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.
Lawyers have welcomed Bimco’s new CII clause but warn of more contractual disagreements relating to various types of existing charter contracts.
Pending final court approval, an agreement has been signed for the reorganisation and transfer of Greece’s second largest shipyard Elefsis Shipyards, west of Piraeus, which has been basically dormant for a decade.
China is shortening Covid-quarantine period for seafarers transferring from international-going vessels to domestic-deployed vessels when arriving at domestic ports.