A diverse pool of seafarers trained to handle a variety of vessels are a boon in a crisis, according to a panel of crewing experts.

In line a relaxation in border measures vaccinated ship’s crew can take shore leave in Singapore.

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has detained a P&O Ferries cross-channel ferry, the second such detention in under a week.

The Maritime Charities Group (MCG) has extended its Redundancy and Retraining Fund indefinitely due to continued demand.

P&O Ferries vessel European Causeway has failed a Port State Control Inspection and been detained in Northern Ireland.

DP World and P&O Ferries are under intense scrutiny in the UK after the ferry operator sacked 800 workers without notice.

Ship manager V.Group is providing support for a union initiative to evacuate Ukrainian seafarers and their families from Odessa as war rages in the country.

The ITF described the situation for seafarers stranded on vessels near Ukraine as ‘dire’ as supplies dwindle and rescue efforts are frustrated.

The British Prime Minister told UK parliament that P&O Ferries may have broken the law when it sacked 800 employees last week without notice.

The new South Devon College Marine Academy aims to close the skills gap in the marine and maritime industries with training in new and emerging technologies.