Image Credit: Maritime Fairtrade Repost: Guidelines on how to deal with seafarer abandonment have been adopted by a joint International Labor Organization (ILO)/International Maritime Organization (IMO) Tripartite Working Group. The Guidelines seek to address the significant rise in cases of abandonment of crews reported to the ILO, which have risen from less than 20 cases per year between 2011 to ...
Image Credit: Seatrade Maritime News Repost: The Panama Ship Registry and the tanker company Euronav Ship Management (Hellas) Ltd., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming at promoting opportunities for Panamanian seafarers on board Euronav vessels. This MoU will facilitate the promotion of opportunities for Panamanian officers, cadets and junior staff and the establishment of specialised maritime education and ...
Image Credit: Maritime Fairtrade Repost: The publishing of a whitepaper by insurance providers TT Club along with its fellow Thomas Miller managed business, UK P&I Club, and technical and scientific consultancy, Brookes Bell brings greater awareness of the dangers inherent in the transport of lithium-ion batteries, particularly by sea. The increased demand for green power for a wide range of ...
Repost: NYK is trying to attract more young Japanese to take up a career as seafarers with presentations to school students. NYK seafarers gave a presentation about work and life on an oceangoing vessel to a group at Yokohama Municipal Yokodai Daiichi Elementary School on 12 December, and another presentation was provided to students at Yokohama Municipal Eda Minami Junior ...
Repost: Fr Alexander Smerechynskyy, national director of maritime charity Stella Maris Ukraine, and port chaplain in Odessa, explains how the war with Russia has affected seafarers. As the war and suffering in Ukraine continues, there are ships and seafarers stuck in Odessa, Illychyvsk, Yuzhny, and other ports on the Black Sea coast. This is a very difficult situation not just ...
Image Credit: Seatrade Maritime News Repost: Following major anti-Covid policy adjustments, China is loosening Covid-control measures for seafarers and workers from the port sector. According to the latest guidance released by Ministry of Transport, crew members will not need to provide Covid-test to port operators before the vessel berthing at the port and will no longer need to prepare a negative ...
Repost: Contrary to the claims of nay-sayers, European shipping companies are still employing Filipino ship officers and affirmed their preference to hire Filipino seafarers, according to the Philippine government. While it is true that an audit of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) flagged some inadequacies in training, the Philippine government has formed a special agency to meet the standards ...
Image Credit: Seatrade Maritime News Repost: China is shortening Covid-quarantine period for seafarers transferring from international-going vessels to domestic-deployed vessels when arriving at domestic ports. China’s Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Health Commission, General Administration of Customs and National Immigration Administration have jointly issued the notice for optimizing quarantine policies for crew onboard foreign-going vessels which will be deployed on ...
Image Credit: The Maritime Executive Repost: Indonesian authorities are reporting that the cargo ship reported missing four days ago was located Monday evening with the crew safely aboard. Few details were released, but reports indicate that the vessel was being moved to the port of Dobo with 13 crewmembers. The captain and an engineer were ill and evacuated. The 3,861 ...
Image Credit: Maritime Fairtrade Repost: On the afternoon of October 31, five minutes after leaving Gayam Harbor, the 46 GT passenger ship KLM Mila Jawa Indah hit a rock which broke the hull. The ship sank with 77 passengers and seven crew members onboard. Although the accident happened very fast, they were all saved as they were near the harbor ...