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Filipino seafarers to lose jobs as 'ambulance chasers' win
Yashika F. Torib May 24, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/05/24/business/maritime/filipino-seafar...

A BLEAK future of unemployment for Filipino seafarers continues to worsen as shipowners and international maritime employers decided to "look elsewhere" to finally save themselves from millions of dollars worth of unfair monetary claims.

Stricter immigration controls for seafarers entering Brazil now in force
25 May 2023 https://www.gard.no/web/articles?documentId=35426412

Following Brazil’s ratification of ILO Convention 185, only seafarers’ identification documents issued by ILO Convention 185 member states are accepted as valid travelling documents by Brazil, without the need for a visa.

The escrow provision and the legal battle for seafarer’s compensation
Atty. Dennis Gorecho May 26, 2023 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/26/the-escrow-provision-and-the-le...

Ship Suspected of 150-Mile-Long Oil Slick in Red Sea
Mike Schuler May 24, 2023 https://gcaptain.com/ship-suspected-of-150-mile-long-oil-slick-in-red-sea/

An approximately 150-mile-long oil slick that has been spotted in the Red Sea is believed to have been released by a merchant ship, according to satellite-monitoring environmental group SkyTruth.

The discharge was initially spotted off the coast of Sudan by Sentinel-2 satellite imagery on May 19, 2023.

Korean Seafarer Rescued After Falling from Merchant Ship in Qatar
MI News Network May 25, 2023 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/korean-seafarer-rescued-afte...

On 24 May, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) declared that a collaboration of different Qatari forces successfully rescued a Korean national after he fell from a merchant vessel in Qatari waters.

I-Team: Undeclared dangerous goods pose risk to cargo ships, crew
Cheryl Fiandaca May 24, 2023 https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/i-team-undeclared-dangerous-hazmat-g...

BOSTON - Ninety percent of traded goods are shipped by sea and 10% contain what is called dangerous goods, according to the World Shipping Council.

Container ship refloated in Suez Canal after running aground
May 25, 2023 https://www.geo.tv/latest/489260-container-ship-refloated-in-suez-canal-...

The picture shows a tugboat pulling the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier M/V Glory in the Suez Canal near al-Qantarah between Port Said and Ismailia. — AFP/File

Tulfo: Ships are hiring more seamen from other countries instead of Filipinos
Mario Casayuran May 22, 2023 https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/22/tulfo-ships-are-hiring-more-seamen-from-othe...

Senator Rafael “Raffy” Tulfo on Monday, May 22, expressed concern that ships are hiring more seamen from Vietnam, Myanmar, Africa and China rather than Filipinos in the recent years.

CHED, MARINA to release new maritime education curriculum
Tristan Nodalo, May 21, 2023 https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/5/21/ched-marina-maritime-curri...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 21) — Following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) will be rolling out a new maritime education curriculum soon.

COVID boom not over yet for ‘landlords’ of shipping lines
22/05/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/covid-boom-not-over-yet-for-landlor...

Foreign container lines were widely blamed for stratospheric freight rates during the supply chain crisis. President Joe Biden proclaimed last June he was “viscerally angry” at the “rip-off,” clenching his fist and saying he felt like “popping someone,” presumably a foreign container-line executive.