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UN leaders urge companies relying on shipping supply chains to undertake urgent measures to protect seafarers’ rights New due diligence tool aims to help businesses uphold their responsibility to protect human rights at sea as new COVID variants threaten to further delay crew May 06, 2021 09:59 ET | Source: United Nations Global Compact United Nations Global Compact New York, New York, UNITED STATES New York, NY, May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 6 May 2021 —  A wide-ranging human rights checklist has today been issued to business enterprises engaged with the maritime industry to protect seafarers stranded on ships due to new COVID-19 variants and government-imposed travel restrictions, under a joint initiative by the UN Global Compact, the UN Human Rights Office, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Human Rights Due Diligence Tool for cargo owner...

International legal and professional services firm, Ince, has today announced the establishment of a global virtual choir from companies and organisations from across the industry to record ‘Sailing’ – the song made iconic by Rod Steward – in partnership with Royal Museums Greenwich and supported by four of the world’s leading maritime charities: Mission to ...

BIMCO COVID 19 weekly report Overview The BIMCO Maritime Information department informs members on a weekly basis, updates about the COVID-19 in relation to implementation measures imposed by governments for sea transport including for crew change as well as from the United Nation bodies like the International Maritime Organization (IMO), World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO). BIMCO provides the following update for this week ending Friday, 23 April 2021. 1...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Performance Shipping Inc. Issues Inaugural Sustainability Report Performance Shipping Inc.April 21, 2021 GMT ATHENS, Greece, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PSHG), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, today announced the release of its inaugural Sustainability Report (the “Report”) highlighting how the...

Crew change and repatriation of seafarers – IMO establishes new module on GISIS The International Maritime Organization ( IMO) creates a new module on the Global Integrated Shipping Information System ( GISIS) for crew change and repatriation of seafarers and discontinues the issue of their MSC.7/circ.1 series. The IMO has been issuing MSC.1/circ.1 in a series of revision, each time a new Member State informs the IMO of their national focal point of contact for crew change and repatriation of...

Overview The BIMCO Maritime Information department informs members on a weekly basis, updates about the COVID-19 in relation to implementation measures imposed by governments for sea transport including for crew change as well as from the United Nation bodies like the International Maritime Organization (IMO), World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO). BIMCO ...

A pandemic problem no one has solved: Marine workers stuck at sea Travel restrictions have seafarers stuck aboard ships or unable to leave countries.  April 10, 2021 — 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink: Shipping-industry leaders are scrambling to solve the crisis of thousands of maritime workers who have been stranded because of the coronavirus pandemic. Global attention on the Suez Canal blockage last month gave them a new chance. U...

Saipem to Pay Up for Overtime Work Violation on Rig Posted 05/03/2021 10:02 Italian oilfield services provider Saipem Norway will pay an agreed amount to two offshore workers in Norway due to the violation of working hours regulations in order to regularise the agreement between Saipem and the workers. Norwegian union, Industri Energi, said on Thursday it has ensured that two ROV pilots in Saipem are compensated a total of over NOK 966,000 (about $113,300) after violating the working hours regu...

SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc., a leading provider of marine and support transportation services to offshore oil and natural gas and wind farm facilities worldwide, has joined more than 700 companies and organizations in signing the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change (the “Neptune Declaration”). This initiative from the Global Maritime Forum recognizes the ...