Seamen

Ukraine and Sweden signed a Memorandum of Understanding in London on mutual recognition of diplomas and certificates of seafarers.

The Hague Arbitration Court has rejected Russia’s request to challenge a judge in the case of Ukrainian sailors in the Kerch Strait.

An oil tanker with a Russian crew is not being allowed to leave a seaport in Yemen.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has agreed to increase the minimum wage for seafarers in the position of Able Seaman.

The charitable non-governmental organization Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has been forced to close due to a lack of funding.

ITF Seafarers’ Trust and World Maritime University study highlights global challenges to seafarers’ access to shore leave.

Relatives of sailors who were on the boats are still waiting for a favorable security situation in the Black Sea.

A senior mate from Izmail disappeared in the Romanian port of Constanta. The man was left with his wife and three daughters at home.

The spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk, reported on the consequences of Russian attacks on civilian vessels in the Black Sea.

The Ukrainian Maritime Transport Workers’ Union has secured the release of detained Ukrainian seafarers.