Seafarers
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Asia
Vier Harmoni found by Indonesian navy
Indonesia’s navy has announced that it has located a product tanker which disappeared last week, taken by its crew after…
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Asia
Indian seafarer income tax ruling to be challenged
A surprise move to chase Indian seafarers for income tax will be challenged in the coming days at the Kolkata…
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Europe
Ukrainian suffers severe burns from engine room inferno
An engine room fire early Sunday morning resulted in a Ukrainian seafarer being helicoptered off the tanker Basilia with severe…
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Greater China
‘The abandonment of seafarers is abhorrent’: HKSOA’s Bowring
The Hong Kong Shipowners’ Association (HKSOA) says it “extremely concerned” about the seafarers on the . The Hong Kong-registered capesize…
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Asia
Taiwan owner ditches crew in Vietnam
Kaohsiung-headquartered Jumbo Sino Development of Taiwan is the latest shipowner to be publically shamed for abandoning its crews amid the…
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Asia
Food delivered to abandoned capesize crew just in time
Food has been delivered in the nick of time to an abandoned crew onboard the capesize (181,400 dwt, built 2009), who…
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Asia
UK P&I Club hits out at ‘quirks’ in the Philippine legal system
The UK P&I Club has hit out at the Philippine legal system’s failure to look after one of the nation’s…
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Asia
Efforts fail to get supplies to abandoned crew onboard laden capesize
Efforts are ongoing to try to transfer supplies to crew onboard a laden capesize at anchor at Australia’s Port of…
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Americas
Engineers admit illegally discharging oily water from d’Amico tanker
Two Italian engineers on Thursday admitted to a US federal court that they dumped oily waste from a tanker into…
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Operations
Plight of abandoned crews draws top interest
You’re a discerning, compassionate lot I can tell from looking at web stats for the most read news stories on Splash…
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Operations
Prolonged downturn causes spike in abandoned crews
Charterers should “think twice” about taking ships from owners who have a history of crew neglect, a leading UK shipping…
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Europe
Wallem drawn into sex discrimination row
A poorly-worded email has landed Wallem Ship Management into a very public sexist row covered by the world’s most read…
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Asia
Indian tax ruling could have massive impact on global seafarer availability
Indian seafarers could well start to price themselves out of the market with shock news that the income tax department…
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Contributions
The offshore industry and modern slavery
Slavery is a matter for history, not for the oil and gas industry. Or is it? Simon Hems from law…
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Americas
NewLead ship auction to close another ugly chapter of crew neglect
The bulk carrier, arrested in Massachusetts in April, is set to be auctioned off on August 8, bringing to an…
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Contributions
Making seafarers happier at sea
Alastair Fischbacher, chief executive of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, on a new onboard charter. There can be no doubt that…
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Europe
Apostleship of the Sea helps 59 stranded crew in Poland
The charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) has reported how it stepped in in Poland to assist 59 abandoned Russian…
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Asia
Harvest International Shipping bulker detained in Shanghai
Shanghai Maritime Court has detained Panama-flagged bulk carrier at the request of Shanghai Huiyang Ship Equipment due to unpaid debts…
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Containers
Vessel’s master involved in cocaine smuggling
Some 83kg of cocaine have been found inside a container onboard the 5,050 teu MSC-owned containership , which has been arrested at…
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Europe
Stiff jail sentences handed to cigarette smuggling crew
A Russian captain was sentenced to eight years, nine months jail in Greece this week for smuggling millions of contraband…
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