Repost: The possibility of Filipino seafarers losing their certification in the coming year because of poor compliance with international training standards is causing panic among various government officials and their respective agencies. This month, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is set to retake an audit of the country’s seafaring standards and officials are scrambling to find both short and ...
Image Credit: Maritime Fairtrade Repost: South Korea is one of the top countries in the world to receive the most shipbuilding orders. In the first half of the year, South Korea added 9.8 million in compensated gross tonnage (CGT), to lead the world’s total order volume in July. Top Korean shipbuilders like Hyundai Heavy Industries is expect to achieve their sales ...
Image Credit: Splash247 Repost: How can Singapore keep shipping flowing smoothly in the event of another global health crisis? September 2022 seems a very far cry from the summer of 2020, a period of time where seafarers were rightly railing against the flip-flapping inaction of many maritime administrations around the world as the crew change crisis became acute. It might ...
Hamburg, Germany-based Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has started a research and development project to monitor how their fleet can become greener through seafarers Many maritime leaders have been talking about green transformation. But how exactly will maritime organisations and companies make the effort to change the industry and fight climate change with the rest of the world? Answering the call ...
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between mobility firm Skyports, ship management firm Thome Group and shipping company Wilhelmsen During the Singapore Maritime Week 2022’s MarineTech Conference, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Transport Chee Hong Tat announced the signing of the MoU between the three companies. In April 2021, Singapore’s Marina South Pier acted as a testing ground ...
During the National Maritime Day on 5 April in India, top governmental officials gave special mention to seafarers for their contribution during the pandemic India’s Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal spoke at an event marking the country’s 59th National Maritime Day, where he honoured India’s maritime achievements by seafarers during the last two years. During his speech, ...
In conjunction with the Singapore Maritime Week, the 4th Singapore Maritime Forum held a number of forum discussions, and one of which was a panel discussion on the challenges in crewing The panel discussion involved industry experts from various maritime companies – Captain Lim Swee Aun, General Manager of Wallenius Ship Management and Chairman of the Singapore Maritime Employers’ Federation; ...
During the CMA Conference and Exhibition 2022 in Connecticut, USA, leaders of maritime organisations discussed the importance of treating seafarers well During the North American shipping conference held from 29 Mar – 31 Mar 2022, leaders of various maritime organisations were asked for their opinion on what were the qualities of a good leader during periods of crisis, such as ...
Shipmanagers have acknowledged that keeping seafarers happy through better welfare is the way to retain talent within the maritime industry Ever so often, seafarers would hear their employers and managers talk about manning shortage and the labour crunch issues, as well as discussions on how to solve the issue through improving welfare to retain talent. But is it all talk? ...
Shortage of manpower in maritime has been a problem unsolved for years, but will there be an emergence of a new crewing powerhouse region? With the ongoing pandemic and the rise of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, crewing has faced an unprecedented crisis. Since the start of the pandemic, the crewing crisis has appeared before shipowners and managers seemingly teasing before hiding ...