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ITF Launches Inspection To Target Substandard Shipping In Mediterranean
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is launching a barrage of inspections on what could be up to 1,000 ships operating under four international registries in an effort to increase the focus on crew welfare, safety, and…
Suez Canal Gets 15% Increase In traffic ,Set New Record For Daily Vessel Movement
The Suez Canal set a record for the number of transits through the waterway in a single day.
It is the result of an ongoing effort designed to expand the capacity and enhance navigation safety.
A total of 107 vessels made the transit…
MAGNA CARTA : Philippines Enacts Law To Curb Seafarer Exploitation
The Philippines’ House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly voted for a new bill seeking to protect the rights and interests of Filipino seafarers.
The law called Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers sets out labour protection terms…
Ukraine Lists Five Greek Tanker Companies As Candidates For Sanctions
Ukraine has listed five of Greece’s most prominent tanker companies along with the Liberian Registry on a website it created to highlight what it calls “International Sponsors of War.”
The move is largely propaganda linking to old media…
BAD WEATHER : MSC Ship Loses 3 Dozens Of Containers
At least thirty two empty boxes belonging Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC have been displaced due to harsh weather condition off Bermuda coast.
The MSC containership lost more than three dozen empty containers overboard in heavy…
Super Size MSC Boxship Refloats In Suez Canal
On Sunday, another supersized container ship ran aground in the close confines of the Suez Canal. This time, however, there was little if any disruption, and the ship was quickly refloated and on her way.
On Sunday afternoon, the 16,000…
BBNJ: IMO Welcomes New Oceans Treaty
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim says landmark treaty will reinforce efforts to protect biodiversity.
IMO has welcomed the landmark agreement on a new oceans treaty to protect marine biodiversity…
CMA CGM Rakes In $24.9bn Net Profit In 2022
....Reinvests nearly 90% of record profit
CMA CGM is reinvesting for the future as it racked up a $24.9bn net profit in 2022 despite a marked decline in performance in the fourth quarter.
The French container line…
Two Ukrainian Seafarers Found Dead Aboard Bulker
Health authorities in Brazil are investigating two mysterious deaths of two seafarers aboard MV Caravos Harmony, which arrived at the Amazon River port of Macapá on Sunday.
Brazilian news outlet g1 identified the deceased as Ukrainian…
16 Seafarers Missing, As US, Philippines Join Search For Taiwanese Fishing Vessel
The Coast Guards of the United States and the Philippines have joined a search and rescue (SAR) effort led by the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (TCGA) to attempt to locate a Taiwanese fishing vessel that disappeared off Palau earlier…