The maritime industry has to embrace digitalisation and operational automation, whilst continue with global efforts to overcome the crew change crisis, amidst the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to panelists speaking at the...
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has extended its support for companies, individuals and seafarers through a MaritimeSG Together Package initiative, for the affected sectors in the maritime industry to tide through the Covid-19...
Crew specialist CF Sharp has established its own coronavirus (Covid-19) testing centre in Manila, the Philippines to speed up its crew change process.
China is forecast to exert a growing impact on the tanker shipping market as many oil producers worldwide have become highly dependent on China, despite its slowing economic growth, according to analyst Poten & Partners.
A Singapore-based taskforce has developed a CrewSafe audit programme based on Singapore’s crew change model, to establish safe and scalable ‘corridors’ for crew change amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
The IMO and International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have welcomed a UN resolution calling for all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers.