Cruise liner major Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced major job cuts amid the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business, targeting over 5,000 employees in the United States. The company revealed the decision on Wednesday saying it would lay off or furlough approximately 26 percent of its U.
Petrobras has decided to halt operations at 62 platforms located offshore Brazil due to the effects of the coronavirus and the low oil price. Employees will be transferred to other units.
The strict lockdown measures across South Asia aimed at curbing the COVID-19 pandemic have also shut down the shipbreaking facilities in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The worst hit by the lockdown measures are migrant workers who became stuck away from home still pending their March salaries and
Pirates boarded 37 ships and kidnapped 22 seafarers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IBM) shows. In total, the bureau received reports of 47 attacks in the first three months of this year, with the Gulf of Guinea remaining the world’s piracy
The Australian Government has allowed non-cruise maritime crews to carry out crew changes, helping alleviate the crisis seafarers have been faced with amid COVID-19 restrictive measures. Announcing the decision last week, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the Australian Governme
A group of 668 seafarers landed today at an airport in Manilla, the Philippines, breaking the 13,000 figure of repatriated seafarers who were displaced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The latest wave is the second of three groups planned to arrive today in the country’s capital as part of a massiv
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will be providing two floating accommodations used in offshore and marine work to house healthy foreign workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two facilities, the Bibby Progress and the Floatel Triumph, are now parked in a restricted area in the
Petrobras has made plans to achieve additional cost reductions through its incentive retirement and voluntary severance programs, which will affect around 3,800 employees.
Arup has appointed Saygin Oytan to head its offshore wind team in the U.S. As an associate principal in the Boston office, Oytan will lead strategic business development initiatives aimed at expanding Arup’s presence in the U.S. offshore wind market. “We are anticipating major growth in the offshore
The European Commission has issued guidelines aimed at helping to repatriate seafarers stuck on ships amid coronavirus lockdown measures and resolve the current crew-change crisis. The guidelines are calling on the EU member states to create a network of ports where crew changes can take place witho
Ocean energy company Bombora has appointed Ronnie Bonnar to its board of directors. Ronnie Bonnar is a former chairman of Scottish Renewables, and currently holds several non-executive directorships focused on renewable energy, including the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He brings over 15 year
Exploration activity offshore Norway has been reduced and 10 wildcat wells previously planned for this year will be delayed due to the coronavirus crisis and the sharp decline in oil price.
The current deadlock caused by crew change bans across the globe is increasing the risk of marine accidents and jeopardises global supply chains essential to overcoming the pandemic, industry bodies insist urging governments to remove the restrictions. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and
Three crew members displaying coronavirus symptoms were medevaced from two Royal Caribbean ships.
