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MACN Canvasses Collaboration With Suez Canal Authority
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
(MACN) is aiming to build collaboration and cooperation with Suez Canal Authority (SCA).
MACN CEO, Cecilia Müller Torbrand met with Suez Canal Authority and Chairman and Managing Director, Adm…
Suez Canal To Hike Transit Tolls In 2023
Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority SCA, Adm. Ossama Rabiee, has announced that transit toll will increases from January 2023 .
The MD made this announcement at the weekend .
According to the SCA the increases…
Dockworkers To Begin Strike In Liverpool Port Over Below Inflation Pay Offer
Indications have emerged that dockworkers at the UK’s port of Liverpool are set to strike in September over a below-inflation pay offer.
The looming industrial action comes as a similar dispute rolls on in the UK’s largest container port…
Vessel Laden With Ukrainian Grain Grounds In Turkey’s Strait
A bulk cargo vessel Laden with grain from Ukraine has ran aground in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait, halting traffic in the waterway.
The Turkish General Directorate of Coastal Safety reports that that 173-meter Lady Zehma grounded after…
AFFINITY V: Crude Oil Tanker Refloated After Running Aground Blocking Suez Canal For 5hrs
Combined services of some tug boats have refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical fault with its rudder, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.
The vessel, Affinity V,…
Singapore Targets 5G Mobile Network Coverage For Maritime Operations In 2025
Authorities in Singapore is targeting full 5G mobile network coverage of its major anchorages, fairways, terminals and boarding grounds by mid-2025.
Giving an opening address to the International Safety@Sea Conference Chee Hong Tat,…
Union Raises Concerns Over Missing Seafarer Overboard Bulk Carrier
The Maritime Union in New Zealand said that the loss overboard of a crew member aboard a bulk carrier is very concerning.
The UK-flagged Berge Rishiri left Bluff early on the morning of Saturday 27 August. The Chinese crew member was…
Hapag-Lloyd Launches Fleet Upgrade Programme
Hapag-Lloyd is set to launch its fleet upgrade programme covering at least 86 ships with retrofits to improve their performance.
The first retrofit propeller, optimised for energy efficiency by the German manufacturer MMG,will be…
ITF Coordinators Cover 7,265 Ships Inspection Across 100 Ports In 2021
Last year, union ship inspectors recovered more than USD $37 million in unpaid wages owed to seafarers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has revealed in figures published on the 19th August 2022.…
Sierra Leone Vessel Laden With Ukraine’s Grain Docks in Syria After Two Weeks At Sea
The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago docked in the Syrian port city of Tartous on Tuesday, according to a shipping source and satellite data.
The Sierra…