AJB Marine Services

04/05/2022

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-04/seafarers-not-taking-shore-leave-covid/101030642 #:~:text=Many%20seafarers%20have%20not%20left%20their%20ships%20for,about%20how%20the%20industry%20dealt%20with%20the%20pandemic

A seafarer who nearly died below deck of a cargo ship achieved what is now a rare feat in his profession: setting foot on dry land.

28/07/2020

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/bulk-carrier-aground-in-environmentally-sensitive-area-off-mauritius

[Brief] A large bulk carrier, the 203,000 DWT Wakashio went hard aground on July 25 in the Indian Oc...

28/07/2020

https://www.marinelink.com/news/australia-bans-marmaras-bulker-480510

A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agia Sofia has been banned from Australian ports for six months after authorities discovered seafarers…

06/01/2020

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/four-dead-three-kidnapped-in-nigerian-pirate-attack

[Brief] International maritime security consultancy Dryad Maritime reports that the Nigerian-flagged...

04/12/2019

https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/hse/02122019/serious-work-related-incident-at-heimdal/

29/11/2019

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/seven-kidnapped-from-swire-offshore-tug-in-gulf-of-guinea

Singapore-based offshore vessel operator Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) confirmed Sunday that pirates...

26/11/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/25/rescue-mission-for-14000-sheep-on-sinking-ship-abandoned-black-sea

Footage appears to show corpses floating around the capsized vessel, which is likely to have been bound for Saudi Arabia

02/10/2019

https://shipinsight.com/articles/nyk-trials-autonomous-ship-in-claimed-world-first-1

Japanese ship operator NYK has conducted what it claims as the world’s first Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) trial performed in accordance with the IMO’s Interim Guidelines for MASS trials as the company begins tests to realise its target of manned autonomous ships that will make use of...

02/10/2019

https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/284035/bodies-of-two-more-bourbon-rhode-crew-recovered/

Another eight seafarers remain unaccounted for.