Shipping unites to create $1M target emergency relief fund in response to COVID-19 seafarer crisis

Shipping unites to create $1M target emergency relief fund in response to COVID-19 seafarer crisis
05 May 2021 https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/business/19166-shipping-unites-to-create-1m...

Leading seafarer welfare charities and shipping industry players have launched an emergency relief fund in order to support seafarers and their families devastated by the rampant COVID-19 pandemic in India and other countries.

Raising seafarers’ plight to the world

Raising seafarers’ plight to the world
Yashika F. Torib May 5, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/05/05/business/maritime-business/raisin...

In a time when tens of thousands of individuals stepped forward to hold the line of safety and survival in the face of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, one sector of essential workers seemed to have been forgotten by the world — the seafarers

Charities and Shipping Industry Target $1M Emergency Fund for India

Charities and Shipping Industry Target $1M Emergency Fund for India
05-05-2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/charities-and-shipping-indust...

NYK seals crew transfer vessel bareboat charter contract

NYK seals crew transfer vessel bareboat charter contract
Sam Chambers May 6, 2021 https://splash247.com/nyk-seals-crew-transfer-vessel-bareboat-charter-co...

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has concluded a bareboat charter contract with Northern Offshore Service (NOS), a subsidiary of the Sweden-based Northern Offshore Group (NOG), for a crew transfer vessel to service offshore wind farms.

Global Maritime Forum wants to learn what young people are thinking

Global Maritime Forum wants to learn what young people are thinking
Max Tingyao Lin y Max Tingyao Lin https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insight/global-maritime-forum-wants-to-le...

Students and young professionals invited to share their vision of shipping in decades to come

Damages due to unauthorized substitution of employment contract

Damages due to unauthorized substitution of employment contract
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO - May 05,2021 Damages due to unauthorized substitution of employment contract

Licensed recruitment agencies will be liable for damages due to the unauthorized substitution of the government-approved employment contracts.

The Ever Given and the Monstrosity of Maritime Capitalism

The Ever Given and the Monstrosity of Maritime Capitalism
Charmaine Chua May 04, 2021 http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-politics/charmaine-chua-ever-gi...

Two timely new books unmask the colossal shipping industry behind global trade, whose monstrous pursuit of profit has long wreaked havoc on laborers and the seas they sail through.

Philippines-Netherlands maritime cooperation

Philippines-Netherlands maritime cooperation
Brenda V. Pimentel May 5, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/05/05/business/maritime-business/philip...

Indian seafarers face fresh challenges as Covid epidemic overwhelms the country

Indian seafarers face fresh challenges as Covid epidemic overwhelms the country
Shirish Nadkarni | May 05, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/indian-seafarers-face-...

Vaccination being made mandatory before joining ship is just one of the numerous challenges being faced by Indian seafarers as the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm the country’s health infrastructure.

With ships urged to speed up, cargo worth millions lost at sea

With ships urged to speed up, cargo worth millions lost at sea
Ann Koh 27 Apr 2021 https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/27/bas-ships-pressured-to-speed...

The shipping industry is seeing the biggest jump in lost containers in seven years, disrupting supply chains.

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