28 JUNE 2025 The maritime industry has pushed the workload on seafarers to unsustainable extremes and must do a comprehensive review of the number of tasks required to be done on board compared to the number of people available on board, if it wants to attract and retain a skilled …
Read More »SHIP RECYCLING CONVENTION ENTERS INTO FORCE WITH UNCERTAINTY AND CRITICISM
27 JUNE 2025 The long-awaited Hong Kong International Convention setting standards for the industry to dismantle end-of-life vessels has gone into force. It comes, however, amidst criticism that the agreement fails to address many key issues in safety and sustainability, and the concerns of beaching in ship recycling. On June …
Read More »FUTURE-PROOFING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY WITH S-100 FOR ECDIS
26 JUNE 2025 As mariners gathered in Oslo for Nor-Shipping 2025, the event’s ‘#Future-Proof’ theme set the tone for forward-looking conversations across the industry. The discussions about the IHO’s incoming S-100 data standards and their potential for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) were a great example of this. …
Read More »STRAIT OF HORMUZ TRAFFIC RETURNS TO NEAR-NORMAL
26 JUNE 2025 In the aftermath of the American strikes early June 22 on the Iranian nuclear enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, traffic flows through the Straits of Hormuz have recovered. Despite speculative reporting to the contrary, and publicity given to the U-turn made by product tanker Kohzan Maru …
Read More »GARD REPORTS INCREASE IN CREW DEATHS CITING SUICIDE, STRESS AND ILLNESS
25 JUNE 2025 Insurer Gard marked the annual Day of the Seafarer releasing a report citing what it sees as “a troubling increase in crew deaths,” based on 2024 claims data and a survey of seafarers. According to the data, Gard highlights that the “number of suicides among crew exceeded …
Read More »ON DAY OF THE SEAFARER, IMO CALLS FOR HARASSMENT-FREE SHIPPING
25 JUNE 2025 This year, IMO is focusing its Day of the Seafarer spotlight on harassment, a perennial – and often hidden – challenge of life at sea. Harassment affects one out of every four seafarers at some point in their careers, according to the Global Maritime Forum, and it …
Read More »CREWING AGENCIES WARN THAT INDIA’S VESSEL AGE LIMIT MAY CUT 20,000 JOBS
24 JUNE 2025 Indian maritime stakeholders are sounding the alarm about a national maritime policy that would force the retirement of aging ships, warning that it would cost thousands of jobs and would hand over more coastwise trade to foreign vessels. India’s age restriction rule was released in 2023. In …
Read More »MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT DRIVES SPIKE IN WAR RISK INSURANCE COSTS
23 JUNE 2025 U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s reprisals have doubled the price of insuring shipments to the Middle East and the Gulf in the last week, insurance sources said on Monday. War risk insurance premiums for shipments to the Middle East Gulf have jumped to 0.5% from around …
Read More »SAIL-ASSISTED RO-RO DEMONSTRATES FUEL SAVINGS IN TWO YEARS OF SERVICE
23 JUNE 2025 Two years after its launch, Canopée, the first cargo vessel equipped with four automated OceanWings rigid sails, has demonstrated the potential of wind-assisted propulsion according to the joint venture between Jifmar and Zéphyr & Borée, which operates the vessel for the Ariane rocket program. Further, they report …
Read More »LIFE AT SEA IS THE MOST DANGEROUS WAY TO EARN A LIVING
22 JUNE 2025 Working on or near the sea is the most dangerous way to make a living, according to new survey results from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and Gallup. People that the survey categorized as “ocean workers” – a broad group containing “those who work on or near the …
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