The International Day of the Seafarer is celebrated each year on 25 June. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is calling on everyone in the maritime world and beyond to get on board with ...
Day of the Seafarer 25 June 2019
France Signs up to Fishing Vessel Training Treaty
France has become the 29th State to sign up to the IMO treaty on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F). The Convention sets the certification and ...
Advisory Board Member’s Judicial and Bar Council Appointment Approved
THE bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) has unanimously approved the ad interim appointment of retired Supreme Court associate justice and SRI Advisory Board member, Noel Tijam, as a member of ...
International Convention on Arrest of Ships Enters Into Force in Turkey
A long awaited decree has finally been published in the official gazette on 03.05.2019 marking the date on which the The International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 officially became binding by ...
New Survey Paints Positive Picture for Seafarer Internet Access
A new survey reveals that not only is internet access for seafarers for personal use on board ships more widespread and available than previously imagined, but also that the positive benefits ...
InterManager Survey Reveals Widespread Concern at Enclosed Space Deaths
"Seafarers and dock workers are still dying while working in enclosed spaces on board vessels because there is not enough understanding throughout the shipping industry of the risks faced by today’s ...
New guidance on arrested and detained vessels and abandoned seafarers
New guidance is now available to assist welfare organisations dealing with incidents of seafarers being abandoned and vessels being arrested or detained. The booklet, entitled Arrested and Detained ...
New rule benefits seafarers
New regulation benefiting mariners in the US has come into force, following years of effort from organisations and individuals from many sectors of the industry. When the rule was initially proposed, ...
Shipowners worried for crew after vessel hijacking by migrants
Lloyds List 29 March: SEAFARERS are in danger of facing traumatic conformations with the people they rescue at sea, the International Chamber of Shipping has warned after a bunkering tanker was ...
Careers mapped out for young and women seafarers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomed the roadmap agreed at a tripartite meeting in Geneva last week to address the gap in recruitment and retention of seafarers and the ...
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