Crewing costs are expected to rise in the region of 10 – 15% this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic according to consultants Drewry.

A boom in demand for Chinese crew is being driven by the delivery in newbuildings to international owners from the country’s shipyards, according to Singhai Marine Services.

When did you last have a day off, enjoy a free weekend or the extra bonus of a public holiday? In the case of most of us, it wouldn’t be so far back that we could barely remember it.

IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim has repeated a call for urgent action on crew change ahead of the UN General Assembly or face ships no longer being able to operate safely worsening the economic crisis.

While much about Covid-19 is yet to unfold, it’s reasonable to assume that the pandemic’s most profound and poignant legacy in the shipping industry is the crew change crisis.

The world’s largest container line Maersk is spending a “lot of money” to try and fix the crew change problem but still has one-third of seafarers have been onboard longer than allowed under their contracts.

The world’s largest container line Maersk is spending a “lot of money” to try and fix the crew change problem but still has one-third of seafarers have been onboard longer than allowed under their contracts.

If you ignore a problem, maybe it will go away. In the way that the seafaring community continues to be treated by responsible governments, this would seem to sum up much of the collective attitude of the authorities around the world, faced with...

Crew change and travel during the Covid-19 pandemic has become the top issue facing the maritime industries. Crew change is possible, but it is a complex process.

With crew change in the spotlight in Hong Kong following a third wave of the Covid-19 virus the shipowners and liner shipping associations have written to the local press stressing the vital role seafarers play as key workers and urging support...