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Manila Hearing Aid launches hearing wellness campaign for Filipino seafarers
October 29, 2023 https://www.manilastandard.net/home-living/314385048/manila-hearing-aid-...

Filipino seafarers, the lifeblood of the global maritime industry, are now urged to put their hearing wellness first, as prolonged exposure to high noise levels has now been linked to varying degrees of noise-induced hearing loss over time.

Crew member winched off cargo ship
October 31, 2023 https://www.2hd.com.au/2023/10/31/crew-member-winched-off-cargo-ship/

A crew member has been winched off a cargo ship about 100 nautical miles off Newcastle.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service was called to retrieve the man yesterday afternoon who was suffering from a medical condition.

The man in his 30s was winched off the vessel by the critical care paramedic and flown to the John Hunter Hospital for treatment.

Deck cargo ship grounding, Philippines
Mikhail Voytenko October 30, 2023 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2023/10/30/deck-cargo-ship-grounding-phi...

Pictured: Father-of-five British cargo ship seaman who is one of four missing after vessel collided with a tanker and sank in the North Sea - as rescue mission is called off
James Fielding and Lettice Bromovsky 25 October 2023 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12671635/Father-British-cargo-s...

Rescue Called Off for Missing Crew from UK-Flagged Ship
William Wilkes (Bloomberg) October 25, 2023 https://gcaptain.com/rescue-called-off-for-missing-crew-from-uk-flagged-...

Rescuers abandoned efforts to find four missing sailors a day after a British cargo ship sank in the North Sea following a collision with a larger vessel.

Wan Hai Lines WH A07 Successful Seafarer Rescue Operation
26/10/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/wan-hai-lines-wh-a07-successful-sea...

Port operators warn: P200K hike in shipping costs loom due to Gatchalians’ Manila Bay reclamation
October 25, 2023 https://bilyonaryo.com/2023/10/25/port-operators-warn-p200k-hike-in-ship...

Greater intervention needed to battle shipping’s tragic rates of suicide
Sam Chambers October 24, 2023 https://splash247.com/greater-intervention-needed-to-battle-shippings-tr...

Seafaring remains a profession that suffers from a far higher rate of suicide than most other careers, and yet there remains no official statistics on how serious a crisis this is for the shipping industry despite many bodies calling for greater transparency on the issue.

2023 SAFETY4SEA Manila Forum: Priority areas for maritime stakeholders to elevate seafarers’ welfare
The Editorial Team October 24, 2023 https://safety4sea.com/2023-safety4sea-manila-forum-priority-areas-for-m...

Anchor of Chinese container vessel caused damage to Balticconnector gas pipeline, Finnish police say
JARI TANNER October 25, 2023 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anchor-chinese-container-vessel-caused-19...

HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish investigators said Tuesday they believed an anchor of a Chinese container ship was dislodged and caused the damage to the undersea Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia on the Baltic Sea earlier this month.