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Tragedy As Crew Member Kills Fellow Seafarer With Knife Onboard MSC Vessel
A Filipino crew member onboard a Mediterranean Shipping Company has reportedly attacked his fellow seafarer with knives, brutally and stabbing him multiple times , inflicting numerous wounds.
Marine Insight reports that the seafarer was…
Cadet Goes Missing From MT New Horizon , As Family Begins Online Hashtag Campaign
A 20 year old deck cadet aboard a tanker vessel has been reported missing.
This was revealed after an unsuccessful rescue operation for four days in search of deck cadet Dhananjay Arora who went missing under suspicious circumstances on…
IMO Responds To FAQs On MV Wakashio Oil Spill Off Mauritius Coast
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), has joined international efforts to respond to the oil spill involving the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, off the coast of Mauritius.
IMO and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
TRAGEDY: Captain Dies Of Cardiac Arrest Onboard Asphalt Tankers
Master of an Asphalt tanker, Global Lady, has been confirmed dead in his cabin, onboard a vessel called Global Lady during the voyage.
Panama flagged vessel Global Lady, was en route from Chennai to United Arab Emirates UAE with Asphalt.…
IMO,ILO Express Worries Over Humanitarian Crisis At Sea,Tasks Governments To Resolve Seafarers Fatigue
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) have expressed worries over the rising cases of humanitarian crisis faced by the shipping industry…
Fire Outbreak Re-erupts In Beirut Port
After a month of the devastating Beirut blast, a huge ball of smoke and flame re-erupted in the port’s duty-free zone.
People living near the port were shocked and terrified to see fire and smoke at a similar location which…
Vessel With 43 Crew , 6,000 Cattles Disappears At Sea
A LIVESTOCK carrier laden with 43 crew members, and almost 6000 cattle from New Zealand has disappeared in the East China Sea near Japan after issuing a distress signal during Typhoon Maysak early yesterday morning.
Of the 43…
MV WAKASHIO: 2 Crew Members Dead , 2 Missing, As Oil Barge Collides With Bulk Carrier
Two crew members have died while two other are currently missing due to the collision between an oil barge and a bulk carrier.
In the tragic incident which occurred near the ill fated MV Wakashio, 2 crew members died as their…
China Probes Six Liners Over Freight Rate Hike
China’s Ministry of Transport has sent letters to six major containerlines, asking them for explanations behind the recent freight rate surges, which has seen ships charging record figures on the transpacific.
The six companies…
A.P. Moller – Maersk Launches A Digital Supply Chain Management Platform
To further assist small and medium sized businesses with the complexity of managing their supply chains, Maersk is launching Maersk Flow – a digital platform which provides customers and their partners with everything they need to take…