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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …