The crew of tanker Silver Muna rescued two men and a dog from a sailboat adrift 200 miles off the coast of the US.

President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr met with shipping leaders in Europe this week to discuss matters affecting the industry.

The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) and Saudi Arabia’s Transport General Authority (TGA) have signed an MoU for mutual recognition of maritime certificates issued in both countries.

The shortage of seafarers, in particular qualified senior officers, was an issue that came up repeatedly at Crew Connect Global in Manila.

So just how important is connectivity and internet access to seafarers? Well according to one Captain it trumps knowing where the lifeboats are located.

As shipping grapples with making itself attractive to the younger generation to go sea, and retaining those already working on ships, the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) says the criminalisation of seafarers needs to stop.

The Philippines is undertaking a “barrage of corrective actions” as the government tries to ensure it stays on the IMO’s ‘white-list’ for STCW and the standards of the European Commission.

China is shortening Covid-quarantine period for seafarers transferring from international-going vessels to domestic-deployed vessels when arriving at domestic ports.