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NMP offers 2 new STCW courses
Yashika F. Torib February 8, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/02/08/business/maritime/nmp-offers-2-ne...

THE National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) has created two new training courses for crew members manning passenger ships.

PCG-CHED deal on shipboard training monitoring signed
Alec Go/PTV NewsFebruary 2, 2023 https://ptvnews.ph/pcg-ched-deal-on-shipboard-training-monitoring-signed/

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Thursday, Feb. 2, that it signed an agreement with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) regarding the monitoring of maritime students’ shipboard training.

DOTr vows to save 49,000 Pinoy seafarers jobs
Emmie V. Abadilla February 4, 2023 https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/04/dotr-vows-to-save-49000-pinoy-seafarers-jobs/

The government is working to save the jobs of 49,000 Filipino seafarers aboard European ships and the $7 billion they send home each year, Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista stated Saturday, February 4.

Advocates come together to help sailors stuck for months on tugboats in Quebec port
Morgan Lowrie February 6, 2023 https://www.ohscanada.com/advocates-come-together-to-help-sailors-stuck-...

Groups that advocate for seafarers are expressing concern for 11 sailors who are spending a harsh Quebec winter aboard three tugboats that have been detained for months in the port of Trois-Rivieres.

Panama: $15.7 million recovered in wages owed to seafarers
The Editorial Team February 6, 2023 https://safety4sea.com/panama-15-7-million-recovered-in-wages-owed-to-se...

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) informed that it has recovered more than $15.7 million in wage payments owed to seafarers who sail on Panamanian-flagged vessels.

More specifically, the AMP said it has recovered $15,763,052.24 for vessel crewmembers, including $5,315,909.99 in 2022.

The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe review – through hell and high water
Tim Adams 5 Feb 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/05/the-snakehead-review-by-pa...

Sharpening Poseidon’s razor
February 3, 2023 https://splash247.com/sharpening-poseidons-razor/

Newly released data clearly shows the better the welfare onboard, the better the condition of the ship. Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, explains.

UK Expands Efforts to Support Green Shipping with $100M in New Funding
Feb 6, 2023 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/uk-expands-efforts-to-support...

Panama cargo vessel catches fire off Vietnam's southern coast
Truong Ha February 5, 2023 https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/panama-cargo-vessel-catches-fire-off-v...

A Panama vessel carrying 4,530 cars from South Korea to Singapore caught fire and has been left drifting in the waters off Vung Tau.

Fire engulfed the AH SHIN vessel as it was moving along Vietnam’s south-central coast on Sunday.

Fire Erupts in Containers Toppled by Earthquake at Turkish Port
Mike Schuler February 6, 2023 https://gcaptain.com/fire-erupts-in-containers-toppled-by-earthquake-at-...

A fire has erupted in containers toppled at the Port of Iskenderun by the powerful earthquakes that rocked Turkey Monday .