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4 days ago |
tradewindsnews.com | Paul Peachey
Vessel owners who abandon vessels rather than pay their dues to seafarers are escaping punishment because of a failing system, a seafarers’ union said. The number of ships abandoned in 2025 has increased by a third compared to the same period in 2024, which was in itself a record year, said the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
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4 days ago |
tradewindsnews.com | Paul Peachey
The flag state of the Comoros Islands has joined a select group of worst-performing registries after rapidly expanding its numbers by tapping into the shadow fleet, new figures show. The Comoros joins Tanzania, Togo and Belize on a list of underperforming flag states compiled by three separate port state control regimes in Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region.
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5 days ago |
tradewindsnews.com | Paul Peachey
Two employees of Oslo-based insurer Hydor have stepped down pending the outcome of a criminal inquiry into a company it once owned that is suspected of supplying fake papers to the Russian shadow fleet. The pair have “voluntarily and temporarily” stopped working for the Norwegian commercial protection and indemnity provider while police probe Oslo-based Ro Marine over allegations of falsified documents and breaches of insurance rules.
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5 days ago |
tradewindsnews.com | Paul Peachey
Commercial pressures are forcing seafarers to take safety shortcuts that risk death and injury during containership unloading operations, a major study has found. Containerships spend the least time at port of any ship type, with seafarers often starting the unloading process before the ship berths, according to an 80-page report by the World Maritime University.
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6 days ago |
tradewindsnews.com | Paul Peachey
A Russian shipowner hit by European sanctions is to take legal action over its blacklisting, saying its tankers have not hauled oil for two years. Volga Shipping, which has a fleet of more than 200 sea and river cargo vessels, was listed last month by the European Union for providing a “substantial source of revenue” to the Russian government.
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