Ship Operations

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that starting 24 September, vessels will be able to transit with a 50-foot draught, the maximum offered by the neo-panamax locks, as a result of resource planning measures, efficient water uses and...

This Thursday, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations addresses the General Assembly in New York, there is a whole grim list of Covid-19 related issues that he cannot avoid. But few are so pressing as what has become known as the “Maritime...

Misery, loneliness and despair are some of the emotions that huge numbers of seafarers are suffering this World Maritime Day.

Seatrade Maritime is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Panama Maritime Review by hosting a series of webinars that will look at different sectors of the maritime industry.

Crew changes on ships at Vizhinjam port, on the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, have been stalled by the muscle power displayed by a local steamer agent, which has set up its own association to carve out a monopoly on the activity.

A Sincere Industrial bulker has become the latest vessel to banned from calling Australia over unpaid wages in breach of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) have jointly contributed $500,000 to a Singapore fund to support countries in best practices for crew change.