The Bulgarian captain of cargo ship Tommi Ritscher (IMO 9656137) and eight of his crew, who were kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, have been freed. The eight crew members of Tommi Ritscher containership and the captain were kidnapped by a group...
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Soybean loading operations were set to resume late on Tuesday May 26th at Brazil’s Paranaguá port after container ship Cap San Lorenzo (IMO 9622227) was ordered into quarantine following a crew member testing positive Covid-19 on a crew member, authorities said. Loading at the berth was halted...
Surgical masks and other items began washing up onto Australian beaches on Tuesday May 26th after containership APL England (IMO 9218650) lost at least 40 containers overboard in heavy seas off the coast of Sydney (IMN May 26th 2020). The medical supplies have been found on shores between Magenta...
Nine Georgian sailors were reported to be on their way home after an April 30th kidnapping by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria. The Georgian Maritime Transport Agency, said that 10 sailors – nine Georgians and one other – were taken on April 30th from tanker Vemahope (IMO 9477751), which...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told his ministers that they have a week to process the 24,000 repatriated Filipino workers who have been stuck for weeks on cruise ships or in quarantine. “The president said they can use all government resources and whatever means of transportation to...
A crew member of cruise ship Marella Discovery 2 (IMO 9070620), which was moored off the Isle of Wight’s east coast for a number of weeks, is involved in a police investigation, TUI UK has confirmed. Marella Discovery 2 had been at anchor off Sandown along with a number of other cruise ships. It...
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Repatriations have started for the crew of TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 3 (IMO 9641730) using charter flights from Germany, and aided by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) affiliated seafarers’ unions, the German Government and the seafarers’ mission in Germany. After passengers left the Mein Schiff 3 on March 23rd, TUI transferred seafarers from several…
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Independent shipowners’ organization BIMCO is cooperating with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) to gather information that it hopes will help the changeover of crew during the Covid-19 pandemic. To assist ICS with collecting information on attempted and successful crew change operations,...
A full curfew that is in place across Kuwait has caused the country’s ports to grind to a halt, Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas has reported. Companies and individuals have been unable to obtain security permits during the curfew to allow the clearing of their goods. As a result the goods have piled up...
UK Club has published a guide for ship-owners to ensure compliance with the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) legislation. The guide addresses the technical aspects, important concepts, processes and requirements of the IHM, aiming to assist Members in ensuring compliance with the existing...