Source:The Hindu Nayak’s trip home to perform his wife’s last rites was an ordeal due to the lockdown restrictions The crew change crisis, facing the shipping industry has thrown up several … [Read more...] about Crew change crisis robs second engineer Srinivasa Nayak of performing wife’s last rites
Lack of permission to operate special chartered flights hurts seafarers’ job prospects
Source: The Hindu // Lack of government permission by Monday to a ship management company to run a chartered flight on May 28 to Colombo, will kill the employment chances of some 150 Indian … [Read more...] about Lack of permission to operate special chartered flights hurts seafarers’ job prospects
UN must persuade governments to adopt crew change protocols or risk ‘humanitarian disaster’
The UN Secretary General has been urged by global industrial and shipping leaders to persuade his 193 member states to act urgently to avoid a “humanitarian crisis”, with over 200,000 tired, … [Read more...] about UN must persuade governments to adopt crew change protocols or risk ‘humanitarian disaster’
Crude tanker storage, orderbook dynamics could balance demand lull: Teekay
Source: S&P global Teekay Tankers is looking toward potentially bullish tanker supply factors, namely discharge delays, floating storage and the orderbook environment to combat depressed crude … [Read more...] about Crude tanker storage, orderbook dynamics could balance demand lull: Teekay
The Iranian Dilemma: Will Venezuela’s Petroleum Lifeline Provoke Washington?
By:Dryad Global In a modern parallel of the 1963 Cuban Missile Crisis, 5 Iranian vessels, laden not with nuclear weapons, but with embargoed Iranian petroleum are believed to be heading for … [Read more...] about The Iranian Dilemma: Will Venezuela’s Petroleum Lifeline Provoke Washington?
