Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have said recently that they have ordered 4 LNG Carriers from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME). Ship are expected to be delivered by the shipyard in 2024. MOL will be signing time charter with NOVATEK Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd, which is a Russian Firm. […]
Two seafarers onboard Oil Tanker Arafura had a tragic death after they suffered injuries due to large wave that hit them while working at forecastle. Both of them went forward to check something during DRAKE PASSAGE, and were struck by big waves leading to serious injuries. They were not able to recover from the same. […]
Ever ACE, with container capacity of 23992 teu, has been in the news on her maiden voyage around the globe. She berthed at Felixstowe where locals were able to see the sight of world largest ship. Felixstowe have in past also saw MSC Gulsun coming on to her maiden voyage (being largest at that time). […]
ITF also known as International Transport Worker Federation and JNG- Joint Negotiating Group have come to an agreement regarding the increase of wages of seafarers. From Next year 2022, there will be increase of 3% in wages and from January 2023 another 1.5%. Employers and Union met in September this year and finally this much […]
In a tragic incident which happened on Bulk Carrier DS SOFIE BULKER, Chief Officer Erdem Bulat Died while he was inspecting the cargo holds. As per the reports, in a regular job where the holds were being inspected, he went for checking the condition for cleanliness, and to have lost the balance while walking on […]
The pandemic covid 19 has turned the world into possibilities of the ‘New Normal’ that has found its way into the new age vocabulary. The seafarers are the most impacted as they have been working round the clock keeping the supply chain robust. Everyone thought of expressing gratitude to the essential service providers but somewhere […]
As per the new figures coming from shipping world, around 80,000+ Filipino seafarers are stuck on ships waiting for the repatriation to take place. Though those on cruise lines managed to come back to the home country when ships started calling home ports to disembark the crew, but still lot of them are stuck. When […]