have found more cocaine than initially reported onboard the with further arrests in one of the largest drugs busts…
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Americas
$1bn worth of cocaine found on MSC ship
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co is once again at the centre of a huge cocaine bust at the Port of Philadelphia.…
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Europe
Three officers arrested in arson case involving Grimaldi’s Grande Europa
Three officers of the Grimaldi Group who were on the conro ship which caught fire while transiting off the island…
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Contributions
Why seafarers value having a ‘friend’ in port
Dr Esteban Pacha, acting chair of the trustees of Apostleship of the Sea, writes exclusively for Splash today. Hardly a…
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Operations
Alarm raised at the vast amount of money owed in backpay to the world’s seafarers
The amount of back pay owed to crew remains alarmingly high despite greater scrutiny from mainstream press and the general…
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Asia
Mercator fails to pay its crew for the last two months
Mercator, once India’s third largest shipping line, has hit severe financial difficulties with local newspaper, Hindu Business Line, reporting the…
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Europe
Pipelayer explosion injures 14
A massive explosion and ensuing fire on the 29-year-old pipelayer yesterday evening saw 14 seafarers suffer burn injuries, three critically.…
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Operations
Galley crew most likely to desert ships
The West of England P&I Club has recently undertaken an analysis of claims involving seafarers who have deserted their vessel…
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Europe
Boskalis heavy lift vessel hit by pirates off West Africa
Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) revealed today that its heavy transport vessel was hijacked on Sunday around 80 nautical miles offshore…
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Asia
Hong Kong hands guilty verdict to APL master over controversial Singapore military shipment
A long running court case came to a close Monday in Hong Kong with the Chinese master and boxline APL…
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Dry Cargo
Cargo liquefaction the cause of over half of all deaths on dry bulk vessels in the past decade
International dry bulk shipping association Intercargo has published its latest annual bulk carrier casualty report, which highlights the ever present…
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Operations
Sailors’ Society seeks changes to the Maritime Labour Convention
Maritime charity Sailors’ Society is petitioning the International Labour Organization (ILO) to make wellness training for seafarers mandatory in the…
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