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Joint Tripartite Working Group to Address Seafarers' Issues: IMO
TLME News Service 20 Jul, 2022 https://www.transportandlogisticsme.com/smart-sea-freight/joint-triparti...

IMO Council endorses new joint IMO/ILO Working Group on seafarer issues including bullying and sexual harassment

Carnival Cruise Line lauded for treatment of Filipino seafarers
INQUIRER.NET U.S. Bureau / July 20, 2022 https://usa.inquirer.net/105859/carnival-cruise-line-lauded-for-treatmen...

Gawad Alab ng Lahi Awards in New York City recognized Carnival Cruise Line for its efforts to “continually empower Filipino seafarers.” Carnival has been a leading employer of Filipino seafarers over the company’s 50-year history.

Marcos appoints key DOTr line agency heads
Genivi Verdejo July 21, 2022

Atty. Hernani Nieves Fabia is the new administrator of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) PHOTO taken from his Facebook page
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed key officials to head the attached agencies of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). ...

Maritime Meeting Reveals a New Phenomenon: Alleged Russian Grain Laundering
21/07/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/maritime-meeting-reveals-a-new-phen...

Russia’s grain theft from Ukraine and subsequent potential smuggling via cargo vessels have received a significant and justified amount of mainstream media attention. Windward’s unique Maritime AI™ technology has identified a worrisome new phenomenon: alleged Russian grain laundering.

M/V Angelic Power crew members to receive monetary claims
Genivi Verdejo July 20, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/07/20/business/maritime/mv-angelic-powe...

Our Lady of the Sea
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO - | July 19,2022 - https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/453624/our-lady-of-the-sea

Faith is the most powerful weapon in overcoming difficult emotional or even dangerous conditions and in making life at sea bearable in many ways.

Intensifying private sector consultation
Atty. Brenda V. Pimentel July 20, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/07/20/business/maritime/intensifying-pr...

Long overdue reforms for a sustainable maritime sector
Andrew J. Masigan - July 20, 2022 | https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2022/07/20/2196579/long-overdue-reforms...

IMB Confirms Piracy Decline in Gulf of Guinea
18 July 2022 https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/07/18/imb-confirms-piracy-dec...

Cyprus: MPs improve rules for seafarers, training
18/07/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cyprus-mps-improve-rules-for-seafar...

Parliament passed a bill that sets clearer rules for maritime courses, clarifies the calculation and proof of seafarers’ service at sea and regulates the revalidation of the certificates of captains of coastal and small passenger vessels.