With vessel attacks, hijackings and huge ransoms stealing the headlines in todays news, some flag states are concerned that acts of violence against seafarers by pirates is going unnoticed and [...]
The Cardiff University, in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council, have just released a research film on what is considered the most comprehensive report on seafarer fatigue ever [...]
Ever wonder what the world would be like without seafarers? In a nutshell, it wouldn’t be pretty. The following video was produced by the Seafarers UK, a charity that helps [...]
In celebration of the world’s seafarers, the International Maritime Organization is urging the public to turn to their facebook and twitter accounts to help spread the word of this years [...]
IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos has reached out to seafarers worldwide in an open letter distributed today via shipping and seafarer organizations. The reviews some of the achievements made under [...]
Incidents involving unfair treatment of seafarers continue to happen worldwide, and BIMCO is maintaining its focus on this area to try and improve the situation both for seafarers and the [...]
A sign of the times? The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has recently published Preliminary Guidelines: Post-Piracy Care for Seafarers, meant to provide a general structure for the care of seafarers [...]
Every year, the International Maritime Organization chooses a theme for its World Maritime Day, which is generally celebrated during the last week in September. In 2009, the IMO chose “Climate [...]
Upon arrival in the office this morning, I had the following press release from about 4 people sitting in my inbox. It reads: The impact of proposed changes to the [...]
The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (The primary industry advisory committee that provides security policy guidance to the US Coast Guard) has recently engaged in the issue of seafarer’s access [...]
We recently ran across some interesting statistics from a 2005 joint study on manpower from BIMCO and the ISF. Q: How many officers are currently employed aboard ships?
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