Deftiq and MET-support have developed a number of free offshore renewable energy e-learning courses as part of the Energising Coastal Regions with Offshore Renewable Energy (ENCORE) project.
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has reached a workplace agreement with Hutchison Ports after one of the “heardest ever seen” negotiations in the maritime industry.
On the International Day of the Seafarer, the Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) revealed plans to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to all seafarers on Cyprus-flagged and -managed vessels.
As the shipping industry marks this year’s Day of the Seafarer, hundreds of thousands of seafarers continue to face challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to repatriation, shore leave, and medical support. “After a year of seafarer mistreatment by governments and ineffective lob
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has announced that waterside workers at Freemantle Ports will launch a 24-hour strike over what they regard as heavy-handed actions of port’s authority.
Independent company for development, simulation and testing AVL has conducted an initial training session with project partners for the instrument that will help develop the VALID wave energy hybrid testing platform.
Energy supermajor ExxonMobil is preparing to reduce its U.S. offices headcount by up to 10 per cent annually for the next three to five years.
Unemployed maritime workers from around Australia plan to stage a protest in front of the Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday to demand urgent action from the Morrison Government to strengthen the Australian shipping industry. Maritime workers are demanding for the Federal Government to work wit
Houston-based oil and gas company Vaalco Energy has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO), effective 21 June 2021.
Nineteen seafarers from India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Azerbaijan will be able to see their families again this week after their two-year ordeal finally comes to a close. The seafarers were left abandoned onboard MV Ula bulk carrier as part of a larger crew of 25 when the ship’s owner Aswan Trading a
Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) Health has refused to undertake COVID testing of crew members onboard a vessel at the centre of the alleged biosecurity breach at the Port of Darwin, despite the fact that seafarers requested the tests through ITF.
Aberdeen-based energy services company Three60 Energy has appointed a new engineering director who joins the company’s engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPC&C) team.
Energy industry services provider Petrofac has made a senior UK appointment to support the growth of its offering in the renewable energy sectors like hydrogen, carbon capture and wind.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) inspectors have helped seafarers recover nearly $45 million (N15.6 billion) in owed wages last year while cases of ship abandonments nearly doubled to a record high.
