The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is granting rebates of up to 75% for product tankers transiting the waterway while on voyages between the US Gulf and Caribbean ports and Asia.

Belships Singapore-based ship management operation is being integrated into V.Ships in a new partnership.

The Information Fusion Centre (IFC) has released a photo of a boat used in sea robberies against merchant vessels plying the busy Singapore Straits.

Equipping seafarers with better language skills is essential for shipping’s transformation and enables the next generation of maritime leaders, writes Catherine Logie, Director, Direct to Consumer Services, Ocean Technologies Group.

Members of the International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) Canada have issued a 72-hour strike notice that that will see industrial action begin around 0800 hrs on 1 July.

To attract young people to take up careers as shipboard engineers the design and ergonomics of the engine room need to be studied to make for a more conducive working environment according Gerardo Borromeo, CEO of PTC Group.

Social media posts by the Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union (SMOU) commemorating the Day of the Seafarer were tinged with sadness and concern for a young Singaporean seafarer lost overboard from a bulker on the US West Coast last week.

Ahead of the Day of the Seafarer on Sunday 25 June charity Stella Maris says there is an urgent need to continue supporting Ukrainian seafarers as conflict rages on.