Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) Quarter 3 2021 reports an overall average score of 6.59/10, an uptick from 5.99 in Q2. Giving us an indication of the true emotional trajectory of seafarers after struggling for around 21 months since the pandemic.
The dozens of diesel-operated cargo ships floating off the coasts of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California aren’t just emblematic of the snarled supply chain. They’re contributing to the 1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions each year from marine shipping.
Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.
The seafarer’s working conditions on board the vessel, including his dietary provisions, can aggravate or increase the risk of contracting ailments like kidney diseases.
Offshore services company Fugro will dispatch an offshore uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with an electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV) on its first project at the Port of Rotterdam.
The Blue Essence is the first offshore certified USV that can launch an electrically remote-controlled underwater robot.
Indeed, the shipowning community is so fragmented its voice is no longer being heard either inside the IMO or outside it was a clear message to emerge from the Greener Shipping Summit held in Athens last week.
The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) will establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, a move some say has been a long time coming.
