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The Black Sea region has witnessed a considerable decline in its market volumes, with the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine resulting in a sharp drop in laden volumes by 28.4 percent (almost 690,000 TEU) in 2022. As per Informall BG's latest data, the region's laden import volumes fell by 25 percent, while laden export traffic declined by a staggering 33 percent. Although total regional turnover substantially decreased, the container ports of Romania and Georgia have seen laden volume growing since the beginning of Russian war.

On April 11, 2023, President of Ukraine signed the Law of Ukraine “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the protection of the rights of labour migrants and combating fraud in employment abroad” № 2982-IX dated 20.03.2023 (hereinafter – the Law, https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2982-20#Text ). The Law was published on April 14, 2023.

Despite a traditionally slow period for US ports in February, the Port of New York and New Jersey managed to move 571,177 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of cargo in February, surpassing West Coast rivals such as the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach by more than 83,000 TEUs and 27,000 TEUs, respectively.

Coming back from the depths of the shipping surge experienced in 2021 and early 2022, the container shipping industry is recovering its schedule reliability to levels last seen at the onset of the pandemic.

Unjustified detentions of seafarers on suspicion of committing crimes pose a significant threat to the prestige of the seafaring profession. The maritime industry should take urgent measures to guarantee seafarers their rights to fair treatment by law enforcement bodies in case of detention on suspicion of committing criminal offenses in foreign ports.

Under this slogan, the work carried out by women in the port sector will be at the centre of a vast project launched by the Municipality of Livorno in cooperation with many stakeholders from the port and maritime sectors.

Уряд Філіппін з 1 травня припинить вимоги щодо наявності обов'язкових паперових карток прибуття/відправлення.

A delegation from the General Italian Confederation of Labour (CGIL) paid a visit to Ukraine. The meeting with the foreign guests was held at the office of the Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine.

At the time of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there were five merchant ships in Mariupol port expecting to be loaded or unloaded. However, all the seafarers knew they were in the port for a while and would have a long passage ahead. But the ships never left the port. A seafarer from one of these vessels told us what happened: how the crew found out about the war and how the ship saved their lives. Read the incredible story of the rescue below.

23 березня Великобританія завершила роботу над новим законом, який зобов'язує судноплавні компанії, що працюють у британських портах, забезпечувати рівень оплати праці моряків відповідно до законодавства про мінімальну заробітну плату в країні, незалежно від національності екіпажу або компанії-оператора.

«Контейнеризація» морських перевезень змінила наше життя таким чином, що ви навіть не можете собі уявити.

23 лютого 2023 року Верховна Рада прийняла євроінтеграційний законопроєкт № 7628 «Про колективні угоди та договори» (https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/40184 ). Поки що законопроект на погодження в комітеті, остаточний текст відсутній.

Дипломатичні установи НЕ будуть видавати повістки

військовозобов’язаним українцям, які перебувають за кордоном.

The innovation was due to the need to upgrade the Indian fleet, whose average age has been steadily increasing in recent years.

To make crew changes as efficiently as possible Venezuelan Port Authorities have implemented a mandatory protocol for crew changes in all Venezuelan ports, effective from 10 February 2023.