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The event will feature over 80 speakers and 1,400 brands showcasing innovative solutions and smart technologies that will shape the future of maritime.

 Asia Pacific Maritime (APM), the largest meeting place in Southeast Asia for the global maritime value chain, will return for its 18th installment in...

AN American author once said that some of the strongest people in the world are those who were not given an easy life and that their strength and joy are derived from the darkest places they have been to.

As at the end of May 2022, 247 vessels remain abandoned at multiple locations around the world – along with 3,623 seafarers cast adrift, unable to return home – with some of their cases open for more than a decade. This is according to figures collected and released by ESG focused digital maritime platform RightShip, ...

Veteran shipping and logistics journalist and podcaster Mike King is hoping to raise $15,000 for an international seafarers’ welfare charity by hiking 200 miles ‘Sea-to-Sea’ in June. The creator and host of The Loadstar Podcast, and contributor to multiple shipping and logistics publications over the last 20+ years, Mike will walk the historic ‘Offa’s Dyke’, ...

With calls and messages to its 24-hour helplines more than tripling last year as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) has had a unique insight into the challenges faced by seafarers around the world. ISWAN’s helpline team handled over 20,000 calls and messages from seafarers and ...

Rough sleeping is at a 10 year low in Bradford, figures reveal THE number of rough sleepers in Bradford has fallen to its lowest rate in more than a decade in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of people sleeping rough recorded in the district in Autumn 2020 was just five, down from 13 the previous year and the lowest number in at least ten years. Of these, four were men and one was a woman, with one person being British and the other four being EU Nationals, and all were over ...

Deaths of homeless people Coventry and Warwickshire double in a year Homelessness charities have raised concerns that Covid could make the situation even worse this winter Rough sleeper Never miss another Warwickshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or ...