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Tulfo: I’ll expose groups against seafarer law
Macon Ramos-Araneta September 8, 2022 https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314258591/tulfo-ill-expose-grou...

Senator Raffy Tulfo yesterday threatened to expose “forces” attempting to block the passage into law of a measure seeking to secure the rights of seafarers to humane and just working conditions this 19th Congress.

Opening statement of Senator Raffy Tulfo on Magna Carta of Seafarers
Senate of the Philippines September 07, 2022 https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/589742212/opening-statement-of-senator-r...

Good morning again everyone. Before we proceed to the discussion and hearing proper, allow me to say a few words.

Global Ship Visiting Network Stella Maris Ends The Plight Of Bulk Carrier Crew
MI News Network September 7, 2022 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/global-ship-visiting-network...

Stella Maris Teesport ship visitors with some of the crewmembers of the ship.

Cruel summer for container, dry bulk stocks as sun shines on tankers
Greg Miller September 7, 2022 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cruel-summer-for-container-dry-bulk-st...

Scorpio Tankers +223% year to date; container liner operator Zim -47%

Stocks of container and dry bulk shipowners took a beating this summer. Tanker stocks continued their ascent, with many U.S.-listed tanker owners hitting fresh 52-week highs on Tuesday.

FAME bats for govt training subsidy for cadets
September 7, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/09/07/business/maritime/fame-bats-for-g...

THE nation's biggest manning association, the Filipino Association for Mariners' Employment (FAME), wants the government to play a decisive role in addressing some problems in the country's maritime education and training, including cadetship berths.

What do the Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) Q2 results say about seafarer wellbeing?
06/09/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/what-do-the-seafarers-happiness-ind...

Plight of seafarers denied shore leave ends
06/09/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/plight-of-seafarers-denied-shore-le...

The plight of a crew from a bulk carrier who had been denied shore leave and whose work contracts had been extended, has finally ended, following intervention by global ship visiting network Stella Maris.

'Seafarers vital to shipping despite automation'
CIH September 7, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/09/07/business/maritime/seafarers-vital...

THE digitalization and automation of global shipping are inevitable but for some, this could also be a downside to a labor-supplying country like the Philippines.

Organised crime to ‘target container ship sector in economic crisis’
Paul Peachey 7 September 2022

MSC executive warns UN conference that rampant corruption in times of crisis will see sector face new challenges from smugglers

Organised criminal gangs will exploit a global economic crisis by increasingly targeting vulnerable container ship workers to help with their trafficking operations, a senior executive of the Mediterranean Shipping Company told a UN conference.

‘Mind altering’ sum: Container shipping earnings more than double to $63.7bn, expert says
Michael Juliano 6 September 2022 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/containerships/-mind-altering-sum-contain...

Containerised cargo sits at the Port of Los Angeles awaiting pick-up during the pandemic. Photo: Port of Los Angeles