The successor to Mission to Seafarer secretary general Revd. Canon Andrew Wright has been announced and will take over on Wright's retirement in September.

A landmark piece of legislation in the Philippines – The Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers – was not signed into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr as expected on Monday morning and was later withdrawn by the House of Representatives.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched a set of free industry principles to help companies address bullying and harassment in the maritime industry.

Fleet Management is seeking a new Managing Director to take over the role from Kishore Rajvanshy who has helmed the firm for its entire 30-year history.

Seafarers covered by International Bargaining Forum (IBF) agreements can refuse to sail through the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, but it takes a high level of pre-planning according to ITF head Stephen Cotton.

ABS has inaugurated a training centre for LNG-related training and development in Doha which has the support of QatarEnergy.

Singapore is relaunching a cadet training programme provided jointly by unions, industry, and the authorities following a three-year hiatus.

As shipping company earnings benefit from disruption in the Red Sea the Singapore Maritime Officers Union (SMOU) has called on companies to remember seafarers when it comes to bonuses.

Four people died when a disgruntled former employee went on a shooting rampage at a shipping company in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada on the morning of February 12.