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Seafarers are key workers — NIMASA

On June 24, 20202:21 amIn Business, Newsby Urowayino Jeremiah

GRACE Hopper once said, “A ship in port is safe but that is not what ships are built for.” It means a ship must constantly navigate through the sea to meet the purpose she was built for. The ship is built to move a large amount of goods across the globe, and findings have emerged that without shipping the world would not have been as connected as it is currently.

Suspected Cargo Ship discharging in Delta private port without crew observing self quarantine

COVID-19: ILO demands release of 200,000 seafarers trapped on board ships

On June 10, 20203:40 amIn Businessby Urowayino Jeremiah

THE International Labour Organisation, ILO, has called for urgent and coordinated action to release the 150,000 to 200,000 seafarers trapped on board ships around the world at the backdrop of measures applied by countries to contain the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: 200,000 seafarers trapped aboard ships worldwide, says ILO

On June 9, 202010:45 pmIn Labourby Oboh

By Victor Young Over 200,000 seafarers are trapped aboard ships across the world due to measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation, ILO, has said. ILO, therefore, called for urgent and coordinated action to release the seafarers. This is coming more than a month after the world labour body issued warnings about
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Pirates board two ships, kidnap seafarers in Gulf of Guinea

On May 13, 20208:47 amIn Newsby Urowayino Jeremiah

Two new pirate attacks that resulted in the kidnapping of seafarers have been reported in the Gulf of Guinea. It appears that both incidents could be related.

COVID-19: Seafarers attack one another over long stay onboard

On May 6, 20201:23 amIn Newsby Urowayino Jeremiah

FOLLOWING long stay onboard vessels occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic seafarers have turned on themselves.
Deputy President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Comrade Douglas Eromoboh, raised an alarm that two seafarers stabbed themselves onboard a vessel and that all over the oil platforms and rigs, seafarers are now attacking their captains because they want to go home.

Seafarers still face threats of maritime piracy, security risks

On April 3, 20194:13 pmIn Maritime Report, Newsby Bankole

Seafarers working on international ships face threats of maritime piracy and heightened security risks.

Seafarers not involved in piracy attacks — Union

On March 27, 20194:36 amIn Maritime Report, Newsby Bankole

THE Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association, NMNOWTSSA, has denied reports linking piracy attacks on the nation’s waterways to seafarers.

Nigeria ship owners should embrace joint venture for sustainability – Seafarers

On March 7, 201911:24 pmIn Maritime Reportby Bankole

Following frequent collapse of indigenous shipping companies in the country, seafarers under the aegis of Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association, NMNOWTSSA, have called on Nigeria ship owners to embrace joint venture operation for sustainability.

Cabotage: Nigerian seafarers’ engagement rise by 10.6%

On February 6, 20196:23 amIn Maritime Reportby Bankole

FOLLOWING improved implementation of the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act 2003, otherwise known as Cabotage, by Nigerian Maritime Safety and Administration Agency, NIMASA, the engagement of seafarers by vessels trading along the nation’s coastal waters rose by 10.6 percent in 2018.

Seafarers’ launches new chaplains’ directory

On February 6, 201912:14 amIn Maritime Reportby Bankole

SEAFARERS’ charity Stella Maris-Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) has launched a new version of its global port chaplains’ directory which helps seafarers get access to pastoral, practical and emotional support wherever they are in the world.