Cyprus has formally proposed a practical, global approach to delivering Covid -19 vaccinations to seafarers in response to the worldwide crew change crisis.

Tasik Subsea vessel Southern Star is the first to be awarded an ABS Infectious Disease Mitigation notation.

“We are essential workers – you are not quite so important – they are non-essential and must take their chances with everyone else”.

Bimco and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have published the first industry standard on in-water cleaning of ships in order to prevent transfer of invasive species to local marine environments.

Five of Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredgers have become the first ships to receive a new ultra-low emission vessels (ULEV) notation from classification society Bureau Veritas (BV).

The Liberian Registry has become the first ship registry to sign onto the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.

The Philippines has ended its temporary ban on international crew change for seafarers from vessels which had called at a list of 36 nations.

The Philippines temporary ban on international crew change is being extended to cover seafarers coming the Czech Republic, the 36th nation on the list.

On Tuesday 327 companies and organisations publicly committed to the Neptune Declaration of Crew Change and Seafarer Welfare in a pledge to resolve the crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on vessels when their...

European shipowners are facing a serious shortage of ship recycling facilities as EU authorities have not approved a single facility in the Indian subcontinent.