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Fishers Rights Network Wins $5,000 On Behalf Of Seafarers From Ship Owner
After months of proceedings, twelve Burmese migrant fisher members of the Fishers Rights Network (FRN) have won nearly $5,000 USD in back pay after their Thai employer who tried to cheat them out of their full pay.
The fishers…
ITF Raises Alarm Over Repatriation Of Deceased Seafarers’ Bodies
Concerns are mounting amid shocking revelations that ports are increasingly refusing to repatriate deceased seafarers’ bodies under the the guise of COVID-19 pandemic measures.
According to the the International Transport…
ITF Raises Alarm Over Global Abandonment Of Vessels, Recovers $45m For Seafarers’
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has raised the alarm over record-high abandonments of vessels globally, in the maritime space, saying that despite the worrisome figure, ITF inspectors recovered a whooping $45m on…
MV X-PRESS PEARL: Fire Breaks Out Aboard Container Laden Ship Off Sri Lanka
Authorities in Sri Lanka have responded immediately to a distress call of fire eruption onboard a container ship ‘X-PRESS PEARL’ in the afternoon of 20th May 2021.
The prompt response of the navy dispatched 02 Offshore…
SCAM ALERT: ITF Raises Alarm Over Fake Recruitment Sites
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) on Thursday, raised the alarm over two fake recruiting companies of seafarers' aboard cruise liners.
The ITF in a statement called on seafarers' not to apply via online…
Israeli Shutdown Two Seaports After Rocket Attacks From Gaza
The renewed conflict between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants has spilled over into the maritime sector.
The Israeli ports of Ashdod and Ashkelon have closed down following attacks on port infrastructure…
Cook Aboard MV Guo Shun Sent To Prison For Slashing Oiler’s Forehead
A cargo ship cook has been sent to prison for 3 months for slashing a man’s forehead with a meat cleaver.
The 56-year-old Chinese national Wang Wei had slashed a man’s head as he had poked him in the eyebrow.
The…
MV Kanpur Faces Investigation After Jumping Sailor Rescued By Marine Police
A sailor who jumped from an international oil tanker and was found clinging to a buoy five kilometres from shore in Port Phillip Bay has been placed in hotel quarantine, as authorities prepare to inspect the ship.
The…
Suez Canal Authority Slashes “MV Ever Given” Compensation Claims To $600
Authority of Suez Canal has slashed its Ever Given compensation claims by nearly a third. The Egyptian body is now seeking $600m rather than $916m as negotiations stretch into another week to get the 400 m long vessel freed and able to…
US Navy Impounds Weapons From Flag Less Vessel In Arabian Sea
The US Navy on Sunday said it has seized a huge cache of illicit Russian and Chinese weapons from a stateless vessel sailing in international waters of the northern Arabian Sea.
“The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced…