In the latest episode of The Maritime Podcast, Professional musician turned lawyer Julian Clark explains how he brought together a 60-piece virtual choir to cover Rod Stewart’s Sailing, in honour of recognising every seafarer as a keyworker and to...
The latest Bimco and International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Seafarer Workforce report warns of a potential serious shortage of officers. This is not the first time that the two organisations have made such a warning over the years but given the...
The Philippines status as the world’s largest supplier of seafarers to international shipping took a huge hit in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic caused extended lockdowns and border closures, and the resulting crew change crisis.
Singapore is working on protocol to vaccinate international seafarers against Covid-19 in a similar fashion to the crew change protocol developed last year.