When times are bad, you need your friends about to help you. But at the present, the shipping industry seems to be running very short of friendly supporters, when other struggling industrial sectors in many countries are having money chucked at...

Limited shore leave for seafarers due to the COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll according to the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report from The Mission to Seafarers.

Oman has joined a number of other states in allowing crew changes in “special circumstances” in a slight easing on restrictions at ports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last week, The Liberian Registry made a call for Flag States to join together in efforts for facilitating crew changes with international recognition of seafarers as “key workers”.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital role seafarers play in the global economy, however, measures to stop the spread of the pandemic have 150,000 stranded on their vessels as their contracts come to an end unable to return home to their...

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will lead to a contraction in the shipping container fleet and keep prices and lease rates under pressure in 2020, according to analyst Drewry.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced a MaritimeSG Together Package to provide financial support to the maritime industry amid the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Abu Dhabi Ports has set up COVID-19 testing facilities at Zayed and Khalifa ports with the capacity to test up to 700 daily.

Let’s face it: The world as we know it has ended.

In the States COVID-19 has impacted maritime ports which find themselves at the intersection of the maelstrom of reduced economic activity, changes in work practices, and disrupted and rejigged supply chains.