First Cruise Ship Up for Scrapping Shows Cruise Industry Plight

The cruise industry is beginning a downsizing the likes of which have never been seen in the modern cruise business. While other segments...

US Issues Warnings As Piracy Surges

US warns of increased piracy to boats and oil installations in the southern Gulf of Mexico, says an article published in Safety4Sea. Piracy warning The US...

P&I Handbook Helps Crews Face COVID-19

P&I Club issued a new handbook to help crews face day-to-day challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic, says an article published in Safety4Sea. Handbook for seafarers The...

Tanker Disabled After Engine Room Fire

Fire erupted in a boiler room of a bitumen tanker, in East China sea E of Wenzhou, China, reports Maritime Bulletin.  What happened? Fire erupted in...

Bunker Markets Grappling With US Cruise Suspension

Bunker markets are grappling with the recent announcement that large cruise lines will extend the suspension of departures from US ports. USGC retail-wholesale...

Masks Do Not ‘Mask’ Our Emotions!

The United Kingdom is the latest in a long list of countries to make mask wearing mandatory to slow down the spread of COVID-19,...

Is It Safe To Eat at Restaurants Yet? CDC Has An Answer

Around 3,000 New York City restaurants are among those across the country that have reopened for outdoor dining. CDC has an answer for...

Pirates Abduct Crew Members Off Purse Seiner

At least six crew members of a fishing vessel were abducted by an unidentified armed group off the coast of Benin in West Africa,...

USCG Launches Search for Overboard Crew-member

  The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a crew member of a tanker approximately 400 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, reports Safety4sea. Search...

Ports Prepare for Post COVID19 World As Workforce Declines

According to a Seatrade Maritime News report written by Barry Parker, the pandemic is driving major changes in the world specially in terms of...