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Striking photos of Chinese sailors living in squalid Liverpool hostel from bygone era
Lee Grimsditch 17 June 2022 https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article24255617.ece/ALTERNA...

Photos show the intolerable conditions as men washed themselves in sinks and buckets and cooked food in stoves in their cramped rooms

AGCS review says shipping is resilient, but challenges remain - Daily Cargo News
Abby Williams 17th June 2022 https://www.thedcn.com.au/news/bulk-trades-shipping/shipping-industry-re...

Case Study: Captain Conceals COVID Symptoms From Port Officials
Jun 16, 2022 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/how-many-vessel-operators-...

Port unions have long bargained over disruptive innovations
Meghan McCarty Carino Jun 17, 2022 https://www.marketplace.org/2022/06/17/port-unions-have-long-bargained-o...

The Big Bang Event: The Return Of Posidonia Highlights Renewed Optimism For A More Buyoant Shipping Industry
17/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-big-bang-event-the-return-of-po...

Posidonia, the Home of Shipping has reopened its doors to a great reception from the global maritime community who will be hoping for them to never be shut again.

PH seafarers to benefit from maritime labor convention amendments
Ferdinand Patinio June 17, 2022 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1176961

MANILA – The Philippines is among countries that will greatly benefit from the amendments to several provisions of the Maritime Labor Convention of 2006, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Friday.

How Many Vessel Operators Conceal COVID Symptoms Among the Crew?
Jun 16, 2022 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/how-many-vessel-operators-...

Family of Bangladesh seafarer killed in Ukraine war get $500,000 compensation
17 Jun 2022 https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2022/06/17/family-of-bangladesh-seafarer...

The Hidden Fees Making Your Bananas, and Everything Else, Cost More
Michael Grabell June 16 https://www.propublica.org/article/ocean-freight-shipping-costs-inflation

The story you’re about to read is bananas, and it’s also about bananas.

Powerful growth in the China-owned fleet
16/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/powerful-growth-in-the-china-owned-...

In recent years the fleet of merchant ships owned by companies based in China has continued to grow strongly. This performance reinforced an already entrenched upwards trend, and signs point to further advances in the future.