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Working in shipping is a highly demanding job, and seafarers face many challenges, sleepless nights, long working hours and uncertainty surrounding how long they will spend onboard vessels. During the Covid-19 pandemic, awareness of these issues came under the spotlight, with many companies offering support to seafarers in the form of mental health training, industry initiatives and now guidance and opportunities surrounding their skill set.

New York maritime tech company Seafair has developed a...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/its-a-match-the-platform-assisting-maritime-recruitment/

As the festive season approaches many shipping companies are finding themselves in the stressful situation of being unable to ship products and gifts to arrive in time for Christmas. This is due to the ongoing issue of the shipping container shortage which first occurred back when the Covid-19 pandemic started in early 2019.

Even though gradual improvements have been made, there are still concerns that as customer Christmas orders start flooding in many will be disappointed as gifts are unable...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/global-shipping-container-shortage-the-christmas-follow-up/

With Christmas right around the corner media outlets from across the globe have been highlighting the ongoing shipping container crisis which has shown little, if any, signs of stabilising. With millions of people around the world concerned for the festive season when it comes to gifts and certain food items, the industry has been working hard to adjust shipping methods and get products shipped where possible.

Alongside methods the industry has been taking such as repurposing containers,...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/artificial-intelligence-to-the-rescue-assisting-the-shipping-container-crisis/

A Romanian ship captain and a British chief security officer died on 29 July 2021 off the coast of Oman while working aboard the Japanese-owned merchant tanker Mercer Street. 

The cause of the incident, a ‘suicide drone’ attack, was attributed by the UK, the US and Israeli governments to the Iranian regime as part of the “shadow war” at sea conducted by Tehran and Tel-Aviv in the last few years. Suicide drones are remotely-controlled UAVs that self-detonate when reaching their target. Their use...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/how-irans-shadow-war-is-affecting-shipping/

At the end of March 2020, a few weeks after the world went quiet because of Covid-19 lockdowns and travel bans, Nick Clarke – CEO at Singapore-based, Y Combinator-backed, platform Greywing – was talking to a security officer about how to solve shipping security issues in the Gulf of Guinea, when the customer mentioned they were having issues related to Covid-19 and couldn’t perform crew changes. 

“Hrishi (Olickel – Greywing’s co-founder and the company’s CTO) and I had a quick chat and we did a...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/crew-change-and-future-shipping-streamlining-processes/

A Romanian ship captain and a British chief security officer died on 29 July 2021 off the coast of Oman while working aboard the Japanese-owned merchant tanker Mercer Street.

The cause of the incident, a suicide drone attack, was attributed by the UK, the US and Israeli governments to the Iranian regime as part of the “shadow war” at sea conducted by Tehran and Tel-Aviv in the last few years. Suicide drones are remotely-controlled UAVs that self-detonate when reaching their target. Their use has...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/how-shadow-war-between-iran-israel-is-affecting-shipping/

Shipping, to many, is something of an afterthought. Raw materials and goods are moved around the globe thanks to the vast network of routes around our oceans, and many of us are naive to the fact that the products we use in our everyday lives are available thanks to this – that is, until something goes wrong.

In our cover story, we look at the shadow conflict between Iran and Israel, and how geopolitics can have an impact on the logistics of goods from region to region.

In this issue, we also...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/in-the-shadows-ship-technology-global-issue-79/