ZIM is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to identify mis-declared container cargoes before they are loaded onto the vessel, avoiding potnetially devastating fires and loss of life.

The capesize bulk carrier Wakashio that ran aground on a coral reef has broken into two off the Mauritius coast on Saturday.

Almost all the fuel oil has been removed from onboard the Japanese bulker Wakashio stricken off the island of Mauritius.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) says that 1,020 tonnes of fuel oil has been pumped out from the fuel tanks of the stricken bulker Wakashio aground off Mauritius, as cracks grow in its hull.

Jamaica has taken steps to facilitate crew changes and repatriations as the country lists seafarers among the class of ‘essential workers’ under its Disaster Risk Management Act.

Over 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil have spilled from the capesize bulker Wakashio aground of the tourist island of Mauritius according to charterers Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).

Inmarsat, Shell Shipping and Thetius have jointly launched a new crew welfare open innovation challenge for start-ups and SMEs to identify technologies that can improve overall crew safety, health and wellbeing at sea.

The seafarer community is in the midst of a mental health crisis due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, a new survey by The Mission to Seafarers has shown.

Incidences of large vessels lost at sea have occurred mostly in Asian waters, even as such losses on a global basis are at a record low in 2019, according to a review by insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).

The China Navigation Company log carrier Funing which lost power in the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand over a week ago is set to be towed for repairs.