Seafarers
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Contributions
Fatigue at sea should not be ignored
Captain Fared Khan, marine director at Wallem Ship Management, applauds recent research on a key issue by Intermanager. The recent…
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Contributions
Don’t swim against the tide, make the most of your crew’s connections
The shipping industry’s response to improved communications at sea has failed to reflect the needs of seafarers or the potential…
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Operations
InterManager warns IMO on growing seafarer fatigue
InterManager, the shipmanagement association, presented its findings on fatigue at sea to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) yesterday in London.…
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Operations
New insurance rules in place designed to ease crew abandonment cases
Today sees important new rules come into force on crew abandonment. Under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) shipowners must…
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Greater China
Oil tanker collides with sand barge near Zhoushan, three missing
Chinese oil tanker Heng Fan 178, operated by Zhoushan Hengfan Shipping, collided with sand barge Zhe Lin Ji 621 near…
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Asia
Japan coast guard rescues North Korean crew from sinking ship
Japan’s coast guard rescued 26 North Korean crew from a sinking North Korean cargo ship yesterday. According to the Japanese…
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Piracy
Crew kidnappings highest in a decade
More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching…
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Contributions
Crew health: Food hygiene onboard
Shipowners Club has partnered with the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) to raise awareness of crew-related illness and…
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Contributions
Crew health: Obesity onboard
Shipowners Club has partnered with the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) to raise awareness of crew-related illness and…
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Americas
USCG medevacs two crew off Texas
US Coast Guard crews medevaced two crew working on the product tanker yesterday afternoon. The ship was at the Port…
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Europe
Captain’s relief turned to despair in Erin Wood accident off Peterhead
An urgent need for a pee likely led to a collision between a bunker barge and a general cargo vessel…
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Operations
Islamabad seeks repatriation of 17 abandoned crew in Egypt
Pakistani authorities are working to get 17 crew, suffering awful conditions in Egypt, repatriated. The men, working on the Kuwaiti-flagged…
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Asia
BC groups club together to provide some Xmas cheer for stranded Hanjin crew
Various bodies have clubbed together in British Columbia to try and make Christmas more bearable for 13 crewmembers stranded on…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: A seafaring Christmas
I’m not sentimental about Christmas. At sea I learned to celebrate some, ignore others. Some companies/captains decided crews of mixed…
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Asia
Shanghai Maritime Court orders Varun to pay $115,000 in landmark crew abandonment ruling
In a potential game changing move, stranded crew onboard a Varun aframax have successfully sued the Indian owner at a…
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Contributions
Room with a view
Dick Welsh from the Isle of Man ship registry laments today’s accommodation blocks on ultra large boxships. I wonder what…
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Americas
D’Amico officer sentenced to eight months in prison for oil waste in the US
A senior engineering officer employed by d’Amico Shipping Italia was sentenced to eight months in prison for deliberately concealing a…
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Operations
Fatigue at sea warning
Senior members from shipmanagement industry body InterManager have been in Manila this week at a crewing event where they highlighted…
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Operations
Don’t skimp on training outlays, ICS boss warns
Training acts not only as a career enhancer, but also plays an essential role in the modernisation of the shipping…
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Asia
Abu Sayyaf linked with another attack, six crew abducted
Abu Sayyaf terrorists are believed to have been behind the raid on a Vietnamese bulker this morning and the subsequent…
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