26 JUN 2024 The Philippines is moving forward with steps to bar its seafarers from being aboard vessels transiting the Red Sea and sailing in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. During a press briefing on Tuesday in Manila, the Department of Migrant Workers detailed the steps it plans to …
Read More »BOATER FINED $34,000 FOR GOING THE WRONG WAY UP DOVER STRAIT TRAFFIC LANE
26 JUNE 2024 A recreational fisherman has been fined $34,000 for multiple breaches of the rules of the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme, which caused considerable disruption in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. On September 14, 2022, HM Coastguard’s Rescue Coordination Center in Dover spotted a …
Read More »SURVEY: DECARBONIZATION ADDS TO SEAFARERS’ WORKLOAD, FATIGUE, AND STRESS
25 JUNE 2024 One of the themes being highlighted on this the Day of the Seafarer as declared by the International Maritime Organization are the challenges and contributions of the profession. The charitable organization ISWAN (International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network) is highlighting that the drive to decarbonization is having …
Read More »ITF SAYS FLAG STATES MUST INSTRUCT SHIPS TO DIVERT FROM RED SEA FOR SAFETY
25 JUNE 2024 Marking the Day of the Seafarer, the International Transport Workers’ Federation speaking on behalf of seafarers’ unions globally is urging the international community to reflect on the invaluable contribution of seafarers to the global economy. In the face of the latest escalation from the Houthis attacking ships …
Read More »ON DAY OF THE SEAFARER, IMO EMPHASIZES SAFETY AND SECURITY
24 JUNE 2024 Each year on June 25, the global maritime community pauses to celebrate seafarers, who deliver 90 percent of all international trade. Seafarers work around the clock in a challenging industrial environment, and they leave their families for up to a year at a time in pursuit of …
Read More »RUSSIA TRANSSHIPPING FISH THROUGH NORWAY TO AVOID DUTCH SHIPPING BAN
21 JUN 2024 There has been extensive reporting on Russia’s use of transshipping with ship-to-ship transfers of oil in secluded locations, but now comes a report from the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK of ship-to-ship transfers of frozen fish. While pointing out that it is technically not a violation of the …
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