The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Operating and Environmental Standards (CG-OES) has released a new Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) which provides vessel owners, operators and crews with guidance on…
The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Operating and Environmental Standards (CG-OES) has released a new Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) which provides guidance for owners, operators and crews of offshore…
Besiktas Shipping, Company for M/t Mersin issued a statement on Linkedin regarding the explosion near thier vessel causing water ingress to engine room. The statement is as below “As Besiktas…
Since January 2025, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) had detected nine cases of sea crew (80% increase as compared to 2024) exiting from shipyards, wharves and/or marinas without arrival entry…
Directorate General of Shipping has been regularly in the past years, urging Seafarers to be highly vigilant against fraudulent recruitment schemes. These scammers have been known to often pose as…
The Coast Guard recently released CG-5PC Policy Letter 01-25, Cybersecurity for Personnel with Access to Information Technology (IT) or Operational Technology (OT) Systems, on October 10, 2025. This policy supports…
Nautilus International members have voted overwhelmingly to support a motion calling for stronger protections for seafarers being pressured to carry out lashing and unlashing of cargoes in UK ports. The…
A motion submitted to the 2025 Nautilus UK Branch Conference on 19 November warned that smartphones and social media activity are increasingly interfering with safety-critical duties onboard ship. Proposing the…
At its meeting on October 31, 2025, the Russian Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations (RTC) reviewed a number of draft laws and regulatory legal acts,…
The International Bargaining Forum (IBF) list of military and high-risk zones, which applies to existing collective agreements, has been extended until 23 January 2026, as amended on 19 March 2024.…
