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Getting owners to understand the merits of a happy crew
March 24, 2022 https://splash247.com/getting-owners-to-understand-the-merits-of-a-happy...

How do managers discuss the importance of crew welfare with their customers?

Marina, SBMA tie up on boat registration
Genivi Verdejo March 23, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/03/23/business/maritime/marina-sbma-tie...

THE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) have agreed to collaborate in ship registries for recreational boats and other maritime-related programs.

12 more Filipino seafarers arrive from Ukraine
Zacarian Sarao - March 23, 2022 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/203164/12-more-filipino-seafarers-arri...

The 12 seafarers on arriving in Clark. (Photo posted on Twitter by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola)

Shedding light on suicides at sea
20 Mar 2022 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1140170/Shedding-l...

AMSA says it is possible to mandate reporting of fatalities at sea while protecting the anonymity of seafarers and shipping companies

Seafarers International Relief Fund launches urgent Ukraine crisis appeal to support seafarers and their families
21/03/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarers-international-relief-fund...

Philippines opens shipping to foreign ownership
Sam Chambers March 22, 2022 https://splash247.com/philippines-opens-shipping-to-foreign-ownership/

Shipping, telecommunications, airlines, expressways and railways in the Philippines will now be open to full foreign ownership after president Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed a new law law amending the 85-year-old Public Service Act (PSA), which had hitherto capped these sectors to a 40% foreign ownership.

PHL shipping companies start increasing freight rates
Arjay L. Balinbin March 22, 2022 https://www.bworldonline.com/phl-shipping-companies-start-increasing-fre...

Some shipping companies have started hiking their freight fees, the Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) said, noting that the industry is currently in survival mode due to the rising fuel prices.

MARINA: Several shipping companies may increase rates due to fuel price hikes
GISELLE OMBAY, March 21, 2022 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/825754/marina-several-sh...

Several shipping companies may increase their rates due to the successive fuel price hikes, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) said Monday.

Ships Carrying Big Sugar Cargoes Head Toward Russia as Store Shelves Empty
Marcelo Teixeira/Reuters March 17, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/sugar-cargoes-head-toward-russia/

NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) – At least five vessels are headed toward Russia with nearly 200,000 tonnes of Brazilian raw sugar sold by European traders, according to shipping data seen by Reuters, about double the country’s normal annual imports of the sweetener.

What's the Z? Is the ship in Narragansett Bay supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
Paul Edward Parker March 16, 2022 https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/03/16/z-ship-nar...

Have you seen the tanker ship anchored just north of the Pell Bridge with the big "Z" freshly painted on its smokestack?