Seafarers
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Greater China
How RightShip plans to nail crew abandonment: Splash TV
Watch the latest installment of Splash TV to hear how third party vetting giant RightShip plans to make the life…
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Asia
Many dead as bunker tanker collides with fishing vessel off Incheon
In the worst South Korean maritime disaster since the dreadful sinking of the Sewol in 2014 a bunker tanker collidied…
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Asia
Tanker trio sale sees ugly abandonment spat come to a close
An ugly impasse involving three ships managed by Singapore-headquartered Elektrans is coming to an end, with the vessels being sold…
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Greater China
Michael Grey slams ‘beancounters’ and authorities for permitting reduced numbers of crew onboard
Michael Grey, the world’s most famous shipping journalist, has lashed out at the minimal number of seafarers onboard ships today.…
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Contributions
Call to create supranational body to handle abandoned ships
Having been a seafarer, a shipmanager and later a ship repossession superintendent few people are better placed to add to…
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Asia
Indian master recounts horror of spending a year alone on decrepit abandoned tanker
Dubai newspaper Gulf News has carried a shocking report of an Indian tanker master who has finally managed to head…
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Greater China
Deepsea autonomous ships unlikely for at least a generation: Maritime CEO Forum
Deepsea shipping is unlikely to become autonomous in the next 20 to 30 years delegates attending yesterday’s Maritime CEO Forum…
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Asia
Crew pay prioritised by court as Varun faces bankruptcy
Getting crew paid will be a top priority when the LPG carriers belonging to Varun are sold, an admiralty court…
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Europe
Second officer found dead on Russian car carrier
The second officer onboard the Russian car carrier was found dead on Sunday while the ship was docked at Japan’s…
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Americas
Police confirm that body found in St Lawrence River is Filipino crewman from Amazoneborg
Quebec provincial police on Friday identified a body found in the St Lawrence River last month as that of Jeyson…
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Europe
Crewmembers suspected of killing MSC master
Two crewmembers of the have been arrested, suspected of having killed Yurii Kharytonov, master of the containership which is still…
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Europe
Malaviya Seven crew finally heading home
The last men onboard the detained OSV are heading home from Aberdeen to India after a buyer was found for…
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Operations
Flag states and crew abandonment
I have been following Splash’s work on seafarer abandonment with a great deal of interest. Sam and the team are…
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Americas
USCG makes call for radical changes in seafarer training
Current seafarer training is becoming out of step with the quantum leaps in technology seen onboard ships hitting the water…
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Contributions
The seafarer of the future
Captain Pradeep Chawla, chairman of GlobalMET, the association of maritime education and training providers, and managing director of QHSE and…
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Operations
Port state control enforcement of MLC can eradicate crew abandonment
Australia’s firm handling of cases of crew abandonment has been highlighted as a method for other states to follow to…
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Contributions
It’s time to nip crew abandonment in the bud
‘Seafarer abandonment should be called-out for what it is: the flagrant exploitation and neglect of vulnerable people. And in other…
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Americas
Algoma accused of illegal use of foreign strike breakers
The Canada affiliate of the Seafarers International Union (SIU) of North America has attacked Canadian shipping firm Algoma Tankers for…
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Americas
Algoma faces strike action over stalled contract talks
Canadian shipping firm Algoma Central Corporation is facing strike action from members of the Canadian Merchant Services Guild (CMSG), the…
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Americas
Search suspended for crewman from barge blast, entrance to Corpus Christi reopened
Authorities have suspended the search for a missing crewman from an oil barge that suffered an explosion and blaze off…
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