The Standard Club is delighted to be a signatory on the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. Progress on addressing the crew change crisis has been made through significant efforts by individual companies, international organizations, industry associations, labor unions,

Pirates are stepping up attacks on ships in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, defying regional navies. On Saturday, pirates off Nigeria kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship and killed one. Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea kidnapped 130 seafarers

Namely the paper sets out a framework of connectivity requirements from 12 European ports and ports organizations, including commercial drivers and perceived challenges to digital transformation. As explained, the report gathered inputs from senior port representatives, summarizing commercial ambitions and operational