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Surmounting challenges in Filipino seafarers' voyage
June 25, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/25/supplements/surmounting-challenge...

INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim is inviting every seafarer to look back to "Your voyage — then and now, [and] share your journey," as a way of marking the International Day of the Seafarer on June 25, 2022.

PAO decries slow justice for 'Princess'
Arlie O. Calalo June 24, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/24/news/national/pao-decries-slow-ju...

THE Public Attorney's Office (PAO) has expressed dismay over the snail-paced dispensation of justice for the victims of the sinking of a vessel owned by the Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI) 14 years ago that left 814 passengers dead.

Ferry boat runs aground in Dumaguete; 15 crew safe
Mary Judaline Partlow June 22, 2022 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1177326

DUMAGUETE CITY – A fast ferry ran aground Wednesday afternoon after being hit by a squall and huge waves that dislodged it from its mooring area off Rizal Boulevard here.

Hong Kong floating restaurant sinks in South China Sea
Agence France-Presse - June 21, 2022 https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/travel-and-tourism/2022/06/21/2189937...

4 Filipino survivors from collision of Korean, Taiwan vessels home by next week — OWWA
Daphne Galvez - June 24, 2022 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/204806/4-filipino-survivors-from-colli...

P&O scandal has ‘blown hole’ in maritime sector
Jun 23, 2022 https://lbndaily.co.uk/po-scandal-has-blown-hole-in-maritime-sector/

Speaking at a conference in Liverpool the general secretary of seafarers union Nautilus UK said the P&O Ferries scandal had blown a hole in the UK’s maritime strategy. Tony McDonough reports

Seafarer Happiness Index Q1 2022 drops from 5.93 to 4.92%
Godwin Oritse with agency reports June 22, 2022 https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/seafarer-happiness-index-q1-2022-dro...

With the Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) Quarter 1 2022 results being published, we look at what the findings tell us.

Stuck at sea – new data reveals the 3,623 seafarers who can’t go home
24/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/stuck-at-sea-new-data-reveals-the-3...

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.

$175,000 payment after vessel crash to go towards better watch keeping training
Jake Kenny Jun 24 2022 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/129072354/175000-paymen...

A $175,000 payment made after two vessels collided in a Canterbury harbour will be put towards better watch keeping training.

Crew abandonment figures continue to horrify
Sam Chambers June 23, 2022 https://splash247.com/crew-abandonment-figures-continue-to-horrify/