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Seafarer repatriation provision on MLC amended
Yashika F. Torib June 22, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/22/business/maritime/seafarer-repatr...

THE Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) 2006 provision on the repatriation of internationally deployed seafarers is among those that were amended in the recently concluded International Labor Convention (ILC) in Switzerland.

A job of a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO | June 21,2022 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/448778/a-job-of-a-seafarer-is-not-exa...

“A job of a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park.”

I usually cite this quote from the Supreme Court case of Oriental Ship mgt. vs. Bastol (G.R. No. 186289 June 29, 2010) as an opening statement during my paralegal lectures on seafarers rights.

Sea piracy is at a low but data-driven technology will drive it down even further
Julian Longson 20 June 2022 https://technative.io/sea-piracy-is-at-a-low-but-data-driven-technology-...

Incidents of piracy at sea may be at their lowest for 27 years according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau, but the threats remain significant, demanding fresh data-driven approaches as well as security hardware

Global trade is not going into reverse, says Maersk boss
Richard Milne in Oslo and Peggy Hollinger 20 June 2022 https://www.ft.com/content/1674cdce-24a9-4266-9083-8275ac0712b9

US and European companies spreading production around Asia rather than reshoring, shipping group chief claims

Globalisation is not unravelling but the era of ever greater reductions in barriers to trade is at an end, according to one of the shipping world’s top executives.

Time to review your crew contracts – let us help
20/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/time-to-review-your-crew-contracts-...

Chinese captain’s sentence cut in killing of pirates
20/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinese-captains-sentence-cut-in-ki...

The Kaohsiung branch of the High Court on Thursday reduced a Chinese man’s jail sentence from 26 years to 13 for allegedly ordering the killing of suspected pirates while captain of a Taiwanese vessel in 2012.

Chinese fishing boat, crew detained for trespassing off Penghu
06/19/2022 https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202206190007

Taipei, June 19 (CNA) A Chinese fishing vessel and its crew were detained on Saturday after illegally entering waters near the Taiwan-administered Penghu Islands, according to the Coast Guard Administration (CGA).

Pirates strike Pemex oil platform
Adis Ajdin June 20, 2022 https://splash247.com/pirates-strike-pemex-oil-platform/

A group of ten armed men has reportedly carried out another heist in the Gulf of Mexico, taking equipment, tools, materials and other items from a Campeche Bay oil platform owned by the Mexican state oil firm Pemex.

UK seafarer gets jail time for fatal Baltic Sea collision
Adis AjdinJune 17, 2022 https://splash247.com/uk-seafarer-gets-jail-time-for-fatal-baltic-sea-co...

A Danish court has sentenced a UK seafarer to 18 months in prison for his role in a fatal collision in the Baltic Sea last year.

Hyundai’s autonomous ship is the first to make a transoceanic journey
Kristin Houser June 19, 2022 https://www.freethink.com/technology/autonomous-ships

The Prism Courage's AI helped it avoid collisions more than 100 times.

A major argument for autonomous vehicles is that they’ll make roads safer by removing human error — by far the dominant cause of traffic accidents — from the equation.