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South Korea shipowners deny government price-fixing charge
Jun Concepcion 04 Feb 2022 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1139759/South-Kore...

Synchronization Across Maritime Value Chains Can Ease Inflation
Feb 2, 2022 5:12 PM by Mikael Lind et al.* https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/synchronization-across-mar...

American trade unions hit out at plans for new US Virgin Islands flag
Sam Chambers February 2, 2022 https://splash247.com/american-trade-unions-hit-out-at-plans-for-new-us-...

The Hidden Costs of Containerization
Amir Khafagy February 2, 2022 https://prospect.org/economy/hidden-costs-of-containerization/

How the unsustainable growth of the container ship industry led to the supply chain crisis

Seafarers are unhappy with the state of the maritime world
Antonio Gabriel D. Tongco February 2, 2022 https://ph.news.yahoo.com/seafarers-are-unhappy-with-the-state-of-the-ma...

The Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) showed indicators that the enduring coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a significant decline in seafarers’ happiness levels.

Panama Maritime to audit PH training centers
Yashika F. Torib February 2, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/02/02/business/maritime/panama-maritime...

The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) will conduct periodic on-site audits, inspection and monitoring on the maritime training centers in the country.

New Seafarer Welfare and Wellbeing App Launched
February 1, 2022 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/seafarer-welfare-wellbeing-lau...

International maritime network Stella Maris has teamed up with tech start-up FrontM to develop a new crew collaboration and wellbeing platform and super-app designed to give seafarers and fishers across the world quick access to Stella Maris's global chaplaincy directory, media content and faith resources.

Protest planned as purpose-built cattle ship Al Kuwait sails towards Timaru port
Yashas Srinivasa Feb 02 2022 https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/127663086/protest-planned-as-...

Working Together in Safety: The key to shipping’s future success
Grahaeme Henderson 01 Feb 2022 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1139660/Working-To...

The Together in Safety coalition’s core objective is to save seafarers’ lives, while delivering improved business efficiency and commercial effectiveness, and is fundamental to safeguarding shipping’s future success

Drop-off in labour standards reporting from flag states
Sam Chambers February 1, 2022 https://splash247.com/drop-off-in-labour-standards-reporting-from-flag-s...

The annual Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has identified reporting on seafarer wellbeing as a “casualty of the pandemic”.