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Port unions have long bargained over disruptive innovations
Meghan McCarty Carino Jun 17, 2022 https://www.marketplace.org/2022/06/17/port-unions-have-long-bargained-o...

The Big Bang Event: The Return Of Posidonia Highlights Renewed Optimism For A More Buyoant Shipping Industry
17/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-big-bang-event-the-return-of-po...

Posidonia, the Home of Shipping has reopened its doors to a great reception from the global maritime community who will be hoping for them to never be shut again.

PH seafarers to benefit from maritime labor convention amendments
Ferdinand Patinio June 17, 2022 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1176961

MANILA – The Philippines is among countries that will greatly benefit from the amendments to several provisions of the Maritime Labor Convention of 2006, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Friday.

How Many Vessel Operators Conceal COVID Symptoms Among the Crew?
Jun 16, 2022 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/how-many-vessel-operators-...

Family of Bangladesh seafarer killed in Ukraine war get $500,000 compensation
17 Jun 2022 https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2022/06/17/family-of-bangladesh-seafarer...

The Hidden Fees Making Your Bananas, and Everything Else, Cost More
Michael Grabell June 16 https://www.propublica.org/article/ocean-freight-shipping-costs-inflation

The story you’re about to read is bananas, and it’s also about bananas.

Powerful growth in the China-owned fleet
16/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/powerful-growth-in-the-china-owned-...

In recent years the fleet of merchant ships owned by companies based in China has continued to grow strongly. This performance reinforced an already entrenched upwards trend, and signs point to further advances in the future.

Biden signs ocean shipping bill in bid to reduce export backlogs
David Shepardson 17 June 2022 https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-sign-ocean-s...

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation to improve oversight of ocean shipping, which lawmakers say will help curb inflation and ease export backlogs.

Three seafarers jump from containership into St. Johns River
The Editorial Team June 16, 2022 https://safety4sea.com/three-seafarers-jump-from-containership-into-st-j...

Three seafarers of the containership Simba jumped over the side in the entrance channel at the port of Jacksonville, Florida on June 15, as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection informed.

OFW remittances fall to 11-month low
Mayvelin U. Caraballo June 16, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/16/business/top-business/ofw-remitta...

THE amount of money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) fell to its lowest level in 11 months in April, according to data released on Wednesday by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).