Singapore expects to conduct 500 to 600 crew changes per day in the coming months, with over 50,000 seafarers having signed on or off in the port since 27 March.

Digitalisation should be seen as a means of augmenting seafarers’ capabilities and supporting mental health, rather than a convenient way of replacing them, as some have suggested.

Responses to the quarterly Seafarers Happiness Index survey showed a loss of optimism as the three-month period progressed and fears of not getting home due to the second wave of COVID-19 grew.

Continuing the trend towards joint ventures Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) is entering the Italian market through a jv Premuda for the management of its fleet.

An NYK operated car carrier Metis Leader has been arrested in Melbourne for breaching regulations over crew change.

In a move to further strengthen its position in the Chinese market Greek containership owner Costamare Shipping has expanded its partnership with V.Group.

Trying to operate ships in a global pandemic seems to be getting more complicated every day.

Chile is to allow international crew change following IMO protocols, the first country in South America to do so.

The annual Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) event has always offered a duality between domestic United States maritime matters, and the international shipping world, and this is no exception as the industry grapples with the issue of crew...