The Round Table of shipping associations has called on governments to stop imprisoning seafarers without charge claiming that that the spread of criminalisation and unfair treatment will only jeopardise the global recruitment and retention of seafarers. In a joint statement,…

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• Inter-City Manager, welcomed Full Release

    InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, has applauded the release of the two Chinese officers detained in Norway following the oil?spill incident involving the bulker Full City. A Norwegian appeal court has ruled the ship’s Master Zong Aming and Chief Officer Qilanng Lu may have their passports

• To provide EU-led welfare facilities for seafarers and their families in India

    Indian seafarers and their families stand to benefit from two new welfare schemes in 2010, thanks to an initiative by an ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union. The two schemes, initiated by the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI), will provide much needed financial help and assistance to seafarers and their families

• Shipping ponders changes to the treatment of leased assets and liabilities

    The shipping industry has until July 17th this year to respond to an International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) discussion paper on the accounting treatment of leases, according to the leading international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens. Richard Greiner, a partner… Read at Shipping ponders changes to accounting treatment of leased

• Finnish Association and unions agree on mixed teams

    The Shipowners’ association and the different seafarers’ employee unions in Finland have agreed on the terms of employing seafarers from non-EU countries on Finnish-flagged vessels. The aim is to secure the supply of competent seafarers on Finnish and Åland cargo vessels. The share of foreign employees in a shipping company

• PROPOSED CHANGES TO Jones Act already having an impact SEAMEN

    The impact of proposed changes to the Jones Act and the use of foreign flagged vessels in the US offshore sector is already being felt by seafarers according to international shipping recruitment agency Faststream, with companies rushing to replace their… Read at PROPOSED CHANGES TO JONES ACT ALREADY IMPACTING SEAFARERS

• Somali Pirates Free Greek – Owned Cargo Ship

    Somali pirates have released the Greek-owned ship MV Delvina, a Kenyan maritime official said on Thursday.

• Latvian seafarers at sea again as recession bites

    Latvia has suffered more than most from the economic ravages of the current global recession but its difficulties has lit a light of hope for crew managers as larger numbers of its ex-seafarers are now returning to sea in search… Read at Latvian seafarers returning to sea as recession bites

• Campaign against the exploitation of seafarers launched

    The Malaysian Council of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Sunday launched a one-week campaign to “weed out rogue ship owners and stop the exploitation of seafarers.” The annual campaign, to be carried out simultaneously in 13 other Asian countries, will check on “flag of convenience (FOC)” ships which flout

• Wärtsilä is the exclusive supplier of bilge water treatment units to Stolt Tankers

    Wärtsilä and Stolt Tankers B.V. have signed an agreement whereby Wärtsilä becomes the exclusive supplier of bilge water treatment units to the Stolt-Nielsen group. The agreement ensures that newbuildings, and retrofits of existing Stolt vessels, will be fitted with Wärtsilä Senitec M-series bilge water treatment units and Wärtsilä Senitec BilgeGuard™ bilge discharge monitoring

• Update BIMCO and ISF manpower study in 2010

    It has been 20 years since BIMCO and ISF first decided to conduct the original 1990 BIMCO/ISF Manpower study and both parties have recently decided to launch a 2010 update.

• Improvements for seafarers

    Ongoing international negotiations between maritime employers and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have resulted in improvements in seafarers’ working conditions despite the current economic downturn. Sixty delegates from 17 countries representing international maritime employers and the ITF, known as… Read at Improvements for seafarers

• Wärtsilä and Trojan Technologies sign agreement to launch the treatment of ballast water

    W?rtsil? Corporation and Trojan Technologies have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly develop, market, and distribute a ballast water treatment product for ships.

• Enhanced Yoga ship

    Shipowners should consider encouraging their seafarers to perform yoga onboard ship as a remedy to possible diseases and ailments and as a way of introducing exercise onboard, the Chairman of the Shipping Corporation of India has suggested. Speaking at the 10th International Symposium of Maritime Health in Goa, Sabyasachi Hajara said

• Indian trade unions lobby shipping minister about the criminalization of seafarers

     Seafarers’ unions have called on the Indian government to support their campaign against the criminalisation of seafarers and help secure the release of the practice’s latest victims. The Indian Seafarers’ Federation – representing the ITF-affiliated unions, National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) and the Maritime Union of India (MUI) – met

• Inter manager goes to strength

    InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, announced a growth in membership and dynamic plans for the future at its Annual General Meeting in London this week. Worldwide InterManager membership now stands at 32 with 50 affiliated members. This growth includes four new shipmanagers, one new crew manager