Philippines opens ‘Green Lane’ for seafarers, crew change

  The world’s largest supplier of crew to the international shipping industry – the Philippines –…

SHIPS & PORTS DIALOGUE: Stakeholders seek compensation, safe repatriation of seafarers 

    Maritime industry stakeholders including shipowners and master mariners on Thursday have lauded seafarers for…

Union seeks palliative for seafarers

  As the world marks the International Day of the Seafarer today, the Maritime Workers Union…

15 Filipino seafarers repatriated on humanitarian grounds

  15 Filipino crew members onboard the Hong Kong-flagged vessel PTI Sextans arrested in Panama are…

Pope Francis pays tribute to seafarers stuck at sea

  Pope Francis on Wednesday paid tribute to hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on ships…

Enough is enough: ITF asks seafarers to stop work over delayed crew change

  The International Maritime Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has taken the unprecedented move of telling the…

ITF: Enough is enough! Hundreds of seafarers to start leaving ships

  Seafarers are going to start enforcing their right to stop working, leave ships and return…

UN scribe seeks key worker designation for seafarers

  Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called on all countries on Friday to designate…

COVID-19: MtS launches campaign to support seafarers 

  The Mission to Seafarers (MtS) has launched a new flagship campaign to address the severe…

Dockworkers, seafarers are essential workers — NIMASA 

    The Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has designated…

Abductors free eight seafarers kidnapped in Cotonou 

  The eight crew members of Tommi Ritscher containership, who were kidnapped by a group of…

Dockworkers, seafarers are essential workers — NIMASA 

  The Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has designated seafarers…