Seamen

Families of sailors of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are forced to return from Crimea to Russia.

The Trade Union of Maritime Transport Workers of Ukraine has signed a memorandum with a Portuguese trade union.

A Memorandum on the mutual recognition of diplomas and certificates of seafarers’ specialists has entered into force between Ukraine and the Netherlands.

A court in Portugal acquitted sailors who refused to go to sea to observe a Russian warship.

The Ukrainian Navy is expanding cooperation with the US Sixth Fleet in the framework of training sailors and strengthening the protection of port infrastructure.

Ships maneuvering in open waters without a crew, as if left to the elements, have long been part of maritime legends. Some of them remain unexplained, like the story of the Mary Celeste, abandoned with its full equipment, or the stories of the “Flying Dutchman”, who, according to myths, is doomed to wander the ocean forever.

The National Agency for Corruption Prevention of assessed the Shipping Administration’s fight against corruption. In July, National Agency for Corruption Prevention began evaluating the effectiveness of the work of anti-corruption commissioners, said Yevgenii Ignatenko, head of the Shipping Administration. In the process of analysis, all areas of activity for the previous year were covered. According to the results…

Bulk carrier “Usko MFU” was detained on the Danube. The vessel was on its way from Moldova when it was intercepted at the request of the Crimean prosecutor’s office. The Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea informed the captain of the vessel “Usko MFU” under the flag of Cameroon of suspicion. He is accused of illegally exporting…

The Russians formed a mechanized battalion from the crew of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. This is evidenced by the messages of OSINT researcher moklasen on the social network X. The analyst found a message on the Russian social network “Vkontakte” with a request to find men from military unit #78987. Initially, the “Frigate” battalion was…

Many wives of sailors do not have information about the professional activities of their husbands. The MTWTUU talked about the basic recommendations. “It happens that women do not know the name of the recruitment agency, the ship-owning company, or the name of the vessel on which the sailor works,” the MTWTUU said in a statement….