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Seafarers as collateral strike damage
Steven Jones March 14, 2023 https://splash247.com/seafarers-as-collateral-strike-damage/

Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, on how the wave of industrial action at quaysides around the world is keeping seafarers at sea.

Philippine tanker responsible for dire oil spill did not have the correct paperwork
Sam Chambers March 14, 2023 https://splash247.com/philippine-tanker-responsible-for-dire-oil-spill-d...

As the Philippines grapples with its worst oil spill since 2006, it has emerged that the sunken tanker at the centre of the disaster did not have a permit to sail.

China delivers world's largest container ship
Loz Blain March 13, 2023 https://newatlas.com/marine/msc-tessa-worlds-largest-container-ship/

Panamax bulk carrier aground, Brazil
Mar 13, 2023 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/41385/panamax-bulk-carrier-a...

Remains of missing tugboat crew member found in Cebu
Jacque Manabat, Mar 12 2023 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/12/23/remains-of-missing-tugboat-crew-m...

Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard.

Beyond cleaning up the oil spill
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:03 AM March 12, 2023 https://opinion.inquirer.net/161632/beyond-cleaning-up-the-oil-spill

PCG rescues MV Catriona's Japanese crew
Mar 11 2023 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/03/11/23/pcg-rescues-japa...

Crew of rescued vessel ‘crime suspects in China’
Frances Mangosing - March 11, 2023 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/211859/crew-of-rescued-vessel-crime-su...

Group slams 'anti-seafarer provisions' in new Magna Carta bill
Cristina Chi - March 10, 2023 https://www.philstar.com/business/2023/03/10/2250715/group-slams-anti-se...

NegOcc lawmaker files anti-oil spill bill
Nanette Guadalquiver March 9, 2023 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1197054

BACOLOD CITY – A legislator from Negros Occidental province has proposed a measure seeking to strengthen the regulation of ships in the country to prevent oil spills and the discharge of harmful substances into the sea.