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Maritime and shipping news and insight from across the Middle East and Africa region.

Monjasa deploys crude tanker as floating storage off West Africa

Dec 23, 2020

Global oil and shipping group Monjasa has deployed the 119,456-dwt crude oil tanker SKS Dokka as a new floating storage for its West Africa operations.

Liberia claims fastest growing flag state in 2020

Dec 22, 2020

Liberia finishes off 2020 as the world’s fastest growing flag state for the second year in a row.

Live from the editor’s dining table

Dec 22, 2020

As I write this I’ve just finished moderating my final conference session of the year at Seatrade Maritime Middle East Virtual. With myself in Singapore, speakers in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong, some bleary-eyed colleagues in the UK...

Landmark ruling by UN agency finds governments in breach of seafarers’ rights

Dec 18, 2020

A landmark ruling from UN agency International Labour Organisation (ILO) Committee of Experts has found governments are in breach of seafarers’ rights and failed to comply with several provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) during the...

Jamaica and Kenya agree on reciprocal recognition of STCW certificates for seafarers

Dec 18, 2020

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya to enable reciprocal recognition of STCW certificates for seafarers for their nationals.

The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the attraction of a seafaring career

Dec 16, 2020

The problems of attracting young people to take up a career as seafarers had been long debated, even before the Covid-19 pandemic and the crew change crisis left hundred of thousands of seafarers stranded onboard vessels.

Digitalisation paves the way for future global port eco-system

Dec 16, 2020

Global ports need to ready themselves to further collaborate on establishing an eco-system of interoperability with increased use of digitalisation as the world moves into a ‘new normal’, according to a panel discussion at Seatrade Maritime Middle...

Poseidon Principles makes first report on decarbonisation target

Dec 16, 2020

A first-of-a-kind climate finance report has been disclosed by the 15 bank signatories of the Poseidon Principles, showing that the average decarbonisation trajectory fell short of IMO’s initial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target.

Spotlight on seafarer welfare and what lessons have been learned?

Dec 15, 2020

Over the past few months, there has been much said and written about crew welfare and how it has been handled during the pandemic and longer-term.

Pandemic drives digitalisation, but don’t forget the business case

Dec 15, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen an acceleration of digitalisation across all sectors including maritime and shipping, but in the rush to digitalise the business case should not be forgotten.

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