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Hanse invests in the workforce of the future
10/02/2022

Shipbroker and commercial manager Hanse Bereederung has boosted its Sale & Purchase department by announcing the appointment of Nikos Diakomichalis to its team.

Mr Diakomichalis, who was part of Hanse’s apprenticeship and student programme, successfully passed the highly respected German shipping school qualification during his apprenticeship at the company. He joins a highly motivated and capable S&P team at the company’s Hamburg offices.

Shipping disgracing itself VIDEO
Mikhail Voytenko February 10, 2022 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2022/02/10/shipping-disgracing-itself-vi...

‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters
Karen McVeigh 9 Feb 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/cargo-ship-disasters...

ITF calls out Turkey for ‘criminalising’ seafarers on questionable drug charges
Matt Coyne 8 February 2022 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/containerships/itf-calls-out-turkey-for-c...

Union complains that four Ukrainians have been held since July without trial

Seafarer Happiness Index (SHI) Q4 2021 – the importance of WiFi on board
09/02/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarer-happiness-index-shi-q4-202...

Glimmer of hope: Has the ship gridlock off ports finally peaked?
Greg Miller February 8, 2022 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/glimmer-of-hope-has-the-ship-gridlock-...
Chart: American Shipper based on data from Marine Exchange of Southern California
Flexport chief economist sees ‘reasons to think things may be easing off’

Container ship ‘oligarchs’ sowing seeds of their own demise with huge profits
Gary Dixon 9 February 2022 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/containerships/container-ship-oligarchs-s...

Cargo owner launches broadside aimed at ‘avaricious’ lines that could face major shocks in years ahead

Container lines basking in record levels of profit are storing up trouble for themselves, according to one cargo owner.

High prices give Maersk largest-ever profit for a Danish company
AFP 9 February 2022 https://www.thelocal.dk/20220209/high-prices-give-maersk-largest-ever-pr...

Danish shipping giant Maersk on Wednesday posted record-beating profits in 2021, as container freight prices continued to soar due to the global supply chain crunch caused by the Covid pandemic.

The shipping crisis will be over in a few months, Maersk CEO says
Christian Wienberg, Anna Edwards, and Bloomberg February 10, 2022 https://fortune.com/2022/02/09/maersk-ceo-supply-chain-crisis-covid-19/

Filipino seafarers face bigger threat than EMSA – Marina
February 9, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/02/09/business/maritime/filipino-seafar...

ALMOST everyone else in the industry is preoccupied with the possible adverse implications of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) issue on the Filipino seafarers, but the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is also concerned about another threat.