The Earth’s magnetic field is weakening in hot spots around the globe, affecting navigation for ships. Projects are under way to improve our understanding of the issue and create more reliable navigation systems On 31 […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/satellite-project-underway-to-enhance-ship-navigation/
I have responded to more incidents of seafarers attacking their shipmates, more confirmed suicides, and more people missing overboard (suspected suicides) in 2020 than in any other year of my career. The number of such […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/extended-crew-isolation-negatively-impacts-mental-health-at-sea/
South Africa has conducted ‘hundreds’ of crew changes at its nine commercial ports since the country eased COVID-19 lockdown restrictions to level 2 on 18 August 2020 and level 1 on 21 September 2020. “A […]
As cadets struggle to get berths at sea during COVID-19, SAS questions the impact it will have on shipping’s talent pool in the future The rise of the COVID-19 has affected every aspect of seafarers’ […]
Sixty crew members stranded aboard Indian cruise liner Karnika have been pushed into a more perilous situation after indebted owner Jalesh Cruises put out a notice to shut operations amid mounting unpaid wages claims and […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/indebted-indian-cruise-company-shuts-operations-and-abandons-crew/
The Chinese government has opened up 10 ports for crew change. These ports are Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Haikou. The crew change notice, issued by the Ministry of Transport, […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/china-opens-10-ports-for-crew-change/
COVID-19 has hit a second bulk carrier in Port Hedland, Australia. A Filipino seafarer from the Panama flagged Vega Dream was transferred to the Hedland Health Campus clinical care on 11 October after returning a […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/second-bulk-carrier-struck-with-virus-off-australias-pilbara/
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) announced on 12 October 2020 that seven of the 20 Filipino crew on its capesize bulker, Vega Dream, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Port Hedland, Australia. One crew member has […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/yet-another-covid-19-outbreak-on-bulker-off-australias-pilbara/
The crew change humanitarian crisis must be resolved now. Radical action is needed by the maritime industry and its supply chain. As I write, it has been six months since the UK, where I live, […]
Singapore is extending the COVID-19 unemployment relief for seafarers that originally expired on 31 July, to 31 December. The relief amount cap of the Seafarers Relief Package will also be upped from SGD2,400 (USD1,771) to […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/singapore-seafarers-get-extended-covid-19-unemployment-relief/