Seafarers really shouldn’t be afraid of equipment that is supposed to save them, but this is all too often the case, as news of accidents involving lifeboats filters around the seagoing workforce.
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Columbia Shipmanagement’s (CSM) venture into the Saudi market is bearing fruit with owners and operators committing over 100 vessels.
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Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration has issued qualification certificate for seafarer recruitment and placement service to V.Group’s new office registered in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Ling-Gang Special Area.
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In meeting the emission reduction requirements for existing vessels owners need to do more than retrofits and focus on operating their vessels at maximum efficiency.
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Four of the eight seafarers remaining in Sri Lanka following the X-Press Pearl fire and sinking in May/June this year have been allowed to leave the country.
The UAE and Panama have inked a Memorandum of Understanding covering seafarer training, safety and watchkeeping, and mutual recognition of certificates.
Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait up to 7 December 2021.
Over the last ten years, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has grown from a handful of shipping companies opposed to corruption, into one of the world’s most successful private sector anti-corruption initiatives.
Hot on the heels of establishing an office in Hamburg Synergy Group has bagged management of 17 dry bulk vessels from Oldendorff Carriers.
Singapore has suspended crew change and vaccination of seafarers with recent travel history to six southern African nations over fears concerning the Omicron variant.
