Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has put in place a number of innovative measures to support its seafarers during the Covid-19 crisis, as well as launching a teaming initiative with four other ship operators to share information and resources, ceo...
China’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) has tightened regulations of crew changes involving Chinese nationals and vessels and barred all international crew changes.
Greece’s influential maritime technical managers association has proposed a set of 15 specific measures to classification societies to help avert the immobilisation of seaborne trade amid the coronavirus pandemic
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has echoed earlier calls by shipping industry bodies for governments to recognise seafarers and marine personnel as “key workers” providing essential services and therefore exempt from national travel...
The spread of COVID-19 has become one of the biggest threats to the world as we know it. Over the last seven days alone, profound implications have been felt around the world and uncertainty grows on a seemingly daily basis.
In this webinar, Seatrade Maritime News, in association with Maritime Strategies International and Holman Fenwick Willian (HFW) focus on key shipping segments; container ships, dry bulk and oil tankers. Whilst HFW examine the legal implications of...
Companies and individuals who are successfully and sustainably managing global trade supply chains will have an opportunity to join the roll of honour at the 32nd edition of Seatrade Awards with the introduction of a brand new award category...
Seven crew members onboard containership Gjertrud Maersk berthed at Ningbo have been sent to hospital after one tested positive for COVID-19 according to an official statement from China’s Ministry of Transport.
The crew change crisis that has developed with the COVID-19 pandemic will need more than just coordination of port and government authorities with shipowners and managers as there is a huge logistics issue of getting seafarers to the points of...
