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Category: Seafarers

  • Seafarers push to shape the ships they sail

    Seafarers push to shape the ships they sail From ergonomics on the bridge to social spaces below deck, seafarers are urging shipowners and yards to listen to their lived experience — and rethink what makes a well-designed vessel. The final chapter in our bumper Seafarers magazine. It remains one of the most common rants among…

  • Shipping broadens the search for seafarers

    Shipping broadens the search for seafarers Shipping’s human capital crunch is fast becoming one of its defining challenges of the decade. The latest chapter from our brand-new Seafarers magazine which is being distributed across Hong Kong Maritime Week. From Singapore to Copenhagen, shipowners and managers are grappling with a shrinking supply of qualified crew just…

  • Splash Wrap: Flows shift again

    Splash Wrap: Flows shift again The Houthis officially announced that they have paused maritime attacks on Israel and lifted their so-called naval blockade on Israeli ports. This announcement appeared at the end of a letter sent to Hamas’s military wing, Kata’ib al-Qassam, by the newly appointed Houthi chief of staff, Yousef Hassan Al-Madani, who succeeded…

  • The gaps in today’s training environment

    The gaps in today’s training environment As shipping digitalises and decarbonises, training is failing to keep pace. For all the talk of transformation, maritime training is falling behind. While simulators, gamified courses, and online academies multiply, the fundamentals remain out of sync with modern shipping. Across the industry, executives see an urgent need to modernise…

  • How to make seafarer training more relevant

    How to make seafarer training more relevant Shipping’s training ecosystem is struggling in an era of accelerating change, with industry leaders warning that tick-box learning and operational pressures are undermining seafarer competence. The latest instalment from our brand-new Seafarers magazine. Maritime training is under strain. Between relentless schedules, shrinking manning levels, and an accelerating pace…

  • Would you let your child go to sea?

    Would you let your child go to sea? As the next generation turns away from life at sea, industry leaders reflect on what it would take to make seafaring something parents once again want for their children. The second instalment in our brand-new Seafarers magazine. Ask anyone who’s spent time at sea and they’ll tell…

  • Splash launches special Seafarers magazine

    Splash launches special Seafarers magazine For decades, seafarers have powered shipping’s profits but remained largely invisible to its decision-makers. That distance — between the bridge and the boardroom — is finally narrowing, something that forms the opening article in our brand new Seafarers magazine launching today to coincide with Crew Connect in Manila as well…

  • Study warns seafarers’ shore leave still in steep decline since pandemic

    Study warns seafarers’ shore leave still in steep decline since pandemic Seafarers are finding it increasingly difficult to step ashore, with new research showing access to shore leave has dropped sharply since the pandemic. A study by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust, Shore Leave and the Future of Port-Based Welfare, found a 61% fall in seafarers…

  • Rising US deportations of Filipino crew spark diplomatic intervention

    Rising US deportations of Filipino crew spark diplomatic intervention The Philippines has demanded an explanation from Washington after a rising number of Filipino seafarers were reportedly denied entry to the United States and deported in recent months. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Philippine Embassy in Washington, DC, said it had sought clarification from…

  • India bans use of fraudulent foreign certificates of competency in seafarer crackdown

    India bans use of fraudulent foreign certificates of competency in seafarer crackdown India’s maritime watchdog has banned its shipowners and licensed recruiters from employing Indian nationals holding certificates of competency (CoCs) from several flag-of-convenience nations, following widespread fraud allegations. The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has barred Indian recruitment and placement service licensees (RPSLs) from…

  • ITF pushes for warlike status in Gulf hotspots

    ITF pushes for warlike status in Gulf hotspots The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has voiced its concern this week to the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG), which represents maritime employers, regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman and Israeli ports and asked that these areas be designated as Warlike Operations Areas (WOA). The move…

  • Study finds suicide accounts for more deaths at sea than fatal injury incidents

    Study finds suicide accounts for more deaths at sea than fatal injury incidents Suicide cases accounted for more deaths at sea than fatal injury incidents according to a major new survey looking at the fleet insured by Norway’s Gard.  Gard’s second crew claims report, published yesterday, outlines trends and developments in seafarer injuries, illnesses and…

  • The way of the seafarer

    The way of the seafarer Star Wars fan Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes for Splash on 2025’s International Day of the Seafarer, channelling his inner Mandalorian. On this International Day of the Seafarer, we celebrate an extraordinary tribe among us, a small, resilient band of individuals who, much like the fictional…

  • Seafaring remains one of the world’s most dangerous professions

    Seafaring remains one of the world’s most dangerous professions Seafaring remains one of the world’s most dangerous professions, according to a major new report, which surveyed 147,000 people in many different jobs across the world.  According to Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s latest World Risk Poll Focus On report, 25% of ocean workers report having experienced harm…

  • Shipping needs its own whistleblowing system

    Shipping needs its own whistleblowing system Captain Kuba Szymanski, secretary-general of InterManager, writes for Splash today. I think we have all seen the nature of news these days has changed a great deal in the past 20 years, with the dawn of the internet and the information revolution. Instead of the daily newspaper and news…

  • Prolonging a career at sea

    Prolonging a career at sea Can improved connectivity onboard lead to more seafarers extending their time onboard before pursuing a career ashore? The second installment of Connectivity with Inmarsat, a special report contained within Ship Concept 2035, our new magazine. Shipping faces a shortage of qualified staff at sea, a problem that risks becoming more…

  • Record numbers of vessels abandoned

    Record numbers of vessels abandoned The number of vessel abandonments has soared nearly 33% year-on-year, with 158 cases already recorded by May 2025, compared to 119 at the same point last year, according to new figures released by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). These cases have impacted at least 1,501 seafarers—many of whom have…

  • Fatigue among seafarers on the rise

    Fatigue among seafarers on the rise Work-related fatigue among cargo ship crews is growing worse, despite international regulations and onboard monitoring aimed at ensuring sufficient rest for seafarers, according to a new study from Cardiff University’s Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). The research, which draws on anonymous survey responses and interviews with over 2,400 maritime…

  • Less than one in five working in maritime today are women

    Less than one in five working in maritime today are women Ahead of Sunday’s International Women in Maritime Day, a new, giant survey jointly conducted by  the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) shows how shipping remains a male-dominated industry, with women making up just 19% of the…

  • 54 ships abandoned so far this year

    54 ships abandoned so far this year The scourge of crew abandonment is proving very hard for global administrators to rein in. A total of 54 ships and their crews have been abandoned so far this year, according to data carried by the International Labour Organization (ILO), putting 2025 potentially on track to be the…

  • Seafarers to get 6.2% pay rise over the coming three years

    Seafarers to get 6.2% pay rise over the coming three years The International Labour Organization (ILO) has concluded the latest round of minimum wage negotiations for able seafarers at a meeting of the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC), held in Geneva on this week. The terms of the wage…

  • A blank spot in cadet training?

    A blank spot in cadet training? Andrew Craig-Bennett calls for new requirements before going to sea. The need to recruit cadets is constant and many, but certainly not all, ship managers and ship owners have cadet recruitment and training programmes. I hear rather often from friends at sea that they are concerned about the education…

  • The curse of criminalisation

    The curse of criminalisation The case of the Phoenician M and the 30 year sentences passed down to crewmembers has incensed Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index. Shipping just does not have the right system to deal with the criminalisation of seafarers, and this needs to change, he writes in an exclusive…

  • Female seafarers helpline launches

    Female seafarers helpline launches International maritime charity Sailors’ Society has set up a dedicated helpline for female seafarers. Launching on International Women’s Day (March 8) the 24/7 helpline will allow female cadets and seafarers to speak in confidence to a female member Sailors’ Society team. The service is intended to provide emotional support, crisis assistance,…

  • MMMCZCS: Ammonia’s rise in shipping demands major workforce overhaul

    MMMCZCS: Ammonia’s rise in shipping demands major workforce overhaul The maritime industry is facing a ‘significant’ workforce challenge as ammonia’s momentum as a […] The post MMMCZCS: Ammonia’s rise in shipping demands major workforce overhaul appeared first on Offshore Energy. Sara Kosmajac Go to offshore energy biz

  • Africa increasingly seen as the next crewing frontier

    Africa increasingly seen as the next crewing frontier With shortages of crew from traditional seafaring sourcing nations, Schulte Group shipmanager BSM has turned to West Africa as its new source of seafarers. Germany’s Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement is diversifying its crew pool by launching a maritime training centre in Ghana, located on the campus of the…

  • UN reviews regulation as seafarers revealed to work 74% above global average

    UN reviews regulation as seafarers revealed to work 74% above global average Following exhaustive research showing how jobs onboard are still too 24/7, the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) will look to tighten up the language surrounding work/rest regulations at sea at a Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), scheduled to…

  • Shipping Round Table raises concerns on unjust treatment of seafarers

    Shipping Round Table raises concerns on unjust treatment of seafarers The Round Table of International Shipping Organizations is increasingly concerned about a rise in the unjust treatment and criminalization of seafarers. The chairpersons of the Round Table’s four member organizations — BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), INTERTANKO and INTERCARGO —met in Athens, February…

  • Seafarers’ struggles in global ports

    Seafarers’ struggles in global ports Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, reflects on the frustration about the treatment of seafarers in many ports around the world. When thinking about seafarers’ happiness, it is tempting to assume their greatest challenges occur far out at sea. However, new insights reveal a different story—seafarers are…

  • Building a fair and resilient maritime industry

    Building a fair and resilient maritime industry Susanne Justesen, director of human sustainability at the Global Maritime Forum, writes for Splash today, delving into seafarer wellbeing. The global shipping industry faces a paradox: while it is the backbone of international trade, it lags in transparency and human sustainability standards. Amid growing environmental, social and governance…

  • Terrifying record number of seafarers left to rot at sea

    Terrifying record number of seafarers left to rot at sea Cases of crew abandonment more than doubled last year from 2023’s record levels to set an alarming new high with experts linking the rise to the ongoing growth of the so-called shadow fleet.  According to data from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) there were 310…

  • Exhaustive three-year study exposes the lie about work/rest hours at sea

    Exhaustive three-year study exposes the lie about work/rest hours at sea A three-year exhaustive study has shown the structures supporting the implementation of work/rest regulations at sea are being broken with close to two-thirds of seafarers adjusting their work/rest records. Under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), a seafarer has the right to regulated hours…