Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has extended its pause in sailings beyond May 2020, and has not given a planned date that it will return to service. Fred Olsen Cruise Lines managing director Peter Deer said that “at this stage I am not able to confirm a date when we can expect to resume normal operations,…
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Steamship has informed its members that the Hydrovia (or Hidrovia) waterways in Argentina, had been showing unusually low water levels, resulting in an increased risk of vessels going aground if proper precautions are not taken, especially during the High Transit Season. At the basin of the Iguazú...
Active Underwriter E Lines The Lloyd’s syndicates have now published their results and, in some cases, added detail and an outlook for 2020. As in the past two years, IMN is summarizing the results from all syndicates that have a marine interest which have provided some information on the marine...
Marine-Pilots.com has noted that some ships calling at Southampton have a pilot transfer arrangement consisting of an accommodation ladder / pilot ladder combination with a trapdoor that does not meet current IMO standards (which have been in effect since at least 2012). Southampton Pilots have...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set up a page on its website for Covid-19 advice, available at: http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx It contains a list of Circular Letters issued by Member states with Covid-19 related notifications. received from IMO Member States (updated weekly): http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Pages/COVID-19-Member-States-Communications.aspx The update indicates that some states have issued guidance on extension of...
Two bulk carriers, identified as Liberia-flagged M/V Arrybas and MV Ptolemeos (IMO 9104081), with at least 25 crew on board have been left stranded at anchor in the Port of Djibouti reports the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The two ships have been arrested over unpaid debts and...
Skuld has noted that on April 9th Saudi Arabia declared a two-week ceasefire in Yemen. The ceasefire had been proposed by the United Nations in an effort to slow the advance of Covid-19. On April 17th the first case of Covid-19 case was detected in Yemen. As a result, the Yemeni authorities have...
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The Dutch court in The Hague has ruled that cruise liner Royal Caribbean was wrongly fined €992,000 for an assumed violation of rules and regulation related to working conditions. In 2014 the Inspectorate for working conditions levied the fine on the basis of the Labour Act for aliens. Inspectors...
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim has written to all Member States urging them to recognize all seafarers as “key workers”. He asked that they remove any barriers to their documentation and also that they lift national travel restrictions so that they can get...
A crew member of the Atlantic Surf III (IMO 8615320) who was swabbed in Mar de Plata has tested positive for Covid 19. The crew has been quarantined inside the ship. The vessel was under repair at the time so the infected crew member, the chief engineer, had been in contact with several workers on…
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