Seafarers
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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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Europe
Faststream: Unemployed seafarers likely in 2016
London: Mark Charman is uniquely well-placed to give readers a glimpse of what next year holds for the shipping and…
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Americas
Two more lawsuits filed against Tote in El Faro case
Two more lawsuits have been filed against vessel owner Tote over the loss of the El Faro. The US-flagged 790-foot…
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Operations
Australian unions denounce Alcoa’s decision to hire foreign crew
Australian unions are up in arms at another firm ditching a locally flagged ship in favour of a foreign-crewed one.…
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Greater China
Wallem in China manning first
Wallem has a new business just across the border from its Hong Kong headquarters. Wallem Maritime Services (Shenzhen) is licensed…
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Europe
InterManager: ‘There is a serious oversupply of seafarers’
Douglas: How shipping has changed. In the boom times one of the few bottlenecks for owners making ever-fatter profits was…
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Americas
USCG airlift ailing crewman from bulker offshore Massachusetts
A US Coast Guard (USCG) search and rescue team medevaced a crewman from a bulk carrier about 130 miles off…
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Contributions
Human factor competencies for the future mariner
Captain Pradeep Chawla from Anglo-Eastern Univan on skillsets needed for 21st century seafarers. The last two decades have been extremely…
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Africa
Four seafarers kidnapped in Nigeria
Yesterday the Lithuanian government revealed that four seafarers were abducted at Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria. Two Lithuanians and two…
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Asia
Filipino officer dies from fall in Japan
The third officer of the small Japanese general cargo vessel, Asian Infinity (6,832 dwt; built 2010), fell to his death…
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Americas
Former El Faro seafarers hit out at ship’s structural problems
Three former crew members of El Faro, a US-flagged ship that authorities believe sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin,…
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Americas
USCG safely airlift burns victim from containership off California coast
A US Coast Guard helicopter crew performed a medical evacuation to lift a severely burned crew member from a container…
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Europe
Investment in seafarers will drive economic growth says Greek shipping minister
Strengthening the expertise of seafarers and the Greek shipping industry as a whole will aid economic growth in Greece, Theodoros…
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Greater China
Wallem Group: ‘Seafarers are still the challenge’
Hong Kong: For all the talk of fast growth among the world’s top shipmanagers, the Achilles’ Heel still lies in…
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Maritime CEO
CESG: Owners to blame for skills shortage
St Peter’s Port: Shipowners continue to be the ones to blame for the shortage of seafarers, their constant bid to…
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Operations
Insufficient stores and unpaid wages found on another ship in Australia
Food, water and wages are being denied to crew onboard a Panama-flagged bulker berthed in western Australia, and the seafarers…
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Americas
Seafarer held captive by pirates takes employer to court in landmark case
A seafarer in the US is suing Edison Chouest Offshore and Galliano Marine Services for injuries suffered during a 2011…
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Europe
New study highlights work-related mental health issues of female seafarers
Around 60% of women working on cargo ships and tankers say stress, depression and anxiety is their biggest health complaint…
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