New requirements under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to require all ships to have plans and procedures to recover persons

By Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, ILO

The highly publicised case of the crew of the 43,866dwt TMT-linked woodchip carrier Donald Duckling, reduced to surviving by catching fish off the side of the

Prestige – decision of the national court

The importance that MLC 2006 delivers on its promises to seafarers; the threat of criminalisation; the consequences of crew abandonment; the need to establish

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has officially confirmed Sea Cadets and Seafarers UK as the official charity partners for the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Festiva

The current shortage of shipboard officers is forecast to worsen and risks impacting carrier profitability, according to Drewry’s recently published Manning 20

IMO will be celebrating the fourth edition of its global campaign: Day of the Seafarer, held every year on 25 June.