Capt. Mohamed Al Ali, Senior Vice President of Ship Management at ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), has called for coordinated global action led by the IMO and governments to ensure regulated crew changes and wellbeing of seafarers.

London-based Greek shipowners have slammed governments and regulators for failing to recognise the key role seafarers and shipping staff play in ensuring global trade continues in the tumultuous circumstances now being experienced.

The remains of the Captain of Ital Libra, who died of Covid, have finally been repatriated after ports in Asia refused to accept the containership into port.

The Panama Canal has increased the maximum allowable length for vessels transiting the neo-panamax locks by just over three metres.

Wärtsilä Voyage will integrate Weathernews’ ship routing service and weather forecasting data into its products under a new collaboration agreement.

The Master of the X-Press Pearl has been arrested by the Sri Lankan police as clean-up operations from the sunken containership continue.

“Speed kills” is a slogan familiar to anyone who drives a car and is constantly urged upon us by the authorities, anxious that we observe speed limits. It is not such a bad injunction to marine people, either, and not entirely directed at those...

Privately-owned Norwegian ballast water treatment system (BWTS) manufacturer, Optimarin, has launched the first digital system to help ship operators in ballast water management.

Crowley Maritime Corporation has become the first US-owned and that will publicly disclose its ship recycling policies, practices and process through the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (STRI).

Evergreen containership Ital Libera, whose Master died of Covid, is diverting to Europe as no ports in Asia will accept the vessel.