Despite being outlawed by Maritime Labour Convention many seafarers continue to pay illegal employment fees to crewing agents to secure work onboard ships. Seatrade Maritime News columnist Michael Grey investigates.

GSBN Chief Operating Officer Alicia Lee explores how digitalisation can be used to enable data sharing and visibility for the transportation of dangerous cargoes.

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.

Panos Mitrou, Lloyd’s Register’s top gas expert, believes that limits on capacity to build new LNG carriers could actually prove a constraint on the world’s energy transition.

It has been very hard to miss the coverage of search for the submarine Titan, which has gone missing while on a deep dive to the wreck of the Titanic, however, you could be forgiven for having failed to notice another search and rescue operation...

Advances in technology and autonomy have reignited a debate at the IMO about reducing the number of officers on watch at night.

For the more than 1.9 million people worldwide who work at sea, it is not uncommon to experience mental health challenges.

As discussions and technologies around workforce empowerment and humanisation gain traction, one crucial aspect often overlooked is the human element at work for frontline workers.

While an eBL-enabled future is certainly an exciting one, as we look ahead, we also believe it is important to consider the potential challenges along the way to 100% eBL.

Perhaps, among all the rhetoric about “net zero” and carbon neutral industry, the magnitude of the task and the timescales have started to sink in.