Ship Operations

Under the banner of ‘It’s time to talk’, Seatrade Maritime today announced it is an integral part of Posidonia Web Forum Week 2020.

The Middle East’s largest maritime event, Seatrade Maritime Middle East, today (announced that it will be a virtual event from 14-16 December 2020 – with a return to a physical event planned for 2021.

Greece remains the global leader in shipping with over 20% of the world fleet by capacity even though the country accounts for just 0.16% of the planet’s population.

IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim has repeated a call for urgent action on crew change ahead of the UN General Assembly or face ships no longer being able to operate safely worsening the economic crisis.

OSM Maritime Group (OSM) has entered into a fleet management agreement to take over GC Rieber Shipping’s six offshore vessels with the business based in Bergen, Norway.

China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group has established China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Jiangsu Marine (Branch) to run marine-related business.

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) is moving into the Middle East with an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Philippines has extended the validity of seafarers’ STCW certificates that are due to expire by another year.

The Maritime Union of India is seeking support for a fair trial of Wakashio Captain Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar by courts in Mauritius.

Singapore is establishing a floating Crew Facilitation Centre (CFC) with on-site medical provisions, as well as a SGD1m ($736,000) Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund.