Maritime Education
Record 6,223 Seafarers Abandoned In 2025
Seafarers abandonment 2025 Seafarer abandonment hit record levels in 2025, according to new data compiled by...
Seafarers Push To Shape The Ships They Sail
From ergonomics on the bridge to social spaces below deck, seafarers are urging shipowners and yards to listen to their...
Ghana Pushes for Local Ownership of Maritime Security in Gulf of Guinea
Ghana’s Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Godwin Livinus Bessing, has stressed the need for the African maritime sector to...
Why Crew Wellbeing Is A Commercial And Ethical Imperative
Burcu Kula Akbaş, an expert clinical psychologist, and Murat Bingül, senior psychological counsellor with the AVS Global Ship Supply team...
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What is the Difference Between a Shipowner, Disponent Owner and Carrier?
Every ship is a physically undivided "unit," but its property is, in fact, legally split into ideal "parts," the number...
SHIPTALK: Why Ship’s Hull Fail At Mid-ship Region
We have had a lot of marine accidents that involved failure of the hull structures. Whether it was a crack...
Draft Lines Of Vessels
The draft or draught is nothing but the linear measure of the amount of sinkage or submergence of the vessel’s...
How To Make Seafarer Training More Relevant
Shipping’s training ecosystem is struggling in an era of accelerating change, with industry leaders warning that tick-box learning and operational...
Graduating Cadets Urged To Harness Prospects In Maritime Sector
Graduating cadets of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom, have been urged to harness the enormous prospects...
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Would You Let Your Child Go To Sea?
Children As the next generation turns away from life at sea, industry leaders reflect on what...
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