Recently Maersk suspended 5 crew members in connection with allegations related to rape and sexual harassment of a female cadet at sea. According to the blog post by the female cadet, it is not only her but several woman cadet have suffered similarly and this is one of the dark side of shipping industry which […]
In India, crew changes in homeport started somewhere from 24th April. This move by the government helped a lot to the ships who were calling Indian ports. Also some ships altered their routes a little bit to reach Cochin Port Anchorage for crew changes. Though majority of seafarers are Indian, but some foreign nationalities to […]
Bunker refers to the fuel oil for the ships. Ever since the advent of diesel engines, the problem associated with the fuel supply to the ships like dirty oil, less oil etc are quite and are faced by the ship staff every day. With oil being the most important when it comes to running cost […]
