seafarers

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has inaugurated the ‘Supporting Our Blue Army’ initiative to protect seafarers’ rights and welfare. The ‘Supporting Our Blue Army’ initiative is aimed  to…

The India High Commission to Nigeria has expressed its readiness to further collaborate with the Mission To Seafarers Lagos, as part of measures to promote seafaring activities in the…

The Minister of State for Transportation, Mrs Gbemisola Saraki, has called on the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA) to ensure a speedy and timely provision of sea-time…

Authorities in port operations in the Netherlands have commenced vaccination of foreign seafarers at busiest port . The Netherlands is piloting a scheme to vaccinate seafarers of…

The  Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)  and International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Seafarer Workforce have  warned the world of a potential serious shortage of officers…

The International Transport Workers Federation ( ITF) has called for the immediate release and repatriation of the MV Wakashio (IMO: 9337119) crew who have been held by Mauritian authorities…

Comrade Sunday Avoseh has been elected as  President, Seamen/NIWA Water Transport Workers Branch of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN). Avoseh, a former District…

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 28, 2021, arraigned nine seafarers  alongside a vessel, MT Chiebube, before Justice Daniel…

Authority in Cyprus has announced that a total of  40,000 seafarers  jabs under a Covid-19 vaccination are ready for usage . Cyprus said  plans for seafarers on any vessel…

No fewer than  120,000 Chinese seafarers served onboard international, non-China owned vessels last year according to figures from the country’s maritime safety administration. …