Crewboard publishes news and guides for seafarers and the companies that crew ships. This page explains how we choose what to cover, where the facts come from, and how we correct mistakes.
What we cover
What matters to people who work at sea: safety and security, rules that change their work (MLC, STCW, visas, crew changes), jobs and wages, certificates and training, welfare and rights, accidents and rescues, and recruitment scams. We leave out market and finance news unless we can say clearly what it means for crews.
News reports something that just happened. Guides answer lasting questions, such as how to renew a certificate or check a job offer, and are kept up to date.
Sources
- Every fact, number and date comes from a source we found and read, preferably the original: a regulator, a flag state, the IMO or ILO, a court, a port authority, the company or the union itself.
- The sources are listed under each article, with links.
- Dates and numbers are given as the source states them. Where sources disagree or a fact is not confirmed, the article says so.
- Articles are written in our own words; we quote only short passages, marked as quotes.
How articles are written
We prepare articles with the help of AI writing tools that work to written rules: the ones on this page, plain English for readers who use it as a second language, and no sensational headlines. Crewboard sets these rules and can edit, correct or remove any article.
Updates and corrections
- When a story develops, we update the article, mark it “Updated” and say at the top what changed and when.
- Small fixes (a typo, a clearer sentence, a wrong detail that doesn't change the story) are corrected in place.
- News articles are removed 3 years after they were published. Guides stay and are revised when the rules change.
Seafarers first
Crewboard never asks seafarers for money to be hired, and we write about recruitment fees and fake job offers so that readers can recognise them.
Report a mistake
Found an error, or something missing? Write to info@crew-board.net or use the contact form, with a link to the article. We correct what is wrong.