An alarming increase of 118% in cases of seafarer abandonment has been reported to the IMO/ILO database last year, which gave 2024 the unwanted record for the most cases recorded in a calendar year even before it ended

Members of both RMT and Nautilus trade unions voted to accept an ‘above inflation’ pay offer from the Ministry of Defence

Some shipowners welcome move, while chamber considers implications

“It can be very difficult to leave the family to go to sea for nine months; there can be pain involved in separation,” said clinical psychologist at maritime service provider Mental Health Support Solutions

Responses invited in coming weeks

The immediate shipping fallout from the downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria will be limited to Iran’s dark fleet and the political question of whether Tehran will be allowed to continue fuelling the country in the wake of the political turmoil

Michelle Wiese Bockmann speaks to Hafnia to learn more about its pioneering maritime culture lab and returns to the pub where Wista began to ask two of its founders how far things have moved on since they began the association

Maritime industry continues to push the global fleet to its limit, playing a dangerous game of Russian roulette with crew, oceans, cargo — and insurers’ portfolios

IMO has recognised ships that help rescue migrants as it laments ‘humanitarian tragedy’ of lives lost at sea

Master of a tanker struck by a Houthi missile in January has urged shipowners and operators not to risk crew safety by sending ships through the Red Sea

A recognition of the urgency of meeting the demands of decarbonisation and digitalisation within the industry and the latter’s seeming inertia in dealing with them, has led Columbia Shipmanagement in certain key directions 

Rouch has replaced the Reverend Andrew Wright as head of the Mission to Seafarers, the shipping charity offering welfare and support to crew globally