Ambitious plans for a team of experienced blue-water rowers to cross the 2,300 mile Arctic route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were unveiled in a Maritime London webinar this week.

Cyprus has formally proposed a practical, global approach to delivering Covid -19 vaccinations to seafarers in response to the worldwide crew change crisis.

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has appointed Demetris Chrysostomou as its new managing director of Asia region, working out of the Singapore office.

The MSC bulker Anastasia, stuck off the coast of China since September, is finally heading to Japan for a crew change after many months of thwarted attempts.

Tasik Subsea vessel Southern Star is the first to be awarded an ABS Infectious Disease Mitigation notation.

“We are essential workers – you are not quite so important – they are non-essential and must take their chances with everyone else”.

The Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) and the Baltic Exchange Asia have agreed to deepen their collaboration on cross-promotion of events for the maritime and shipping industry.

Bimco and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have published the first industry standard on in-water cleaning of ships in order to prevent transfer of invasive species to local marine environments.

The Liberian Registry has become the first ship registry to sign onto the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.

Elizabeth Jackson (CMO & SVP of Strategy at KVH) shares her thoughts on how the Internet of Things (IoT) will disrupt the established business models of the maritime industry in the future.