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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Repost: Fast rising cost of living crisis to precipitate more labor disputes across developed markets as dock workers seek to make up for rampaging price inflation, heaping more disruption on congested ports. Strike action at major German and UK ports has caused major disruption to carrier schedules and has adversely impacted port performance with average call durations rising after the ...
Repost: Taking place the week after COP 27, CrewConnect Global will reflect on, and build upon many of the key discussions from the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Central to the debates at CrewConnect Global will be recommendations for a Just Transition, ensuring that the seafarer is not forgotten in shipping’s race to decarbonize. The shipping industry continues to make ...
Repost: A new seafarer neurodiversity charity has launched a survey to gather benchmark data to help create a maritime neurodiversity strategy. NeurodiversAtSea is a charity founded in September 2022 with the aim of enablement and empowerment of neurodiverse people, helping them to reach their full potential within the maritime industry. The charity’s purpose is also to educate and inform maritime ...
Image Credit: Maritime Fairtrade Repost: The Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) wants to convert the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) training and research institute in Tacloban City, located in the central Philippines, into a “think tank that will focus on improving the skills of Filipino sailors. DMW is a newly-established state agency mandated to protect the welfare of Filipino workers ...
Image Credit: Seatrade Maritime Repost: The release of Greek seafarers on board the two national-flagged tankers held by the Iranian authorities since May in retaliation for the case of the cargo of the tanker Iranian-flagged Lana has begun. “The second officer of Delta Poseidon has arrived home, in Athens,” a Shipping and Island Policy Ministry official has said. Iran has ...