The Singapore Strait is experiencing a spike in maritime piracy attacks, with the incidence increasing from 12 attacks in 2019 to 38 in 2022, and an upwards trend continuing into 2023. Southeast Asian waters are of geostrategic importance to global shipping routes, maritime trade, and networks of...
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COLUMN | Going from triumph to disaster [Grey Power]
It is probably a function of age and cynicism, but one sometimes wonders whether anyone in charge of pretty well anything, from countries to companies, really knows what is going on. They are probably paid eye-watering amounts in salaries and bonuses, tell a good tale in the annual report, but...
Port of Geraldton cancels suite of anti-COVID measures
Several maritime-related rules to combat COVID have been cancelled at the Port of Geraldton, according to a new Harbour Master Instruction from Mid West Ports.
The Instruction noted that vaccinations have occurred on a global scale, that a “high” level...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/port-of-geraldton-cancels-suite-of-anti-covid-measures/
COLUMN | A long legacy of the “death ship” [Grey Power]
It might be an unfortunate term, but the world is now busy conducting something of a “post-mortem” of the Covid pandemic, seeking to learn what was done right by the ..
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Pentagon Not Pursuing Separate Reentry Path For Vaccine Separated Service Members
Lance Cpl. Carlos Benitez, assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives a COVID-19 booster shot aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) on March 23, 2022. US Navy Photo
The Department of Defense will not issue a separate policy to bring back service members who were separated for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a top Pentagon personnel chief testified to Congress on Tuesday.
Service personnel who were separated for failing to get vaccinated...
COLUMN | Calm down: Nigeria goes to the polls as Heroic Idun crew face delays; asset flippers are back, literally; PX121s change hands at higher prices; Telford and Smit Lamnalco sold; Bourbon and Horizon tie up [Offshore Accounts]
Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema is currently soaring high in the charts with his smash song Calm Down (here). Since last weekend was Nigerian presidential election weeken ..
Covid restrictions still frustrating many at sea
The world is by and large living in a post-covid environment with life back to normal. Not at sea, however, where some restrictions remain in place. There are still a few seafarers working beyond their contracts, and the odd covid flare-up, such as in China at the start of the year, has some port...
https://splash247.com/covid-restrictions-still-frustrating-many-at-sea/
COLUMN | The plight of the suffering seafarer [Grey Power]
Just occasionally, you see an image that makes you look twice and to ask questions about what the artist – or in this case the photographer – really might be portrayi ..
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Navy Lifts Deployment Restrictions on Sailors Not Vaccinated Against COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are pre-staged for a shot event in the hangar bay aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Dec. 28, 2021. US Navy Photo
SAN DIEGO – The Navy will no longer consider COVID-19 vaccination status when making decisions about sailor deployments – a reversal of more than a year of service policy, according to new Navy guidance released this week.
COVID-19 vaccination status cannot be considered when determining if someone can be deployed, according to the new standardized...
Pentagon COVID-19 Personnel Policy Delays Leave Unanswered Questions
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alexander Roth administers the COVID-19 vaccine booster to Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Airman Kiana Briley aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the Philippine Sea, on Dec. 7, 2022. US Navy Photo
The Pentagon has offered limited guidance in the three weeks since Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin officially rescinded the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, leaving service members with questions about their statuses.
Austin officially rescinded the COVID-19 vaccination...