Several Russian seaports have begun carrying out the compulsory disinfection procedure on all ships hailing from countries struck with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The compulsory disinfection order was given by Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s federal consumer […]
A leading maritime figure has urged governments around the world to put seafarers on the list of key workers amid fears that the global supply chain remains in danger unless steps are taken. Guy Platten, […]
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) now offers remote surveyor services at its remote survey centre that opened in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 10 March 2020. “The remote service delivery is led by a team of […]
The US Coast Guard (USCG) will deliver testing kits to the Grand Princess, a cruise ship that has been isolated off the Californian coast after a former passenger died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Medical […]
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) has identified empty containers as the weak link in the country’s fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. The MOF said in a press statement that […]
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is pursuing enforcement action against oil and petroleum shipping firm Bouchard Transportation after it failed to comply with a captain of the port order for one of its two […]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) plans to automate its systems as part of an ambitious plan to create a “world-class” ship registry and improve the ease of doing business in the country’s […]
Shipyards in Turkey and Greece experienced increased drydocking and retrofitting requests in the wake of Chinese shipyard closures due to the coronavirus outbreak. Since the outbreak of the virus, ONEX Syros shipyards based on Syros […]
Maritime stakeholders have reacted with varying intensities as the rate of infections and deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak surpasses that of SARS. SARS and COVID-19 were caused by coronaviruses that originated from wild animals […]
Chinese crew are being passed over in ship manning decisions in favour of Eastern Europeans, eating into an already diminishing labour pool, crewing specialist Danica reported, citing coronavirus (COVID-19). The contracting pool of available seafarers […]
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