Total Views: 284File Photo: VladSV/ShutterstockBy K. Oanh Ha and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) —The world’s largest container shipping companies and the United Nations Secretary-General are appealing to governments to resolve a labor crisis that has stranded 400,000 workers on boats, according to a new estimate from the International Chamber of Shipping.“I am worried that in respect of crew changes, little is going to change in most nations without action being taken at the very highest political level,” Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, chief executive officer of fleet and strategic brands at A.P....…Total Views: 284File Photo: VladSV/ShutterstockBy K. Oanh Ha and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) —The world’s largest container shipping companies and the United Nations Secretary-General are appealing to governments to resolve a labor crisis that has stranded 400,000 workers on boats, according to a new estimate from the International Chamber of Shipping.“I am worried that in respect of crew changes, little is going to change in most nations without action being taken at the very highest political level,” Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, chief executive officer of fleet and strategic brands at A.P....WW…

Total Views: 130By Teun van den Dries / ShutterstockThe U.S House of Representatives has passed the “Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act” seeking to reform U.S. energy policy and authorize major investments in research and development in transition to renewable and low-carbon energy sources.The bill was passed Thursday by a vote of 220-185.Included in the bill was an amendment by Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA03) to enforce Jones Act requirements for all offshore renewable energy production by clarifying that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a 1953 law governing offshore mineral...…Total Views: 130By Teun van den Dries / ShutterstockThe U.S House of Representatives has passed the “Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act” seeking to reform U.S. energy policy and authorize major investments in research and development in transition to renewable and low-carbon energy sources.The bill was passed Thursday by a vote of 220-185.Included in the bill was an amendment by Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA03) to enforce Jones Act requirements for all offshore renewable energy production by clarifying that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a 1953 law governing offshore mineral...WW…

Total Views: 34File Photo: Avigator Fortuner / ShutterstockBy K. Oanh Ha and Krystal Chia (Bloomberg) — More than a dozen countries with crucial global shipping hubs agreed to ease port and border restrictions for seafarers to help the more than 200,000 workers still stranded on vessels return home.Nations including the U.S., Singapore, Greece and the United Arab Emirates said they would for seafarers and boost commercial flights to help facilitate crew swaps. The pact comes after months of pressure on governments, ports and shippers to find ways to get workers off vessels after a rash of...…Total Views: 34File Photo: Avigator Fortuner / ShutterstockBy K. Oanh Ha and Krystal Chia (Bloomberg) — More than a dozen countries with crucial global shipping hubs agreed to ease port and border restrictions for seafarers to help the more than 200,000 workers still stranded on vessels return home.Nations including the U.S., Singapore, Greece and the United Arab Emirates said they would for seafarers and boost commercial flights to help facilitate crew swaps. The pact comes after months of pressure on governments, ports and shippers to find ways to get workers off vessels after a rash of...WW…

Total Views: 69MV Conti Stockholm sits idle in Fremantle Port. Photo: ITF GlobalBy Aaron Clark and Annie Lee (Bloomberg) — A new risk to global supply chains is emerging as exhausted seafarers stuck offshore for months halt work, a breaking point caused by restrictions on crew changes amid coronavirus precautions.Three vessels are after crews who worked beyond their contracts demanded to be repatriated, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation. The organization’s national coordinator in Australia, Dean Summers, said he is discussing options for about four other ships,...…Total Views: 69MV Conti Stockholm sits idle in Fremantle Port. Photo: ITF GlobalBy Aaron Clark and Annie Lee (Bloomberg) — A new risk to global supply chains is emerging as exhausted seafarers stuck offshore for months halt work, a breaking point caused by restrictions on crew changes amid coronavirus precautions.Three vessels are after crews who worked beyond their contracts demanded to be repatriated, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation. The organization’s national coordinator in Australia, Dean Summers, said he is discussing options for about four other ships,...WW…

Total Views: 54File Photo: Nieuwland Photography / ShutterstockBy Lars Erik Taraldsen (Bloomberg) — Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg warned of a humanitarian and trade crisis if the roughly 800,000 seafarers stranded around the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic aren’t offered similar protections and rights to other essential workers.Solberg is using her speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday to draw global attention to the issue. In an interview with Bloomberg News shortly before she was due to address the assembly, Solberg said she was calling on “all member...…Total Views: 54File Photo: Nieuwland Photography / ShutterstockBy Lars Erik Taraldsen (Bloomberg) — Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg warned of a humanitarian and trade crisis if the roughly 800,000 seafarers stranded around the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic aren’t offered similar protections and rights to other essential workers.Solberg is using her speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday to draw global attention to the issue. In an interview with Bloomberg News shortly before she was due to address the assembly, Solberg said she was calling on “all member...WW…