
Crew Welfare
Keep informed with the latest news, comment and analysis on the issues surrounding the safety and
security of seafarers globally, highlighting the plight of the essential workers that keep shipping moving

‘The genie is out of the bottle’: how low Earth orbit has revolutionised shipping
Elon Musk’s Starlink has entered the shipping market at a pace that took everyone by surprise, but the question now is whether other providers can keep pace

Crews still getting raw deal on rest breaks, food and medical care
Cardiff University sociology department conducts a lifestyle survey of 2,200 seafarers

Wan Hai boxship rocked by further explosions
Four crew remain missing from the Singapore-flagged Wan Hai 503, as efforts to contain blazes on board continue

Date set for Solong manslaughter trial
Russian master of boxship pleaded not guilty at hearing on Monday

Crew evacuated from Zodiac Maritime vehicle carrier in Pacific Ocean after fire
UK shipowner Zodiac Maritime has confirmed fire started within a deck loaded with electric vehicles

Cultivating the crew for a future fleet
The Eugenides Foundation has a road map for reforming maritime education in Greece, but attracting and retaining a new generation of seafarers is a multi-layered challenge

Lack of independent funding holding back human rights progress in shipping
Founder of Human Rights at Sea said his organisation had funding cut if what it found didn’t suit its donors

Seafarer abandonment rising problem in small registries
A lack of resources has been cited as a reason for flag states not standing up to their responsibilities, but others dispute this, given some are run from countries with developed economies

Disabled Maersk boxship to berth in Bahamas after tow by Norwegian AHTS
The 8,500 teu Maersk Sana was on passage from Port Newark to Singapore in April when it was disabled by an engine room fire, 254 nautical miles east of Bermuda

Shipping’s critical juncture
Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin reflects on a disappointing set of results from the IMO/Wista survey of women in maritime and asks whether shipping is at a crossroads when it comes to female representation in the industry

Make no mistake, shipping is failing women
For all of the back-patting the industry has done, the numbers make it quite clear that women are still not taken seriously in shipping

Decarbonisation is a bright spot for women in shipping
The green shipping arena is far more diverse than other parts of the industry, but there is still a way to go
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