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A third of seafarers suffer from seasickness
21 October 2024 https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/telegraph/a-third-of-seafare...

Cooks and engineers suffered least with seasickness according to the research. Image: Danny Cornelissen

Cowboy colleges in the Philippines exploiting would-be seafarers
06 Jun 2024

Just 10% of aspiring cadets absorbed by the industry each year

Private maritime colleges in the Philippines promising students a pathway to a career at sea often lead to a dead end, says IMEC chief...

Shocking Study Reveals Seafarers Forced to Pay Illegal Recruitment Fee Affecting Their Mental Health
MI News Network September 26, 2024 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/study-finds-one-third-of-sea...

Somali pirates head back to sea
Sam Chambers October 24, 2024 https://splash247.com/somali-pirates-head-back-to-sea/

International shipping has been warned that pirates from Somalia are likely back hunting for targets in the Indian Ocean.

Why I’m backing this country to become a major crewing force
October 24, 2024 https://splash247.com/why-im-backing-this-country-to-become-a-major-crew...

Carl Martin Faannessen, the CEO of Noatun Maritime, on the potential for Kenya to become a seafaring hub.

Maritime leaders attend biggest manning meet
Yashika F. Torib October 23, 2024 https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/10/23/business/maritime/maritime-leader...

Local and international maritime leaders are expected at the Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global conference, the world's biggest manning meeting to be held at the Shangri-La The Fort in Manila from Nov. 12 to 14, 2024.

Seafarers win collective bargaining breakthrough in Iran
https://www.itfglobal.org/en/stories/seafarers-win-collective-bargaining...

An ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union based in Iran has achieved a major organising victory.

The Iranian Merchant Mariners Syndicate (IMMS) has won a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for seafarers working for Iran’s five largest shipping companies.

The majority of ageing tankers now engaged in shadow operations
Sam Chambers October 21, 2024 https://splash247.com/majority-of-ageing-tankers-now-engaged-in-shadow-o...

Nearly two in three vintage tankers have carried Iranian, Venezuelan or Russian cargoes this year.

Panama orders immediate cancellation of all sanctioned vessels
Bojan Lepic October 21, 2024 https://splash247.com/panama-orders-immediate-cancellation-of-all-sancti...

The president of Panama Jose Raul Molino has issued an executive decree which will see the Panama Ship Registry, the second-largest shipping registry in the world, cancel any vessel on international sanction lists.

Greek dock workers block military cargo ship headed for Israel
JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 21, 2024 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-825469

The union workers stopped the truck holding 21 tons of ammunition meant to be loaded onto a ship bound for Israel.

Greek dock workers in Piraeus prevented the loading of a container ship with military supplies for Israel on Thursday, BalkanInsight reported.