The Seafarers’ International Union of Canada (SIU Canada) has published a report on workplace harassment and bullying within the Canadian marine sector. It indicates that 46% of seafarers have experienced harassment or
Not for the first time, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has submitted a proposal to the IMO for a mechanism that would help fund shipping’s transition to net zero emissions by
Back in July last year, Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corporation bet big on methanol as the green fuel to go with, placing orders for 24 green methanol dual fueled 16,000 TEU containerships, split
SEACOR Holdings Inc., a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, reports that it has concluded the sale of its SEACOR Island Lines Caribbean liner and logistics business to Sweetwater, Fla., headquartered King
Middle East news reports today quoted the Houthis as saying they had targeted the “American merchant ship Koi … with several appropriate naval missiles.” The Equasis data base shows that the Liberian-flagged
With a serious seafarer shortage looming worldwide, it’s not good news for recruitment that the latest Seafarers Happiness Index, published this week by the Mission to Seafarers, shows, for the fourth successive
Genius Star XI, the ship carrying lithium-ion batteries that reported a cargo hold fire December 28, has now docked in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The Unified Command overseeing the response to the incident
By Chris Thorne, Director of Strategy and Operations, UMAS In the wake of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) updated strategy to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping by 2050, key
While innovations in tugboat design to make them greener and more powerful have made headlines more so than inland towboats, some towboat operators aren’t too far behind. Taylor Dickerson, who is vice
The National Transportation Safety Board is urging vessel owners and operators to provide each crewmemberwith a personal locator device. This latest NTSB call for the use of devices such as personal locator