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44 seafarers have been captured so far this year amid growing violence off the coast of West Africa, new figures from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) show. Worldwide, IMB recorded 37 piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first quarter of 2016, down from 54 in the same period last year. Three […]
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China is withdrawing its citizens from Vietnam, following last week’s clashes and riots which saw several foreign factories torched by Vietnamese workers protesting against CNOOC’s deployment of an offshore rig in the contested area of the South China Sea. Starting from May 17, the Chinese side has organized chartered planes and ships to Vietnam to bring […]
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Three of the largest flag states, accounting for around 40% of the world’s commercial shipping tonnage, have signed an agreement condemning the acts of violence against seafarers by pirates. The flag states agreed to pool information on the mistreatment of seafarers at the hands of pirates. The flag states signed a Declaration in Washington on […]
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Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & policy, Safety, Vessels
Philippine anchorages and ports saw an increase in the number of incidents of sea robbery from January to September 2020, the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre said in a special report.
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Wakashio, the giant Capesize bulker which ran aground on a reef off Mauritius and subsequently split in two, causing a major fuel spill, diverted from its navigation route approaching closer to the coast of the island as the crew was trying to pick up an Internet signal. These are the preliminary findings of an investigation […]
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Three men have died, while one remains missing after a tug involved in the cleanup efforts of the oil spill caused by the Capesize bulker Wakashio, capsized following a collision with a barge in bad weather. Four people have been rescued from the water after the collision on Monday night. As Offshore Energy-Green Marine understands […]
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Human Capital, Safety, Vessels
Violent attacks against ships and their crews have risen in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom since January, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest piracy report. The Gulf of Guinea off West Africa is increasingly dangerous for commercial shipping, accounting for just over 90% of maritime kidnappings […]
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The company Wärtsilä means business when it comes to sustainable solutions. “We are taking a pioneering role when it comes to sustainability. But we cannot do it alone. The whole logistic chain needs to be involved. Only together we can make a real impact.” Teus van Beek is General Manager Ecosystems Innovation for Wärtsilä. In […]
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Federal Court of Australia halts industrial action at container terminals of DP World Australia.
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MUA is planning a new wave of industrial action across Australian terminals.
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Two hundred wharfies at DP World’s container terminal in Fremantle have stopped work for 24 hours.
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20 percent of all seafarers asked had contemplated suicide or self-harm at some point in time.
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Bodies of two Finnish passengers have been discovered on a cruise ferry operated by Tallink.
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Seafarers on cruise vessels and ferries rank among the unhappiest in the shipping industry, a new report shows.
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The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published by The Mission to Seafarers recently, has revealed that seafarers working onboard dredging vessels are the most satisfied in the global maritime industry. The report, which is produced in association with leading mutual P&I insurer the Shipowners’ Club, is based on the responses of thousands of seafarers across […]
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The latest strike action follows a series of coordinated stoppages that shut DP World terminals last week.
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Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders
An Eni-lead consortium has reportedly found no oil or gas reserves during exploration of the Kekra-1 well off the coast of Pakistan.
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Armed pirates attempted to attack two ships in two separate incidents off Nigeria last week, IMB said.
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IMB PRC: Piracy increased in 2018, with a marked rise in attacks against ships and crews around West Africa.
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The captain and crew members of the crude oil tanker MT Badr were forced to disembark their ship in Bulgaria.
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Sailors’ Society: More than a quarter of seafarers seeking crisis response are affected by piracy.
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Danish Shipping: An anti-corruption project for ports has been completed in Nigeria with positive outcomes.
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Royal Arsenal and its crew stuck in Umm Qasr in Iraq for over eight months.
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LetterOne chairman Mikhail Fridman does not expect recent U.S. sanctions against Russian oligarchs will hamper his company’s oil deal with BASF.
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The strikes being staged in Catalonia following the Spanish government’s crackdown on voters of Sunday’s independence referendum in Catalonia is affecting operations at Spanish ports of Barcelona and Tarragona. Workers in Catalonia took to the streets protesting the violence of the country’s police against the voters which has reportedly left 800 people injured. Thousands of people […]