As one of the five major ship recycling countries, India’s recent accession of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Hong Kong Convention brings the installation of global standards for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of […]
The livestock carrier industry has once again come under pressure to improve its safety standards after a cargo vessel transporting more than 14,000 sheep sank off the coast of Romania on 24 November. A mass […]
Seven crew members were kidnapped from an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, Pacific Warden, off the coast of Equatorial Guinea last week. In a statement earlier this week, operator Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) confirmed […]
Japanese shipping group Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) is putting its seafarers through a breathalyser test of sorts. Alcohol detector apps, developed by Pai-R, are being linked to smartphones on “K” Line’s ships. These can […]
The Royal Thai Navy evacuated more than 140 people from a cruise ship that hit a reef off Krabi in the early hours of 25 November 2019. The 1989-built 5,218 gt ship, La Belle des […]
The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said that it has been searching for a chief engineer who went missing from a general cargo ship off Penang, Malaysia, on 24 November 2019. The disappearance of 49-year-old […]
The Chinese government will reduce income taxes for oceangoing Chinese seafarers, in order to lower their costs of living and make seafaring a more attractive career choice. Currently, there are more than 100,000 oceangoing Chinese […]
Among South Africa’s eight commercial ports that were recognised for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, the Port of Richards Bay has attained the highest score, with Port Elizabeth and the […]
Japanese shipping group NYK Line said on 21 November 2019 that it is working with Norwegian IT company Dualog on an IT solution that will enable it to be alerted to any cyber attack on […]
Manila-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) announced this week that it had entered a partnership with security software services company BlackBerry Cylance to upgrade cyber security at its 32 terminals worldwide. The move comes […]
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