Ship manager association InterManager is to work privately in sourcing Covid-19 vaccines for its members seafarers frustrated that global efforts for an international programme are yet to bear fruit.

The latest Seafarer Happiness Index showed investments in connectivity and onboard resources were effective in improving seafarer happiness, and revealed a list of factors weighing on crews.

Fujairah has banned crew change from vessels arriving from India as more countries raise barriers to travellers from the country which experiencing a huge surge in Covid-19 cases.

A new cluster of Covid-19 infection has been discovered on among seafarers on onboard a bunker tanker operating on Singapore port.

Ship and crew managers are bracing themselves continued, and possibly even bigger, challenges with crew change as new Covid-19 variants emerge, and infections spike in key seafaring nations.

Singapore is barring crew change for seafarers with recent travel to India following a huge spike of Covid-19 cases in the country.

Singapore has launched a test bed facility for drone deliveries to ships at anchor offshore the city state.

Representatives of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) have visited the crew of the Ever Given being held in Egypt.

Asia saw a drop in piracy and armed robbery attacks in the first quarter of 2021 according to figures released by ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre.

Columnist Michael Grey questions whether seafarers will have an assurance of better treatment post pandemic.