Regulation

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has launched a general cargo vessel for Unichart Navigation, its first in a series of five vessels.

The developments in the field of science and technology, have influenced the application and complexity of dynamic positioning systems significantly over the last few decades.

Oman has joined the list of countries that ban the use of open-loop scrubbers from its waters.

Australian authorities say they have received a large number of complaints related to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) since issuing a notice on the maximum period shipboard service for seafarers in a pandemic on 26 June.

With crew change in the spotlight in Hong Kong following a third wave of the Covid-19 virus the shipowners and liner shipping associations have written to the local press stressing the vital role seafarers play as key workers and urging support...

Vassilios Demetriades has been officially sworn in as the new Shipping Deputy Minister of the Republic of Cyprus following a mini cabinet reshuffle by the President earlier this month.

Just two weeks after announcing the resumption of crew change Dubai has seen the exchange of some 3,000 seafarers.