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Taiwan offers foreign fishermen more jobs, vows to ‘systematically improve’ migrant worker rights
Ralph Jennings 8 Jan, 2023 https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3205855/taiwan-offer...

Seafarer dead of possible heart attack onboard bulker off India
January 4, 2023 https://safety4sea.com/seafarer-dead-of-possible-heart-attack-onboard-bu...

A seafarer died from a suspected heart attack on a supramax bulker anchored off the port of Paradip in Odisha, India, on January 3.

Sunk KM Mekar Jaya's 10 crew return home to Tangerang
7th January 2023 https://en.antaranews.com/news/268746/sunk-km-mekar-jayas-10-crew-return...

Belitung, Bangka Belitung (ANTARA) - The 10 surviving crew members of the KM Mekar Jaya ship that sank in the Java Sea were sent back home to Tangerang on Saturday afternoon.

Vietnam Maritime Corp reports bigger revenues, smaller profits in 2022
Anh Duy January 7, 2023 https://e.vnexpress.net/news/companies/vietnam-maritime-corp-reports-big...

Vietnam Maritime Corp (VMIC) recorded consolidated profits of some VND3.129 trillion ($130.4 million) last year for a year-on-year decrease of 14%,

IMO adopts new protections for endangered whales along the California coast
Kim Biggar January 6, 2023 https://splash247.com/imo-adopts-new-protections-for-endangered-whales-a...

More women venture into the maritime sector
Nondumiso Lehutso 8 Jan 2023 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/more-women-venture-into-the...

Vessel construction company sees its first female rigger.

Rigging in the maritime sector is no longer just a man’s world, according to Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT).

Philippines’ seafarer group questions why Chinese dredgers don’t hire Filipinos to control vessels
ANI 5 January, 2023 https://theprint.in/world/philippines-seafarer-group-questions-why-chine...

Nigerian seafaring at risk over ban on 400, 000 Philippine professionals
Adaku Onyenucheya 05 January 2023 https://guardian.ng/business-services/nigerian-seafaring-at-risk-over-ba...

Experts have warned that placing a sailing ban on over 400,000 Filipino seafarers from working on European Union-flagged vessels and effectively leaving them jobless will threaten global seafarers manpower and leave the world economy staggering.

Certainty, communication, and connectivity raises seafarers’ satisfaction levels
05/01/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/certainty-communication-and-connect...

Efforts to improve life at sea for seafarers have not gone to naught as Q3 results reflects sustained optimism with an overall average of 7.3/10, a small uptick from 7.21 in the previous quarter.

30 Filipino seafarers abandoned by Chinese vessel employer
January 4, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/01/04/business/maritime/30-filipino-sea...