Seafarers
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Dry Cargo
Australian seafarers stage another protest
Another protest against foreign crews is underway in Australia. Seafarers from the have refused to depart for Singapore as they…
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Europe
Prestige ruling ‘an utter travesty of justice’
Responding to the Spanish Supreme Court’s decision to sentence Captain Apostolos Mangouras to two years imprisonment over the 2002 Prestige…
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Europe
North P&I Club warns of new technology at sea
Technology such as video calls, emails, mobile devices could actually be more of a hinderance than a help to life…
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Europe
Call to double spending on UK seafarer training
The UK Chamber of Shipping is calling for government support to double funding for a seafarer scheme. UK Seafarer statistics…
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Europe
Lerus Group: Ukrainian training experts expand
Kiev: A Ukrainian recruitment and training company is expanding in Asia. Lerus Group has provided services for the offshore oil…
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Europe
‘A rusty ship with poverty wages’: Turkish vessel detained in Sweden
A 32-year-old Turkish general cargo ship has been held by Swedish authorities, amid concern about living conditions onboard and the…
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Asia
Transas boss calls for radical rethink on the role of the master
Frank Coles, the new boss at bridge and navigation systems specialist Transas, has called for a radical rethink on the…
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Americas
Tote pays out to 10 familes over El Faro sinking
The families of 10 seafarers who died when the El Faro sank in a storm near the Bahamas last October…
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Europe
Conditions onboard some ships in the North Sea described as ‘purgatory’
A Scottish government committee asked the UK Coastguard Agency yesterday to respond to safety concerns as trade unions have described…
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Dry Cargo
Ladder rigged upside down led to seafarer’s death
A man who fell overboard from the bulk carrier and drowned off the West Australian coast was using a ladder…
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Operations
Ukrainian seafarer stabbed to death by fellow crewmember
A Ukrainian seafarer has died onboard the small Turkish boxship , having been stabbed by a fellow crewmember of Azerbaijani…
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Asia
ITF seeks coronial enquiry into mysterious death onboard Nissen Kaiun ship
Another report of seafarer mistreatment involving Japanese owners in Australia has emerged. A 26-year-old Filipino sailor died from what has…
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Europe
Splash editor to run London Marathon for Sailors’ Society
Splash editor Sam Chambers is running this year’s London Marathon with his fiancée Eliza Jaroni. The couple will be running…
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Europe
IUMI outlines obstacles facing development of unmanned ships
A report from the International Union of Marine Insurance lays out many of the obstacles facing shipping’s quest for unmanned…
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Europe
Drunk captain, first mate and engineer onboard Russian coastal vessel arrested
Three crew onboard Russian coastal vessel were arrested by Danish police after testing above the legal alcohol limit on Friday. The…
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Americas
USCG evacuate possible stroke victim from tanker offshore New Jersey
A man suffering a suspected stroke was medevacked from a tanker off Cape May, New Jersey, the US Coast Guard…
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Operations
InterManager president warns on seafarer fatigue, pushes concept of paperless ships
Gerardo Borromeo, the president of the global shipmanagement association, InterManager, has used his end of year address to reiterate calls…
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Contributions
Spare a thought this Christmas
While I wouldn’t admit to supermarket rage, the third trip in consecutive days to the local hypermarché here in France…
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Operations
Survey finds widening gap in ship connectivity
Crewtoo, the online social network for seafarers and a part of KVH Industries, has published the results of its third…
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Asia
Seafarer made redundant commits suicide at office of former employer
A 31-year-old seafarer committed suicide by hanging himself at a crewing office in Manila on Saturday. The 31-year-old, John Elejan,…
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