The biggest subsidiary of AP Moller-Maersk will pay more than $450,000 in back wages to a seaman it suspended and terminated after they raised safety concerns on one of its vessels to the US Coast Guard

ITF inspector Assaf Hadar described broken sanitation facilities and stench of rotten meat on board the Palau-flagged general cargoship Serafina. ‘In four years of inspecting ships for the ITF in Israel, I have never seen anything this bad,’ he said. The ship has been allowed to depart Haifa to undergo repairs, according to the Palau registry

As fewer people are choosing a career at sea, as well as decent internet connectivity and higher standards of shipboard accommodation, improving the standard of dining on board cargoships can be a key element in improving shipboard life and help retain crew

India Coast Guard has deployed a pollution control vessel on site to help prevent leaking

‘Seagoing as a career is not defined by the term seagoing. To me, it’s defined by the term nautical; it’s the maritime industry,’ insists veteran master

Fire on board the 2024-built, Maersk-chartered Maersk Frankfurt has claimed the life of one seafarer

Product tanker operating giant now has an almost 10% share of female seafarers on board its owned vessels. At the same time, Hafnia is upgrading the crew accommodation on board its ships to make it relevant to a more diverse crew

Large companies’ platitudes about staff being their greatest asset might appear perfunctory. But more shipowners are recognising that improved crew accommodation and leisure facilities on board their vessels are a necessity — rather than a costly option never to be exercised

Greece is ‘capital’ of global shipping business, US college president tells students

The marine insurer analysed more than 20,000 people-related cases that it dealt with between 2019 and 2023. Just under half of all P&I claims dealt with by Gard in that period were people-related, with the majority involving crew

Crewing heads are dismayed at the shock removal from an incoming labour law of protections against ‘ambulance-chasing’, saying seafarers will be hit hardest if the law goes through without them

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on Equatorial Guinea’s government to release two South African engineers, finding their detention was illegal