A new Action Plan, launched at COP 27 by UN organizations, shipowners and unions, sets out recommendations to upskill seafarers to meet shipping’s decarbonisation goals. The plan is in response to ...
COP27: Shipping decarbonisation action plan launched to upskill global seafaring workforce
Keep seafarers in mind when developing shipping technology
Captain Kuba Szymanski, SRI Advisory Board member and InterManager Secretary General, has reminded the industry that seafarers should come first when developing new technology. Speaking to ...
The Wu Zhou 8 – Time For The Industry To Focus On Its Responsibilities
In the aftermath of what might be the worst ever case of multiple fatalities from suspected mass food poisoning of the crew of the bulk carrier Wu Zhou 8, resulting in 13 crew deaths and eight crew ...
Qatar focuses on MLC
Doha: The Ministry of Labour organised an awareness and training seminar on the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Transportation, the International Labour ...
SRI Shares Expertise with the Legal Community
Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of SRI, joined key experts from international organisations, universities, the legal profession and the maritime industry to speak at the Maritime Labour ...
IMO speaks out on predicted record number of seafarer abandonments in 2022
Dr Heike Deggim, Director of IMO's Maritime Safety Division, speaking at the MPA Singapore's Safety @ Sea week said yesterday that 74 cases of seafarer abandonment had been reported to the IMO/ILO so ...
The importance of collaboration
The drive to protect the rights and welfare of seafarers around the world turns on international cooperation, and earlier this year SRI and the government of the Philippines took an ...
New report aims to understand seafarer suicide and its potential under-reporting
A new report commissioned by the UK Government discusses the mental health of seafarers and the impacts of suicide, the support available and the potential under-reporting of suicides in the sector in ...
World Celebrates Day of the Seafarer
The world celebrated Day of the Seafarer on Saturday 25 June, with a collective mix of memories and tales of life at sea. For 2022, the campaign of the Day of the Seafarer, with the theme 'Your ...
Record all enclosed space deaths urges SRI Advisory Board Member Kuba Szymanski, as two more workers die
As two more workers die in an enclosed space on board a ship, InterManager has hit out at the shipping industry’s inadequate reporting of serious and fatal accidents. Captain Kuba Szymanski, SRI ...
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