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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…
CRUISE: German Lines To Resume Domestic Voyage In May
Sequel to travel restrictions that would be reduced in northern parts of Germany, the cruise industry announced plans to resume domestic voyages.
Three of the German cruise operators, AIDA, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, and TUI, each…
Stranded Seafarers’ In China Set To Return Home After 15 Months
Barely 15 months of their ordeal, the 6 crew members of the Greek ship Angelic Power have been given permission to return home. The crew of the vessel had been held in China over some financial dispute.
During this time, the…
COVID19: ZIM Volunteers To Ship Oxygen To India At $1 Per Container
Sequel to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic in India, management of ZIM shipping have volunteer to carry containers with medical grade oxygen to the country for at a low cost.
ZIM said it would charge a token $1 container with…