Seafarers
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Europe
Drunk captain jailed
A ship’s captain has been sent to jail for eight weeks and fined £150 for being drunk in charge of…
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Contributions
Owners face backlash as crew abandonment cases soar
What should happen to shipowners who choose to ditch their seafarers? Jason Jiang investigates. As the economic downturn’s impact on…
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Asia
Master of ‘death ship’ should be charged: ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has urged the Australian coroner investigating the series of deaths onboard the Japanese bulker…
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Europe
Seafarers receive counselling after pilot dies
Crew have received support from seafarers’ charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) after a Port of London pilot died while…
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Europe
Port of London pilot killed while boarding ship
Port of London Authority (PLA) has issued a statement confirming the death of one of its pilots Wednesday night around…
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Middle East
Crew from four tankers abandoned off Fujairah
Four aframax tankers and 14 crew have been abandoned off Fujairah since June. The seafarers – all Indian – were…
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Americas
ITF highlights plight of Hanjin crew being denied shore leave in US
Seafarers’ labour union the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday it will report to authorities in Washington D.C.…
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Europe
Lithuanian captain accused of being drunk on duty
A 43-year-old Lithuanian captain appeared in a Belfast court yesterday accused of running a containership while drunk. Eugenijus Tulauskas was…
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Asia
HMM share price jumps on Hanjin fleet fire sale speculation
Shares in Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) leapt 6% to close in Seoul today at KRW8,700 on increased speculation that the…
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Europe
GC Rieber lets go of more seafarers
Bergen-based GC Rieber is letting go of 66 staff from nine offshore ships and will replace them with contract labour.…
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Containers
Crew detained in Mozambique, accused of trying to scuttle ship
Authorities in Mozambique have detained 15 Indian seafarers suspected of trying to scuttle their ship for an insurance claim. The…
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Contributions
Hats don’t help seafarers – but you can
If you want to help seafarers, don’t patronise them by knitting a hat, Intermanager’s secretary-general (and former seafarer) Kuba Szymanski…
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Maritime CEO
Martek Marine: 20% of all ships make medical diversions every year
One in five ships diverts every year due to a medical problem onboard Each diversion costs an average of $180,000,…
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Americas
Water cannon accident kills one, injures three
Investigators are looking into how an OSV undergoing sea trials saw three injured and one die. The was performing sea…
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Middle East
Dubai firm blacklisted for abandoning crew
Bahrain has blacklisted Dubai-based shipping company Sea Links Shipping after it abandoned the general cargo vessel, Sea Lord, and 11…
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Contributions
Why shipping’s gender imbalance must change
Nicholas Fisher from Masterbulk tackles one of shipping’s perennial controversial topics. I was recently asked to comment for a Splash…
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Europe
Captain stabbed in mutiny onboard Turkish cargo ship
Crew onboard the Turkish general cargo ship are thought to have staged a mutiny in which the captain appears to…
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Greater China
Five Stars Fujian released
A Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier which was arrested and then detained by Australian authorities for more than a month is…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: The seafarer who died in my arms
Dr Lynn Simpson recounts how crew are affected by the livestock trades. I’m often asked, “What is the most shocking…
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Greater China
ITF demands stranded Five Stars Fujian crew be allowed ashore
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) warned today the Chinese stranded crew onboard the off Australia must be allowed onshore…
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