Production at Rauma Marine Constructions in Rauma, Finland, was resumed on February 25, after a week-long corona closure.
Russian gas company Gazprom reappointed Alexey Miller as chairman for a new five-year term, starting from 31 May.
Finland-based shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions has shut down production after 239 workers tested positive for coronavirus. According to the City of Rauma, a total of 1,000 people have been tested. It appears that the main factor that contributed to the widespread of infections were the shared
Aberdeen-based offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has launched a petition urging the UK Government to give oil workers returning from overseas full quarantine exemption.
Workforce demand in offshore wind will rise dramatically over the next decade, with the number of jobs in this sector reaching around 589,000 in 2025, while 2030 could see 868,000 full-time offshore wind jobs. Currently, it is estimated that around 297,000 people are working in the sector. This is a
More than 50 seafarers remain trapped aboard vessels owned by a Palmali Group, which were put under the freeze, after its founder, Turkish billionaire Mübariz Mansimov Gurbanoğlu got arrested. The billionaire is accused by Turkish authorities of colluding with the leaders of a failed 2016 coup d’éta
Panhellenic Crew Union of Towage & Salvage is planning to launch a 48-hour strike at the port of Piraeus in Greece next week. The strike is set to be launched as from Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at 00:01 hours until Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 24:00 hours local time. Consequently, towage serv
3t Energy Group has exchanged contracts with oilfield services provider Petrofac for the purchase of its UK training centres.
Equinor has said that there will be no strike at Mongstad refinery as the employers’ organisation and the workers’ union have managed to make a deal.
Fifteen seafarers of Turkish nationality, who were kidnapped back in January from their containership MV Mozart in the Gulf of Guinea, have been rescued, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. The containership was boarded on January 23 while underway from Lagos to Cape Town, approximate
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has warned that possible strike action at the Mongstad refinery could affect offshore fields on the NCS.
European port worker associations are disappointed and frustrated by the inaction of the European Commission on the challenges faced by the port sector due to COVID-19 as well as withdrawal of capacity by major liner companies. The social partners of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee f
The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has formally proposed a global approach to delivering COVID-19 vaccinations to seafarers. In letters to the EU Transport and Health Commissioners and IMO Secretary-General, Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister, Vassilios Demetriades outlined the two strands of th
NGO Shipbreaking Platform is calling on the European Union to investigate incidents that claimed two lives at Turkish ship recycling yards that are included in the EU List of approved ship recycling facilities. According to the NGO, on 3 October 2020, a worker lost his life during the scrapping of
