The promotional body for the UK maritime sector, Maritime UK, has launched a survey for employers in the maritime industry. The findings will be used to develop a benchmark for good mental health support. The […]
A joint statement from countries at a UK government virtual summit on crew changes has reiterated the need to designate crew as ‘key workers’ and allow for safe crew changes around the world. Maersk has […]
The UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced that the suspension on routine vessel inspection and survey activity put in place from 23 March 2020 will end on 20 July 2020. The MCA said it […]
An initiative is under way to bolster navigation by cross-referencing in situ gravity measurements with a gravity map of Earth – information that could be used in conjunction with satellite data to determine ships’ positions […]
One UK Royal Navy (RN) and three US Navy (USN) warships from the Sixth Fleet are staging operations in the Barents Sea, in a move unprecedented since the Cold War. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Donald Cook, USS […]
A COVID-19 emergency fund of GBP2 million (USD2.5 million) is available for merchant seafarers, fishers, and their families that have been financially impacted by the pandemic. The fund from charity Seafarers UK will be distributed […]
Four foreign flagged vessels remain detained in UK ports, due to ongoing disputes between owners, insurers and the Maritime Coast Guard Agency (MCA) in March. The bulk carrier Kuzma Minim has been detained at Falmouth […]
In the UK Government’s latest COVID-19 guidance it appears that UK seafarers have finally been designated as ‘key workers’. The UK is the first country to heed the call made by several maritime organisations, including […]
Four British crew members trapped on the migrant rescue ship Sea Watch-3 have called on the UK’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to pressure the Italian government to end the deadlock, which has kept the ship’s […]
Scottish engineering firm Cyberhawk recently put its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) through its paces with the completion of its first full class inspection, across 19 tanks on board an oil tanker, for classification society American […]
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