23 AUG 2022 As if the pandemic hasn’t created enough problems for seafarers. Try also not getting paid. The International Transport Workers’ Federation came out with a report Friday showing that union ship inspectors recovered more than $37 million in unpaid wages to seafarers in 2021 as the crew change …
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IS IT TIME TO RELOOK AT OCEAN CARRIERS’ TAX CONTRIBUTIONS?
22 AUG 2022 In June, President Joe Biden spoke by phone to several traders and farmers highlighting the impact of rising shipping costs and how they were affecting businesses. Biden went on to castigate shipping companies for hiking prices and promised to take an action, aimed at reducing the cost …
Read More »P&O FERRIES WILL NOT FACE UK CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR FIRING CREWS
21 AUG 2022 P&O Ferries is not going to face criminal charges in the UK for its actions firing roughly 800 seafarers with no advance notice and replacing them with lower paid contract workers in March 2022. That was the word from the UK’s Insolvency Service late today saying the …
Read More »THEORIES OF GIANT WAVES THAT SUDDENLY APPEAR AND VANISH
20 AUG 2022 Maritime folklore tells stories of giant waves that suddenly appear on the ocean and disappear just as quickly. While many people dismiss the existence of such waves as mythology, there are accounts of oil rigs and ships having encountered giant waves and giant troughs that suddenly appear …
Read More »UNDERSTANDING THE FULL LIFECYCLE EMISSIONS OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS
19 AUG 2022 All alternative marine fuels share a common decarbonization pathway beginning with fossil or fossil-derived fuels, also known as “gray” fuels, and ending with renewable synthetic e-fuels, also known as “green” fuels. For some fuels, this pathway also includes a biogenic fuel mid-point. While fuels share a common …
Read More »UNION AND PORT EMPLOYEE ARRESTED IN $1.2M PUERTO RICO EXTORTION SCHEME
18 AUG 2022 U.S. authorities in Puerto Rico arrested the president of the longshore union local, a port employee, and five others on charges of organized crime and extorting more than $1.2 million from shipping companies in the San Jun as well as cheating the union benefits fund. With a …
Read More »BULK CARRIER OPERATOR, CHIEF ENGINEER CAUGHT DUMPING OILY BILGE WATER AT SEA
17 AUG 2022 Despite several successful cases brought by the United States against vessel operators and crew, oily bilge water continues to be illegally dumped at sea. In most cases, the crimes also involve a coverup. New Trade Ship Management, a vessel operating company, and Chief Engineer Dennis Plasabas pleaded guilty this …
Read More »JEFF BEZOS’ ROCKET LANDING SHIP NAMED FOR MOTHER DEPARTS FOR SCRAPPER
16 AUG 2022 The former ro-ro acquired four years ago by Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin left the Port of Pensacola yesterday for her final voyage. Instead of the grand vision of converting the former Stena vessel into an autonomous Landing Platform Vessel, she however left the port on …
Read More »UN RESUMES WORK ON TREATY TO PROTECT THE HIGH SEAS
15 AUG 2022 The United Nations is resuming negotiations this week on the High Seas Treaty that has been dragging on for a decade. The discussion will be a continuation of the progress made in March when delegates met for the fourth time at UN headquarters in New York to …
Read More »CASE STUDY IN SEAFARER AID: SUPPORT FOR A FAMILY FIGHTING CANCER
14 AUG 2022 Seafarers’ charity ISWAN shares a story of how financial assistance can make all the difference for seafarers. When a seafarer or their family is involved in a sudden and unforeseen crisis, they may need urgent financial support. In cases where no other help is available, the Seafarers’ …
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