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.
Sembcorp Marine is experiencing labour shortages with a resulting cost impact due to the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions.
U.S. offshore engineering and construction services player McDermott has revealed that its CEO David Dickson has decided to resign.
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 2026, Drewry said in a new manning report. The shipping consultancy believes the latest
After initially losing two board nominees to Engine No. 1, ExxonMobil said the activist firm would have three board seats after announcing all twelve board nominees.
UK-based non-executive chairperson of oil and gas firm Tullow Oil has decided to step down from the board of the company.
The Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC) has invited applications for collaboration grants to facilitate short-term, on site research opportunities in the United States.
Australian LNG player Woodside has appointed Ben Wyatt as a non-executive director effective immediately.
International ship crews arriving at the Port of Long Beach and neighboring Port of Los Angeles are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce the spread of the infection among seafarer communities.
Scrapping of the Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) tanker J. NAT in Gadani, Pakistan, has been suspended by local authorities following intoxication and burning of workers, NGO Shipbreaking informed. The tanker hit the shipbreaking shores of Gadani recently, after going several months off the ra
Energy services group Three60 Energy has made a series of senior appointments, hiring leading people from a who’s who of energy or energy services companies.
The Dutch Energy from Water Association (EWA), an industry group promoting renewable energy generation from water in the Netherlands, has announced the appointment of a new board.
Australian authorities have issued a record ban to Aswan Shipping, the owners of Panama-flagged bulk carrier MV Maryam, preventing the vessel from entering any Australian port for three years. The ban comes in response to major safety and maintenance issues, along with crew welfare abuses, according
One of the two injured crew members of the X-Press Pearl containership, which remains ablaze off Colombo port, Sri Lanka, has tested positive for COVID-19, operator of the ship informed. According to Singapore-based X-Press Feeders, the two crew members, who received leg injuries during their evacua
