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Rare illness on board? Nearly 30 crew members sickened on small cruise ship
Nathan Diller Jan 10, 2025 https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2025/01/10/outbreak-cruise...

Nearly 30 people got sick with gastrointestinal illness on a small Sea Cloud Cruises ship.

Tanker sinks in Singapore waters off Pedra Branca, all crew members rescued
13 Jan 2025 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/malaysian-tanker-ship-sinks-pe...

SINGAPRE: All crew members of a Malaysia-registered tanker were rescued after the ship sank in Singapore's territorial waters off Pedra Branca on Sunday (Jan 12).

Essential Marine workers. ‘Don’t criminalise seafarers’
TE Raja Simhan - January 12, 2025 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/dont-criminalise-...

BIMCO chief Nikolaus Schues on caring right for seafarers, the ‘backbone of shipping’

Terrifying record number of seafarers left to rot at sea
Sam Chambers January 10, 2025 https://splash247.com/terrifying-record-number-of-seafarers-left-to-rot-...

Cases of crew abandonment more than doubled last year from 2023’s record levels to set an alarming new high with experts linking the rise to the ongoing growth of the so-called shadow fleet.

Doris Ho comes to the aid of Lorenzo Shipping
Sam Chambers January 9, 2025 https://splash247.com/doris-ho-comes-to-the-aid-of-lorenzo-shipping/

Philippine carrier Lorenzo Shipping Corp has received a P270m ($4.6m) financial lifeline from majority shareholder, Doris Ho-led National Marine Corp.

National Marine has bought 270m new shares of Lorenzo Shipping at P1 each, much of which will go to pay loss-making Lorenzo’s belated fuel bills.

Number of falsely flagged ships doubles in the space of 22 months
Sam Chambers January 10, 2025 https://splash247.com/number-of-falsely-flagged-ships-doubles-in-the-spa...

The UK is leading a bid to stamp out falsely flagged ships at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

IMO chief: Seafarer's safety priority in 2025
Yashika F. Torib January 8, 2025 https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/01/08/business/maritime/imo-chief-seafa...

INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez has positioned the world's seafarers at the heart of IMO's priorities this year.

Loren Legarda expects better conditions for Pinoy seafarers with signing of Magna Carta IRR
January 9, https://politiko.com.ph/2025/01/09/loren-legarda-hopes-seafarers-lives-w...

Senator Loren Legarda is hoping that the 500,000 Filipino seafarers worldwide will now have better working conditions with the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the new “Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers.”

Ill-fated cargo vessel's crew found lifeless in Masbate waters
January 4, 2025 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1241040

New 0.50% sulfur limit for Philippine ships comes into force
The Editorial Team January 2, 2025 https://safety4sea.com/new-0-50-sulfur-limit-for-philippine-ships-comes-...

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) of Philippines has issued a circular to provide information regarding the mandatory 0.50% m/m sulfur limit on fuel oil for all Philippine-registered ships, effective January 1, 2025.
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