Eight seafarers are believed to have been kidnapped from the containership Tommi Ritscher which was boarded by pirates on 19 April off the Port of Cotonou, Benin.

The cruise and maritime communities of the Middle East and around the world will have been saddened to hear of the passing of Alan Le Coyte recently in the UK after a short illness.

Dr Martin Stopford, eminent shipping economist and President of Clarkson Research Services, believes that the Covid-19 pandemic could prove to be the catalyst that forces shipping to undergo the radical adjustments needed if it is to get anywhere...

China is strengthening control measures for the containment of imported COVID-19 cases, stating that international ship crew are not allowed to come ashore as a matter of principle.

Pirates are reported to have attacked the containership Tommi Ritscher off Cotonou, Benin holding eight of the crew hostage.

The Panama Canal is suspending the second update to the maximum draught allowable at the neo-panamax locks, published 19 March.

Enquiries for lay-up services have surged in recent weeks to eclipse even that seen during the global financial crisis in 2009, according to Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM).

In the latest move to get crew changes happening again the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has joined forces with the International Air Transport Association (IATA).