One seafarer has reportedly been killed while 15 others have been kidnapped after a group of armed pirates breached into the citadel on board the Liberian-flagged containership identified as MV Mozart approximately 98 nautical miles northwest of Sao Tome, Dryad Global said. The containership was boa
Production on the Ithaca Energy-operated platform located in the North Sea has been shut down due to a Covid-19 outbreak.
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) is looking to grow its team with the addition of a new Business & Innovation Advisor.
The Marine Energy Test Area (META) has strengthened its team with the appointment of Saul Young as a new operations manager.
The International Chamber of Shipping is calling on governments to put seafarers and frontline maritime shore workers at the head of the vaccine queue and to designate seafarers as keyworkers, to avoid a repeat of the 2020 ‘crew change crisis’. ICS is demanding that governments, who are once again r
Håkan Agnevall will assume the position of President & CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation on 1 February 2021, the Finnish technology company said.
Singapore has become one of the first nations to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations of frontline maritime personnel as part of its national vaccination strategy to protect frontline personnel. Under the Sea – Air Vaccination Exercise (SAVE), over 10,000 frontline maritime personnel are expected to be
Frank Coles, Chief Executive Officer of the Wallem Group, has resigned and will be leaving the Wallem Group shortly, the company’s board confirmed. “As many will be aware Frank has been very active in highlighting the plight of seafarers during the Covid-19 pandemic and now wishes to become more inv
Irish hydrokinetic turbine developer GKinetic Energy has expanded its team further with a new hire of a mechanical design engineer, Gary Brennan. Brennan previously operated his own Architectural Technology service for 8 years specialising in draughting, surveying & certification and developing exte
At least five workers have lost their lives while dismantling out of service ships at shipbreaking facilities in Bangladesh in the final quarter of 2020, the latest quarterly report from the NGO Shipbreaking Platform shows. Two workers fell to their deaths while dismantling two different vessels. In
A total of 135 crew were kidnapped from their vessels in 2020, with the Gulf of Guinea accounting for over 95% of crew numbers kidnapped, the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest piracy report. A record 130 crew members were kidnapped in 22 separ
According to a worldwide survey, almost one-third of workers in the oil and gas industry faced pay cuts in 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis and drop in fuel demand and prices.
Nor-Shipping, one of the leading international shipping events, has been postponed to 10-13 January 2022, the event organisers informed.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued its most severe banning to date to the master and operator of the Marshall Islands-flagged livestock carrier, Barkly Pearl last night. As informed, the Barkly Pearl was initially spotted on November 3rd, 2020 travelling through Australia’s northern
