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Q4 2023: Seafarers Attribute Overworking Aboard Ships As Bane To Drop In Happiness Index
The latest Seafarers’ Happiness Index for Q4 2023 recorded a fourth successive quarterly drop in seafarer happiness.
The report from Mission to Seafarers charted a decline in happiness through 2023, starting at 7.1 in the first quarter,…
Nigeria Missing , As Int’l Chamber Of Shipping Slams DR. Congo Worst Flag State In 2023
The DR Congo was the worst rated in the International Chamber of Shipping’s (ICS) annual assessment of flag state performance.
In the ranking DR Congo chalked up 11 negative indicators across a total number of 18 in the ICS 2023/2024…
Houthi Militia: IMO Scribe, Dominguez Talks Tough Over Hijack Of Crew Aboard RORO Vessel
By Roland Ekama
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called for immediate release of the Galaxy Leader and its crew.
Speaking at the opening of the 10th Session of the IMO Sub-Committee on…
Indian Nationals Record Highest Number Of Abandoned Seafarers In 2023, As ITF Releases Worrying Figures
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has released figures for the number of vessels abandoned in 2023, which show a worrying increase on figures from the previous year.
From the figures obtained from ITF, revealed that a…
Chile Becomes 1st Country To Ratify High Seas Treaty
Chile has become the first country in the world to ratify the UN High Seas Treaty otherwise known as an ocean conservation agreement.
Recall that about 84 countries have signed the treaty marking their commitment to ratify the treaty.…
China Cements Position As World’s Top Ship Building Nation In 2023
People Republic of China has been won the world’s largest shipbuilding nation in 2023 across all three measures of output, new shipbuilding contracts and orders-on-hand.
It has also achieved double-digit growth across all three in 2023.…
SEA PIRATES:Nineteen Crew Aboard Hijacked St Nikolas Are Safe, Says Ship Owners
Empire Navigation owners of the 158,500dwt Suezmax tanker St Nikolas has confirmed that nineteen crew members taken hostage after the hijacking of their ship in the Strait of Hormuz on 11 January are all safe,
The owners said that the…
RED SEA PASSAGE: ICS, Shipping Council Canvass Urgent Action Over Militia Attacks On Vessels
As Houthi militia in Yemen step up attacks on vessels in the Red Sea the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the World Shipping Council (WSC) have called for urgent action.
Since the hijacking of car carrier the Galaxy Leader…
DIVERSION: CMA CGM, Maersk, Others Join MSC To Abandon Red Sea Route Over Terror Threat
MSC, CMA CGM, Maersk, and Hapag-Lloyd have all paused their vessels transiting the Red Sea and are rerouting via the Cape of Good Hope as Houthi militia step up attacks on commercial shipping.
The world’s largest container line MSC…
RED SEA: 20% Of World Trade To Experience Diversion, As MSC Suspends Suez Canal Route
By Roland Ekama
MSC has announced the suspension of transit along the Suez Canal route due to weekend attack on one of its vessel MSC Palatium III .
MSC stated that Eastbound and Westbound of the route would be avoided until the Red…