The German Shipowners’ Association, Verband Deutscher Reeder (VDR), and the German Federal Chamber of Pilots, Bundeslotsenkammer (BLK), have issued a joint statement calling for urgent improvements to mobile network coverage in German coastal waters. According […]
Crew happiness is on the decline, with respondents to the latest Seafarer Happiness Index (SHI) stating that they feel isolated, overworked, and underappreciated. Conducted by the Mission to Seafarers across websites and social media, the […]
Harry Theochari, Maritime UK chairman, has urged new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to support and protect the country’s maritime industry as Brexit looms. In an open letter to the UK prime minister published on the […]
A total of 55 reports of faulty ships lifting gear or cargo handing on board foreign-flagged ships in New Zealand ports were recorded in 12 months to April 2018. On average, it is twice every month. […]
Leaping out of boats to rescue a turtle in crocodile-infested waters is just one of the skills the people of Torres Strait Islands must prepare for in the event of an oil spill. The last […]
The Singapore government has launched a new co-ordination centre that will bolster its maritime infrastructure against threats in the cyber domain. Known as the Maritime Cybersecurity Operations Centre (MSOC), the facility was launched by the […]
Mandatory rules that require national governments to introduce electronic information exchange for ship reporting and clearance processes at ports came into effect on 8 April 2019. The new requirements, governed by revisions made in the […]
The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, has been put out of service as a construction crane fell onto the vessel during maintenance work in dry dock in the Great Bahama shipyard. It has […]
A series of merchant ships that ran aground in the Kerch-Yenikale canal in 2018 has been blamed on the construction of the Kerch Bridge by the Russian authorities, which has led to silting and reduced […]
Given the recent parotitis outbreak affecting twenty-five sailors and marines aboard the USS Fort McHenry, resulting in the ship being quarantined at sea for two months, and the potential spread of infection during the ship’s early […]
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