Shipping Australia is very concerned about the ongoing crisis caused by a lack of crew changes. Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped at sea and hundreds of thousands of people are waiting (without pay) to go to sea. It is a humanitarian … [Read more...]
Time’s up: AMSA sets out maximum seafarer service periods
Ships may be detained if their seafarers have spent too long at sea, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has indicated. An explanation of how AMSA will respond to a variety of lengthy seafarer-service periods has been set out in … [Read more...]