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How leadership impacts social interaction onboard
The Editorial Team August 30, 2022 https://safety4sea.com/cm-how-leadership-impacts-social-interaction-onbo...

FMC receives complaint against Maersk
Kim Biggar September 2, 2022 https://splash247.com/fmc-receives-complaint-against-maersk/

U Shippers Group, an association of shippers, has filed a complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission against Maersk, alleging violations of the Shipping Act. Maersk entered into a shipping contract with U Shippers in June 2020. The contract provided minimum space commitments by Maersk for U Shippers members.

Lockdowns proliferate across China
Sam Chambers September 2, 2022 https://splash247.com/lockdowns-proliferate-across-china/

Lockdowns are sweeping across major metropolises in China, sparking renewed concern about manufacturing output from the world’s second largest economy.

Policymakers Demand an End to Ocean Shipping Pollution
02/09/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/policymakers-demand-an-end-to-ocean...

Inmarsat study reveals surge in maritime data usage as shipping industry seeks increased connectivity
September 1, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/inmarsat-study-reveals-surge-in-maritime-data-usage...

More Needs to Be Done to Improve Gender Equality in the Maritime Sector
Lungiswa Nyembezi August 31, 2022 https://www.marinelink.com/news/needs-done-improve-gender-equality-499141

Generations Y and Z urge the maritime industry to make human sustainability a strategic priority
29/08/2022

The call for change is clear from the 188 young leaders from 27 different countries, who participated in the Future Maritime Leaders essay competition, organized by the Global Maritime Forum. Top issues in the essays are human safety, inclusion and diversity, health, and wellbeing, and securing future skills and competencies across the industry.

US sentences ship Chief Engineer to prison for discharging oily waste
September 1, 2022 https://safety4sea.com/us-sentences-ship-chief-engineer-to-prison-for-di...

The US Department of Justice announced that the Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged vessel was sentenced to prison for deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge water overboard in U.S. waters off the coast of New Orleans last year, and for obstructing justice.

Magellan got the credit, but this man was first to sail around the world
Pablo Emilio Pérez Mallaína 1 Sept 2022 https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/09/ma...

Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first known circumnavigation of the globe in September 1522. The Basque navigator led the tattered remains of Magellan's fleet back to Spain after the commander's death in 1521.

Maritime traffic at Istanbul Strait resumes after cargo ship is rescued
2 September 2022 https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/maritime-traffic-at-istanbul-strait-resu...

The Lady Zehma faced a rudder failure and anchored in Bebek Bay, with rescue vessels and officials dispatched to assist the ship.