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.
Ten thousand seafarers leave the industry every year through preventable ill health according to maritime healthcare provider Vikand with its CEO claiming that in 95% of these cases careers could be extended.