The move by RightShip to include human rights and seafarer welfare as part of a comprehensive expansion of its vetting criteria drew a strong positive reaction from the industry on social media.

Data from Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS) showed a growth in mental health problems among seafarers in a three-month period to the end of February.

The Nautilus Federation has called on governments and global organisations to coordinate a worldwide Covid-19 vaccination programme for seafarers and Inland Waterways Transport crew.

Speaking yesterday at the launch of a DNV GL white paper on ship safety in the context of digitalisation and decarbonisation, the classification society’s maritime ceo Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen expressed shock that nearly 70% of IMO member states have...

The global crew change crisis could result in a shortage of seafarers if exhausted crew choose to leave the shipping industry rather than risk another long period trapped at sea, warned the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ).

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

The establishment of a global network of crew change hubs would help alleviate the humanitarian crisis seafarers face at present, according to the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ).

A brewing humanitarian crisis out at sea has prompted a call to action from over 300 companies and organisations to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

An Indian seafarer onboard the MSC bulker Anastasia, which has been thwarted in crew change plans since June 2020, attempted suicide in desperation over his inability to return home to his family in India.

A landmark ruling from UN agency International Labour Organisation (ILO) Committee of Experts has found governments are in breach of seafarers’ rights and failed to comply with several provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) during the...