WesCom Signal and Rescue, a global supplier of marine distress signals, advised shipping companies to check and order pyrotechnic safety products ahead of their expiry dates. This follows the updated guidance of certification of goods […]
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing unprecedented disruption to industries around the world, and shipping is no exception. Yet amid the challenges, many forward-thinking companies are uncovering silver linings: using the constraints of the crisis […]
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A risk model to evaluate the danger of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission to work sites, including onboard ships, has been launched by ABS Group, a subsidiary of American Bureau of Shipping focused on risk […]
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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has circulated a 12-step ‘road map’ to its 174 member states, providing governments with recommended protocols to free seafarers from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdowns by allowing exemptions for them […]
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As nations lock down their borders against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Australia has been singled out as part of the problem, according to representatives from Shipping Australia Limited (SAL). “Crew […]
A free, 24-hour helpline for seafarers and their families was launched by UK-based maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society. The confidential service offers support and welfare to those worried or adversely affected by the coronavirus disease […]
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Taiwanese liner operator Yang Ming Marine Transport has refuted suggestions that one of its container ships had insufficient face masks after a crew member developed a fever. Taiwanese media published excerpts from a letter purportedly […]
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Dozens of shipyard workers are feared trapped in an Aframax oil tanker that exploded while being repaired around 0800hrs local time on 11 May 2020. The inferno on the 1999-built 105,148dwt Jag Leela in Waruna […]
Taiwanese ship owners have expressed frustration with their government’s unwillingness to allow entry to mainland Chinese seafarers, even as entry restrictions are lifted for other crew nationalities. Taiwan banned Chinese nationals from entering the self-ruled […]
All 2,900 crew on board Mein Schiff 3 are to remain quarantined in Cuxhaven, Germany. Crew onboard the vessel were previously stranded and retrieved from other TUI Cruises-owned ships in the Mediterrannean. Initially, the shipowner wanted to transfer crew, who have tested […]
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