When the news broke on April 3, 2016 about the leak of 11.5m files that exposed how the rich, including government leaders and companies, are taking advantage of offshore tax havens, the world has ...
Will the Panama Papers Leak be the Catalyst for Change for Seafarers?
Criminalization Affecting Talks Between EU and India
The arguably unfair criminalization of crew and armed guards in the MV Seaman Guard Ohio case, is stalling talks between the EU and India according to to a report in the Hindu this week where MEP ...
Seafarers Increasingly Using MLC Against Noncompliant Employers
An encouraging article in the Nautilus Telegraph this month (April 2016) reports that the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) is being used by an increasing number of seafarers regarding employment ...
Welcome to the SRI blog
Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be keeping you updated with developments on our work here in the UK and overseas, and our thoughts on the current affairs surrounding seafarers ...
Hull Cleaning, Waste Capture System Getting Readied
By MarEx 2016-02-08 22:22:20 In November 2015, the Australian Government awarded GRD Franmarine an accelerating commercialization project grant work A$1 million. Now, after more than five years of ...
Man Overboard: Fishing from Accommodation Ladder
By MarEx 2016-02-08 21:05:45 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its findings into the man overboard fatality from bulk carrier Cape Splendor in Western Australia on October ...
Western Bulk’s Future Uncertain as Bond Deal Unravels
By MarEx 2016-02-08 20:54:06 In a record-breaking bear market, operator Western Bulk has been working to improve its balance sheet and move forward - but on Monday it announced that its majority ...
Jump in Dangerous Goods Issues After Tianjin
By MarEx 2016-02-08 19:53:28 Hapag-Lloyd has stated that it registered considerably more incorrectly declared dangerous goods last year, compared to 2014. The Watchdog program, developed jointly by ...
Watch: International Fleet Review 2016
By MarEx 2016-02-08 19:14:40 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a message of international cooperation at the 2016 International Fleet Review in India. India hosted the International ...
Government Officials Criticize LCS and Cutter Programs
By MarEx 2016-02-08 18:46:49 On Friday, Senators John McCain and Jack Reed, the top-ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a sharply critical bipartisan letter to the Navy ...
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