In a worrying sign of the times a majority of maritime executives believe that integrity is “routinely compromised” in shipping deals, according to a live audience poll carried at the CMA Shipping 2016 conference this week.
In yet another setback for the 35 crew of Seaman Guard Ohio, the Madras High Court Bench refused an appeal to suspend their five-year “rigorous imprisonment” sentences.
Viking Life-Saving Equipment has received type approval from Lloyd’s Register for a record new 81 m evacuation chute.
No chance of walking on Dartmoor one wet morning in Devon last week… but the weather did provide the opportunity for a bit of ‘maritime research’ and a small excuse for a ‘what I did on my holidays’ report.
The UK P&I Club has called for a “zero tolerance” policy to unprepared entry into enclosed spaces, following a large number of preventable seafarer deaths.
A case study by Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has revealed appalling systemic abuses in shipping’s treatment of Indian Seafarers.
The Sailors’ Society has launched a new Crisis Response Centre in Durban to support seafarers affected by piracy throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has highlighted concerns about the welfare of the crew of Japanese managed bulker detained at Port Kembla.
Maritime communications provider SingTel says that it has seen double-digit growth in broadband service offerings over the past two years.