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Pirates boarded tanker that had lost contact off West Africa
The Editorial Team November 28, 2022 https://safety4sea.com/pirates-boarded-tanker-that-had-lost-contact-off-...

South Korean officials confirmed that pirates boarded the product tanker B. Ocean near Cote d’Ivoire, which they released after a while.

Shipping braces as largest uprising since Tiananmen Square rips across China
Sam Chambers November 28, 2022 https://splash247.com/shipping-braces-as-largest-uprising-since-tiananme...

The largest protests seen in China since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 have spooked financial and commodity markets today.

Both the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets closed down on Monday while the prices of key commodities including oil came under pressure.

Digitisation of shipping takes centre stage at China's North Bund Forum
PRESS RELEASE | Nov 28, 2022 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/product-service-news/digitisation-ship...

Digital transformation lays at the heart of the future of global shipping, CCS session at the 2022 North Bund Forum hears

Create natl maritime agenda, BBM urged
Yashika F. Torib November 28, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/11/28/news/create-natl-maritime-agenda-...

THE Philippines is an archipelagic country with a good seafaring status, but it lacks a national maritime agenda, Brenda Pimentel, former regional coordinator of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in East Asia, said.

More than 80 injured as Indian police clash with Adani port protesters
Reuters / November 28, 2022 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1698813/more-than-80-injured-as-indian-pol...

KOCHI, India — More than 80 people were wounded in southern India as villagers halting the construction of a $900 million port clashed with police, the latest escalation of a months-old protest waged by a mostly Christian fishing community against Asia’s richest man.

Korean tanker hit by pirates for second time this year
Sam Chambers November 25, 2022 https://splash247.com/korean-tanker-hit-by-pirates-for-second-time-this-...

Two South Koreans and 17 Indonesian sailors kidnapped on international waters in West Africa have been released unharmed.

Seafarer Wellbeing – 2022 progress and reflections
26/11/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarer-wellbeing-2022-progress-an...

ICS Calls for Nigeria to Release Crew of Heroic Idun
Nov 25, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/ics-calls-for-nigeria-to-release-...

PH maritime sector looking at 100% growth
Emmie V. Abadilla November 21, 2022 https://mb.com.ph/2022/11/21/ph-maritime-sector-looking-at-100-growth/

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) targets to fully implement its 10-year Maritime Development Plan (MIDP) by 2028 to boost the Philippines’ maritime industry by 100 percent.

This will increase the sector’s contribution to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from P720 billion to date to P1.44 trillion.

A seafarer's home away from home
Maridel Martinez 25/11/2022 https://www.sbs.com.au/language/filipino/en/podcast-episode/a-seafarers-...

Highlights

*There are around 50,000 registered merchant ships in the world.
*Majority of seafarers are from the Philippines followed by Russia, Indonesia, China and India.
*The Stella Maris Seafarers' Centre is open to all seafarers.