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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…
Singapore Crew Change Ban Extends To Pakistan, Bangladesh, Other Nations In Asia
Authorities in Singapore has banned crew change for seafarers with recent travel to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.
This followed a recent travel and crew change ban for those with travel to India in the previous 14 days due…
SUEZ CANAL: 3 MV Ever Given’ Crew Members Allowed To Return Home
Three of the Indian seafarers from MV Ever Given crew have been given permission to leave the ship by the Suez Canal Authorities ( SCA).
The SCA had made it clear that the crew would not be allowed to leave until the shipowner…
UPDATE: Debris From Indonesian Submarine Found, As Rescue Hopes Of 53 Seafarers Aboard Faded
Indonesian officials say debris from a missing submarine was found after the vessel sank as hopes of rescuing 53 sailors on board faded.
The search team on Sunday focused on pinpointing the sub’s exact location. Authorities…