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Up to a thousand ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo will be targeted for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections across the Mediterranean Sea in the coming eight weeks by an army of inspectors from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), seafarers' unions and port authorities.

Nautilus International is calling for radical new thinking to stop the rising death toll among merchant seafarers involved in lifeboat drills.

Nautilus International is calling for radical new thinking to stop the rising death toll among merchant seafarers involved in lifeboat drills.

Seafarers continue to risk armed robbers and pirates in West African waters, as illustrated in a recent incident reported to the IMB.

Seafarers continue to risk armed robbers and pirates in West African waters, as illustrated in a recent incident reported to the IMB.

Seafarers Left Without Pay or Warm Clothes.

A proposal to include seafarers within the scope of five EU labour law Directives has been presented by the European Commission. The proposal would give them the same information and consultation rights in all 28 EU Member States as on-shore workers in cases of collective redundancies and transfers of undertakings. They would also have the right to participate in European Works Councils. The proposal will now go to EU's Council of Ministers and the European Parliament for approval.

Indian sailors abandoned in UAE waters; distress calls from seafarers on the rise.

Nigerian Pirates Abduct Five Seafarers from Freighter.

Ports' Coronavirus Roadblocks Put Seafarers At Risk.

New Campaign Aims to Raise Emergency Funds for Seafarers.

Seafarers' rights to shore leave have been strengthened through amendments which enter into force globally on 1 January 2018, under the revised treaty which aims to achieve the smooth transit in ports of ships, cargo and passengers.

UN organizations issue joint call for seafarers and aircrew to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination.

Some 400,000 seafarers from across the globe are now stranded on ships, continuing to work but unable to be relieved, in a deepening crew change crisis which threatens trade and maritime safety.

Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are finding themselves stranded at sea, sometimes for over a year, and with no end in sight, as a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions. The uncertainty and long spells away from home are taking a heavy mental toll.

ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world's seas in the first nine months of 2020, with a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea. Pirates armed with guns and knives are abducting bigger groups of seafarers at further distances off the West African coast.

Joint Statement by IMO and ILO highlights need for prompt access for medical assistance for vital key worker seafarers.

With more and more ships navigating in polar waters, IMO has moved to address international concern about the protection of the polar environment and the safety of seafarers.

The probability of being killed at work is 25 times higher for a coastal fisherman than for an offshore worker, according to a study from the UiS. Seafarers also run a high risk of accidents.

Portuguese maritime police stormed a Liberian flagged general cargo ship yesterday after a sailor of Turkish origin ran amok, brandishing knives and an axe and threatening to set fire to the vessel. The 4,757 dwt Celine (built 2011) was passing through international waters off Sesimbra in Portugal when local authorities received messages from the ship's …

20 Filipino seafarers were rescued from a Singaporean-flagged ship that ran aground on Friday one nautical mile off Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, in the Philippines.

An oil tanker belonging to China Shipping Tanker Company caught fire on Monday off Shanghai waters, leaving five seafarers injured and one dead, according to local reports citing Shanghai maritime authorities.