Seafarers from India, Bangladesh and Ukraine trapped aboard oil tanker in Persian Gulf holding fake agreements and no insurance. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling on maritime authorities…
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was informed of a collision between Singapore-registered tanker Marine Dynamo and a Malta-registered bulk carrier Flag Gangos at about 8 km south…
MPA pulished Shipping Circular 062025 advising the shipping community that the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), at its 83rd session1, approved Interim guidance on the carriage of…
On 1 September 2025 the updated edition of the National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) Part C1 will be introduced. It will be mandatory for all new domestic commercial vessels…
The updated Marine Order 16 (Load lines) 2025 (MO16) and Marine Order 19 (Tonnage measurements) 2025 (MO19) will come into effect on 1 September 2025. The updates ensure Australia’s regulations…
MANILA 28 August 2025 – The Philippines, the largest source of seafarers worldwide, will host the first International Conference on Seafarers’ Human Rights, Safety, and Well-being on 1 to 3…
As part of Norway’s efforts to counter the shadow fleet, the authorities launched a temporary scheme on 11 August 2025 for the voluntary collection of insurance information from foreign-flagged oil…
The Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding (IOMOU) on port State control held its twenty-eighth Committee meeting in Maputo, Mozambique from 11-15 August 2025 through physical appearance by the member Authorities.…
ABS awarded Classification to the Saildrone Surveyor, a fully autonomous deepwater unmanned surface vehicle (USV). At 20 meters long and capable of unmanned operations across all of the world’s oceans,…
Liberia Maritime Authority issed Marine Advisory, 232025, to draw attention to the serious health hazards associated with seafarers consuming liquids containing ethanol and other chemicals not intended for human consumption.…
