Nick Savvides

United Kingdom

Journalist and Writer at Freelance

News Editor at The Loadstar

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Imprisoned seafarer’s wife threatens hunger strike

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

Elena Albokhari, the wife of the imprisoned chief mate Ali Albokhari has threatened to protest his innocence with a hunger strike as the two-year anniversary of his arrest approaches. Ms Albokhari has been fighting to clear her husband’s name since he was charged with drug trafficking along with the Master of the bulk carrier Phoenician-M in September 2023.
Trump tariffs cause terminal turmoil

1 week ago | seanews.co.uk | Nick Savvides

Import duties imposed by the Trump administration have caused well documented disruptions to container services, what is less well reported is the impact the taxes are having on port and terminals. The Biden administration had added a 25% tariff to ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in May 2024, more recently Trump has considered a 100% tariff on all Chinese cargo handling equipment, though with sparse details of the trade talks between China and the US available, it is possible that this has changed.
IMO seeks better protection for criminalised crew

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

The IMO in partnership with labour and shipping organisations is looking to promote guidelines for protecting crew from criminal charges through developing legal instruments that will guard against the increasingly hostile view taken by jurisdictions following incidents aboard vessels.
Spot rate volatility hits Asia – Europe container trades

2 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

Focus on the China to US market has, since the pause in the tariff war, seen demand and rates shift a gear, however, that narrow spotlight has shifted the attention away from Europe which has seen rates halve since the beginning of the year.
Alarm as crew criminalisation on the rise

2 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

Bimco has called for Interpol to be called into help local jurisdictions investigate cases where criminality has taken place on board a ship and crew are seen as key suspects, as the rise in the criminalisation of crew raises alarm. Jakob P Larsen, chief safety and security officer at Bimco made the call for action ahead of the “Protecting seafarers against criminalisation: what more can be done?” conference due to be hosted at IMO headquarters on 16 June.
Wan Hai vessel fire – search for missing crew continues

2 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

Indian military and coast guard crews are continuing the search for four seafarers missing since yesterday’s explosion and subsequent fire on board the 4,333 teu Wan Hai 503. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), flag-state for the Wan Hai vessel, reported that two Taiwanese, an Indonesian and one man from Myanmar, are still missing, and that search and rescue (SAR) operations are ongoing to locate the four missing crew.
Wan Hai vessel explosion forces crew to abandon Ship

2 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

Four crew reported missing as containership continues to burn off the coast of India. At a GlanceFour crew reported missing, 18 rescued20 containers lost overboardA massive explosion beneath decks on the Wan Hai 503 has seen a reported 18 crew, out of a total of 22, abandon ship as the vessel continues to burn off the coast of Kerala, India. Four crew have been reported missing from the Singapore-registered vessel in the latest news from Singapore’s Maritime And Port Authority.
Container alliance reshuffling, capacity growth leads to port congestion

3 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

Labour disputes in Europe’s two largest ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp have seen delays and congestion mount, in the Dutch port’s case the collective labour agreement has been resolved but the situation in Rotterdam will only improve over the next six weeks said Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.
Is shipping finally getting on board with the climate agenda?

3 weeks ago | endseurope.com | Nick Savvides

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Four minutes on the Dali – fighting to avoid disaster in Baltimore

3 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Nick Savvides

Travelling at 8 knots without power on the Patapsco River the two pilots navigating the container ship Dali and the master had a four-minute window to avert disaster but failed to prevent the vessel demolishing the Francis Scott Key Bridge. In an extraordinary walk through a London-based master mariner relives the frantic minutes with the crew on board the Dali before the 10,000 teu ship slammed into the bridge killing six people. He says with “a heavy heart,” and the “benefit of hindsight”.