Seafarers
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Asia
Helpline launched to reduce seafarer suicides
Singapore shipmanager Synergy Group has launched a new counselling service aimed at improving mental health support for sea and shore-based…
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Maritime CEO
Mission to Seafarers: There will always be bad owners
While the general picture about seafarer happiness might be better than two years ago at the nadir of the markets,…
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Contributions
Seafarer happiness: The role for management and design
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, identifies why crew are less cheery about life at sea and…
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Europe
Drunk Russian master jailed for four months in Sweden
Swedish authorities have jailed a Russian master who was found to be intoxicated as his ship ran aground two months…
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Operations
Livestock crew quit
The entire 19-man crew working on livestock carrier have walked off the ship in Fremantle and handed themselves into the…
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Americas
Canadian maritime unions score cabotage rights
Canadian seafaring unions are celebrating an agreement with the national government securing cabotage rights for Canadian seafarers aboard vessels flying…
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Contributions
Crewing demographic timebomb laid bare
When you read and hear about life at sea, can you help but wonder where the future of our industry…
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Asia
Two confirmed dead from Indian VLCC explosion
In an update Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has confirmed two seafarers have died following Tuesday morning’s explosion onboard the…
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Europe
Drunk Russian master arrested in Sweden
Swedish authorities have referred another seafarer to a local court for being found to be intoxicated as his ship ran…
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Contributions
Time for a professional approach to maritime welfare training
Katie Higginbottom, head of the ITF Seafarers’ Trust, writes exclusively for Splash today. Seafarers are the backbone of the shipping…
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Contributions
Is seafaring really a dying art?
“I think that the best and most perfect arrangement of things that I ever saw was when I went to…
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Regulatory
12-month ship bans could solve crew neglect: ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has applauded the recent decision taken by Australian authorities to ban a Chinese bulker…
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Greater China
Australians ban Chinese bulker over crew pay failure
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier for 12 months after it was discovered…
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Operations
After years of flat lining, crew pay increases in 2018
Cost growth returned to seafaring in 2018 and is projected to accelerate moderately on recovering vessel earnings and continued shortfall…
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Asia
Indian crew paid as little as $105 a month go on hunger strike
Hundreds of seafarers have been on hunger strike at several ports across India since the start of the week demanding…
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Tech
Wifi clicks with seafarer wellness
A simple test with one ship with wifi and another with no internet connection clearly highlights the impact digital access…
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Contributions
Could ship finance help resolve crew abandonment?
David Galea, a partner at Ince & Co, based in Dubai, has this contribution on how to solve ‘one of…
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Contributions
Drilling into human data at sea
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes exclusively for Splash today, stressing the importance of bridging the…
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Americas
Canada launches campaign to recruit seafarers
Canada’s Seafarers’ Training Institute (STI) has launched a hiring initiative to plug a looming labour gap in the offing as…
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Asia
Crew member dies after explosion on Indian chemical tanker
An explosion onboard Indian chemical tanker has killed one of the ship’s crew. The vessel was anchored off Cochin Port…
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