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Corruption inhibiting services delivery in maritime sector
Chris Agabi 16 Mar 2022 https://dailytrust.com/corruption-inhibiting-services-delivery-in-mariti...

Corruption is inhibiting quality service delivery in the maritime sector, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Nigeria’s maritime economic regulator has said.

Russia-Ukraine conflict to drive up seafarer wage inflation and vessel operating costs
18/03/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/russia-ukraine-conflict-to-drive-up...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will impact seafarer availability to crew the world’s merchant fleet, particularly for officers where supply has tightened, leading to rising wage inflation and higher vessel operating costs.

Protection for women seafarers under the Magna Carta
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO | March 08,2022 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/428699/protection-for-women-seafarers...

Filipino seafarers will have to wait again for another administration to have their own Magna Carta.

Mind the gap: maritime digitalisation in the next decade and beyond
March 17, 2022 https://splash247.com/mind-the-gap-maritime-digitalisation-in-the-next-d...

Vessel operators can enjoy bandwidth when and where they need it, but digitalisation will stretch communications capacity like never before, writes Tore Morten Olsen, the president of Marlink.

Greek-Filipina executive breaks cultural barriers in the UK maritime industry
18/03/2022 https://greekherald.com.au/community/1-people-community/greek-filipina-e...

P&O Ferries sacks all 800 crew members across entire fleet
Gwyn Topham 17 Mar 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/17/po-ferries-halts-sailing...

Unions brand move ‘scandalous’ with jobs axed without notice and agency workers lined up to staff vessels

The leading UK ferry operator, P&O Ferries, has sacked 800 British crew across its entire fleet after stopping all its sailings on Thursday.

61 Filipinos repatriated from Indonesia, Ukraine
Bernadette E. Tamayo March 16, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/03/16/news/61-filipinos-repatriated-fro...

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has repatriated 7 distressed Filipinos in Manado, Indonesia and 54 seafarers in Ukraine.

Seafarers Feel Unsafe Entering Russian Ports
John Konrad March 16, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-seafarers-unsafe/

This week the Financial Times (FT) reported that, according to estimates, 55 to 60 percent of Ukraine’s 80,000 seafarers are currently on ships, about 20 percent want to return to Ukraine to fight against Russia, and a significant number fear they will be arrested – or worse – if their ships enter Russian ports.

Shedding light on suicides at sea
15 Mar 2022

AMSA says it’s possible to mandate reporting of fatalities at sea while protecting the anonymity of seafarers and shipping companies

GLOBALLY, seafarer welfare groups and maritime organisations agree the rate of mental health issues among seafarers appears to be on the rise, with indications of a marked increase during the pandemic-induced crew changeover crisis.

However, an absence of hard data to support anecdotal evidence means tangible change to address concerns for seafarers remains out of reach.

COVID curbs bite at Chinese ports, threatening global supply chains
Joe Brock March 16, 2022 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-27/china-s-electricity-s...