Maersk reports $197m profit in Q1

  Copenhagen-based shipping major A.P. Moller-Maersk has emerged strongly from the first quarter of 2020, having…

COVID-19: Two crew members die awaiting repatriation

  The ongoing global crewing crisis took the lives of two more cruise ship workers, the…

APM Terminals completes Tema expansion ahead of schedule

  APM Terminals has said that the Phase 1 works of the Tema Port Expansion Project…

Chamber seeks seafarers’ exemption from quarantine restrictions

Following the Prime Minister’s broadcast the UK Chamber of Shipping is urging the UK government to…

Quarantine service resumes export certification at ports

  The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) on Friday disclosed full resumption of export certification activities…

IMO endorses new protocols for crew change 

  Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Kitack Lim, has endorsed a series of protocols…

Limited shore leave taking its toll on seafarers

  Limited shore leave for seafarers due to the COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll according…

Ships to sound horns for seafarers on May 1 

  The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) are calling…

World’s largest containership embarks on maiden voyage

  The 24,000 TEU HMM Algeciras, the world’s largest containership, has headed out to sea on…

Nigerian forces board attacked boxship, rescue 11 crew from citadel

  Nigerian Special Forces have boarded the Portuguese-flagged containership Tommi Ritscher and rescued 11 crew members who…

Pirates board containership off Benin, hold crew hostage 

  Pirates are reported to have attacked the containership Tommi Ritscher off Cotonou, Benin holding eight…

ICS, IATA seek designated airports for crew change 

  The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has teamed up with the International Air Transport Association…