Wallem Group has announced the resignation of its chief executive Frank Coles, after he has held the position for the past two-and-a-half years.

A 32% rise in actual incidents of piracy and armed robbery last year could resulted from economic hardships caused by Covid-19 in coastal communities, according to ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC).

The Philippines temporary ban on international crew change has been extended to the end of January and now covers 35 countries with the addition of the UAE and Hungary.

With the mutation of the Covid-19 virus and a new wave of travel restrictions crewing specialist Danica warns that the height of the crew change crisis in spring 2020 could be repeated.

NYK Line has responded to Japan’s recent surge in Covid-19 cases by ordering all staff to work from home until further notice.

Bimco has launched a new film “Ships make the world go” aimed at tackling the lack of understanding of the maritime sector and celebrating successes.

The Philippines list of countries from which it temporarily bans international crew change from if the vessel has visited in the last 14 days has grown to 33 from an initial 20.

The Isle of Man Ship Registry has officially launched its “Crew Matters” welfare app developed with training company Tapiit Live.

If you are looking for a defining image of 2020, it is hard to escape those appalling pictures of the ONE Apus entering Kobe harbour with the battered remains of her deck cargo, a few days before Christmas. It sort of summed up a year when so much...

Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising sea robberies, tefts and attempted incidents in the Singapore Strait during 2020