In an attempt to resolve the crew change crisis the industry and unions have come together in a 12-step solution providing a roadmap for governments to get seafarers out of COVID-19 lockdown.

Limited shore leave for seafarers due to the COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll according to the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report from The Mission to Seafarers.

Oman has joined a number of other states in allowing crew changes in “special circumstances” in a slight easing on restrictions at ports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Netherlands-based KOTUG International has completed the 100% acquisition of Dubai-based Marsol International, a leading offshore and marine terminal service centre, specialised in offshore single point mooring (SPM) buoy terminals and its related...

Ship agents GAC have partnered with Singapore start-up F-Drones for the delivery of supplies to vessels.

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has upped rebates for container vessels on the backhaul as low fuel prices tempt lines to sail on the longer route via the Cape of Good Hope.

Last week, The Liberian Registry made a call for Flag States to join together in efforts for facilitating crew changes with international recognition of seafarers as “key workers”.

Ten seafarers are reported to have been kidnapped by pirates from the product tanker Vemahope off Nigeria.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital role seafarers play in the global economy, however, measures to stop the spread of the pandemic have 150,000 stranded on their vessels as their contracts come to an end unable to return home to their...

Singapore-based Executive Ship Management (ESM) reports that it successfully completed the first ever digitally conducted remote Tanker Management Self-Assessment (TMSA) audit by an oil major this April.