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Domestic shipowner Christopher Pastrana named new PPA GM
June 23, 2022 https://www.portcalls.com/domestic-shipowner-christopher-pastrana-named-...

Domestic shipowner Christopher Pastrana will be the new general manager of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) under the incoming Marcos administration.

The Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corp. (APFC) chairman will replace Jay Daniel Santiago, who has been PPA chief since 2016.

Russian Separatists Seize Cargo Ships
Reuters July 5, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/russian-separatists-seize-cargo-ships/

Jonathan Saul (Reuters) Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now “state property,” in the first such moves against commercial shipping, letters seen by Reuters showed.

Karen Davila pays tribute to Pinoy crew of Arctic cruise ship
Jul 04 2022 https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/07/04/22/karen-davila-pays-tribute-to-crui...

Broadcast journalist Karen Davila paid tribute to her fellow Filipinos who were part of the crew of the ship when she recently went on an Arctic cruise adventure.

On Instagram, Davila said there were 219 crew members of the ship, and 106 of them were Filipinos.

ITF’s Cotton predicts industrial unrest as inflation soars
Harry Papachristou 4 July 2022

Next year’s IBF wage talks will be no piece of cake, labour leader warns

Seafarers and shipping companies won’t find it easy to agree on an industry-wide wage agreement next year amid soaring inflation, according to a senior labour leader.

“It’s going to take some work,” Steve Cotton, general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), told TradeWinds on 1 July on the sidelines of the Turkish Maritime Summit in Istanbul.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-05/seafarers-remain-stuck-aboard-shi...

MARINA employees criticize appointments
July 3, 2022 https://manilastandard.net/business/biz-plus/314240905/marina-employees-...

Employees of the Maritime Industry Authority criticized the alleged illegal appointments of officers-in-charge (OICs) made by former MARINA administrator Robert Empedrad, saying they were non-compliant with the guidelines set by Malacañang.

Chinese Vessel Snapped In Two By Typhoon Chaba, A Dozen Bodies Retrieved
Reuters July 4, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/chinese-vessel-snapped-in-two-by-typhoon-chaba-a-do...

BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) – Chinese search and rescue officials pulled 12 bodies on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after an engineering vessel snapped in two as tropical storm Chaba passed through, state television said.

Storms leave 21 people stranded on cargo ship off Sydney
4 July 2022 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-04/twenty-one-people-stranded-on-car...

A rescue operation is underway to try and retrieve 21 crew stranded on a cargo ship that had been drifting towards rocks amid wild seas near Sydney.

New Data Reveals the 3,623 Seafarers Stuck at Sea
Jul 3, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/corporate/new-data-reveals-the-3-623-seaf...

As at the end of May 2022, 247 vessels remain abandoned at multiple locations around the world – along with 3,623 seafarers cast adrift, unable to return home – with some of their cases open for more than a decade.

What’s new with SOLAS 2024?
04/07/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/whats-new-with-solas-2024/

A set of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the associated Codes enter into force on 1 January 2024. This statutory news highlights the changes that have been adopted for the 2024 update of SOLAS and its associated Codes.

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