Seafarer training and regulatory standards are not matched with the modern, digital environment in which they work according to senior executives speaking at Crew Connect Global 2020.

Seafarers should be given priority to benefit when vaccines for Covid–19 are available says the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS).

Changes in global trade, the future of LNG markets, the need to increase quality in Panama’s bunkering market, and the Panama Canal’s water supply project were among the topics discussed in a Seatrade Maritime News webinar.

Crew change has been one of the biggest challenges of 2020 Julia Anastasiou explained to the audience at Crew Connect Global how OSM Crew Management has dealt with the situation.

The International Safety@Sea Webinar Series from 30 Nov to 1 Dec 2020 will focus on the theme “Maritime Safety: New Normal, New Paradigms”.

Qatar Airways reports that it has played an important part in the repatriation of seafarers stranded due to the pandemic, bringing home more than 150,000 marine personnel on hundreds of chartered and scheduled flights.

While the crew change situation globally has improved from earlier in the year shipping cannot afford to be complacent and still more needs to be done, according to senior industry representatives.

The shipping industry needs to ensure that seafarers are among the essential workers that are first in line to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, say leading representatives.

“Sealane security is a function of geographical or locational advantage, and the political situation. Singapore and Somalia both have favourable geography, but Singapore has been able to take advantage of its political stability, while politically...

Shipping Australia is very concerned about the ongoing crisis caused by a lack of crew changes. Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped at sea and hundreds of thousands of people are waiting (without pay) to go to sea. It is a humanitarian...