Diminishing attractiveness of a career at sea, coupled with rising man-berth ratios and continued fleet growth will lead to the highest shortfall of officers to crew the world’s merchant fleet in over a decade by...Read more
ShippingDry bulk representative Intercargo is criticising charterers that prevent crew changes during the period of the charter. The organisation says it has learned that in a number of instances, charterers in the dry bulk sector...Read more
Crew changesBy May 15 there will be 150,000 seafarers stuck at sea as countries around the globe are denying shore access in fear of the coronavirus. Today at noon, ships around the world will sound their...Read more
SeafarersAn alliance of shipowners has come up with a plan for safe crew changes in identified key ports all over the globe. Due to travel restrictions, over 100,000 seafarers are stuck on ships putting enormous...Read more
CoronavirusSingapore has opened its port for crew changes, answering the call of the shipping industry. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, many ports prohibited crew changes leaving seafarers stuck on their ships and putting extra...Read more
ShippingThe shipping industry has urged governments around the globe to facilitate the movement of seafarers to keep world trade moving. Every month, 100,000 seafarers need to be changed over from the ships which they operate...Read more
