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China eases anti-covid measures for seafarers and port workers
Katherine Si | Dec 09, 2022 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/china-eases-anti-covid-meas...

Following major anti-Covid policy adjustments, China is loosening Covid-control measures for seafarers and workers from the port sector.

PH determined to comply with EU standards for seafarers
Azer Parrocha December 12, 2022, https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1190546

MANILA – The national government will do “everything” to address deficiencies in local seafarer training and education to prevent job losses among Filipino seafarers deployed to work for European Union (EU) vessels, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Sunday.

Shipping on alert as crude tanker fired on in Gulf of Guinea
Gary Dixon 12 December 2022 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/shipping-on-alert-as-crude-tanker...

Vessel increased speed to avoid attack after loading in Cameroon

Vessels have been put on high alert in the Gulf of Guinea after pirates fired on a crude tanker.

What working onboard means: Seafarers’ POV
The Editorial Team December 12, 2022 https://safety4sea.com/cm-what-working-onboard-means-seafarers-pov/

(Download open access book The World of the Seafarer:Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry, 2021 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2.pdf?pdf=...)

Tankers, crimes, and fortunes
Andrew Craig-Bennett December 12, 2022 https://splash247.com/tankers-crimes-and-fortunes/

Andrew Craig-Bennett delves into the past as he worries about today’s growing dark fleet.

Balzac never wrote, “Behind every fortune there is a crime”.

He wrote, in Le Père Goriot, in 1834, “Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublié, parce qu’il a été proprement fait”.

Marcos says gov’t ‘working hard’ to upgrade maritime sector: ‘We have to get it done’
Prince Golez December 12, 2022 https://politics.com.ph/2022/12/12/marcos-says-govt-working-hard-to-upgr...

The Philippines is doing everything it can to meet the standards set by the European Union (EU) for the education, training, and certification of seafarers, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Sunday.

Fighting poverty through seafaring
Yashika F. Torib December 7, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/12/07/business/maritime/fighting-povert...

EFFREY Acuesta spent years of his childhood working long hours in a fast-food restaurant, cleaning his uncle's car and skipping meals to make enough money for a school where he studied on an empty stomach.

Three Crewmembers Refuse Rescue Waiting for Salvage
DEC 5, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/three-crewmembers-refuse-rescue-w...

Boosting security and transparency in shipping
December 8, 2022 https://splash247.com/boosting-security-and-transparency-in-shipping/

Container tracking and sensor technology are cost effective means of consistently increasing security, operational efficiency, and sharpening the competitive edge of first moving vessel operators, writes Christian Allred from ORBCOMM.

Rise of the dark fleet risks global shipping’s reputation
Sam Chambers December 8, 2022 https://splash247.com/rise-of-the-dark-fleet-risks-global-shippings-repu...

The growing size of the so-called dark tanker fleet poses a real threat to the reputation of global shipping, and puts the lives of seafarers at risk as well as the environment, leading shipping figures have warned.