A Florida court has fined Princess Cruise Lines and its owner Carnival Cruise Lines a further USD20 million for breaking pollution laws.
Recent incidents reported to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) indicate that piracy and armed robbery continue to present threats to shipping and seafarers in many regions.
A court in Wilmington, Delaware has charged two Greek shipping companies and a chief engineer with the deliberate cover-up of pollution from the Nigeria-flagged oil tanker Evridiki.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a warning for people to be aware of scam telephone calls from its number. When the call is answered, a computer-generated voice claims to be from the Australian Tax Office.
A Sri Lankan second officer on board the Maersk-owned, Singapore-flagged containership Patras fell overboard while undertaking dangerous lashing of containers on the vessel in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada.
The continuing risks to seafarers in the waters off West Africa are highlighted in recent incidents of piracy and hostage-taking reported to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) worldwide 24-hour PRC Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC).
Up to 70 migrants and refugees are feared to have drowned when their boat capsized while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya into European waters.
The ITF has joined in international concern after the apparent sabotaging of four oil vessels off the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Gulf of Oman. Two Saudi-owned oil tankers, Al-Marzoqah and Amjad, sustained "significant damage".
The International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) has produced new guidance to assist welfare organisations when they are supporting seafarers who are abandoned or dealing with vessels that have been arrested or detained.
The latest quarterly figures from the International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB) show a fall in incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported to the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre in the first three months of 2019 compared with the same period in 2018.
