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The Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000 kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).

The ro/pax ferry Trans-Asia 1, which had grounded off the island of Cebu in the Philippines last December, caught fire under unknown circumstances and burned for 13 hours.

Two years after the Titanic sinking made headlines, Liverpool suffered another shipping tragedy, when the state-of-the-art passenger ship “Empress of Ireland” sank in St. Lawrence River, Canada, killing over 1,000 people.

A new animation video by Seafarers' International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University, aims to highlight the consequences of poor accommodation for seafarers and for the recruitment and retention of high quality personnel in the cargo sector.

An Indonesian inter-island cargo ship crushed a fishing boat that strayed into the shipping lane. There were 15 crewmembers aboard the fishing boat at the time of the collision, and all are safe.

The Indian Coast Guard saved 22 crew members of a product tanker that was taking on water in the Arabian Sea off the Indian state of Gujarat.

During a discussion at the third day of the 2022 Crew Welfare Week, panelists focused on the issues of crew welfare. The discussion focused on the vital importance of seafarers for the global trade, identified current problems in their welfare, and provided their key message.

Fire broke out on June 28 onboard a vessel that was docked in Dubai loading cars. The vessel and its cargo are reported to be a total loss. 

Norwegian Cruise Line is curtailing one of its cruises after its cruise ship Norwegian Sun hit a smaller piece of ice over the weekend while traveling in Alaska.

Days before emergency operations are to take place to secure a decaying oil tanker threat, a UN Humanitarian Coordinator urged the public to help with funding to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea.