Up to 400,000 seafarers still remain trapped working aboard vessels around the world due to COVID-19 travel and transit restrictions. The ITF Crew Change Crisis Seafarer […]
With immediate effect, ferries coming to the Netherlands from the United Kingdom are no longer allowed to carry passengers. The ferries are still permitted access to […]
The IMO executed GloFouling Partnerships Project and the Government of the Philippines have organized the first delivery of a newly-developed general training course on biofouling management. […]
Wärtsilä Voyage has successfully completed its first commercial installation of the state-of-the-art Wärtsilä Navi-Harbour WebVTS 5.0 software application. The system was ordered by Netherlands-based Wintershall Noordzee […]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) held an online presentation ceremony for the “MOL Presidential Awards for Officers and Engineers 2020” on December 9. The awards are […]
In an industry first, ABS has awarded Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Approval in Principle (AIP) for crew accommodation and ventilation systems designed to mitigate the spread […]
Liberia finishes off 2020 as the world’s fastest-growing flag State for the second year in a row. In late 2018 Liberia became the second-largest flag State […]
ABS, Sembcorp Marine, and A*STAR’s Institute of High-Performance Computing (IHPC) have successfully completed joint development projects in LNG bunkering and the use of LNG as a […]
Charterers’ “no crew change” clauses aggravate the ongoing crew change crisis and further threaten the safety of navigation, says IMO Secretary-General. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has […]
A Russian crew member has been arrested in connection with the death of three Japanese fishermen following a collision between two vessels off Hokkaido late last […]
The Board of Directors of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, met under the chairmanship of Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief […]
New figures released by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) show that $44,613,880 USD of seafarers’ owed wages were recovered by the ITF’s network of inspectors […]
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has joined other carriers in reiterating support for a global R&D decarbonisation fund and also in backing a potential worldwide market-based measure […]
During the weekend, the 15,000 TEU “Brussels Express” sailed into its home port of Hamburg for the first time. It is the first large container ship […]
In a recently signed agreement, Gen2 Energy and Höegh LNG agrees to cooperate on the development of a seaborne logistics chain for green hydrogen as envisioned […]
Energy storage experts Sterling PlanB and Europe’s largest independent ship design group, ICE, have announced an agreement to combine knowledge and resources in order to increase […]
In response to the second wave of COVID-19 in India, the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) has launched a ‘Vaccination Drive for Indian Seafarers’ […]
After partnering with BAR Technologies to bring WindWings to the global shipping industry, Yara Marine Technologies is now entering the International Windship Association (IWSA) to join […]