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Joint ILO-IMO Meeting Adopts Guidelines On Seafarer Abandonment
MI News Network December 21, 2022 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/joint-ilo-imo-meeting-adopts...

New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.

MSC container ship crew died in accident on board
Dec 21, 2022 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2022/40549/msc-container-ship-cre...

Crew member of container ship MSC RESILIENT III died on board, understood in an accident, in the morning Dec 21 at Bluff, South Island, New Zealand. Cargo operations were already completed and dockers left the ship, reportedly ship’s cranes were moved when accident happened. Investigation under way.

Dozens of merchant ships stuck off Iran as payment snags bite - sources
December 21, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dozens-merchant-ships-stuck-of...

LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Dozens of merchant ships with grains and sugar are stuck outside Iranian ports after weeks of delays as payments snags disrupt flows of goods into the country, according to trade sources and shipping data.

Japanese Fishing Vessel Sinks After Collision With Container Ship
Dec 21, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/japanese-fishing-vessel-sinks-aft...

On Wednesday, a Japanese cargo ship struck and sank a fishing vessel in the Seto Inland Sea, on the approaches to Osaka. 

Captain Presumed Dead After Cargo Ship Burns off Turkey
Dec 21, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/captain-presumed-dead-after-cargo...

The abandoned ship drifted toward shore and is still being cooled after the fire was extinguished (Directorate General photos)

Seafarer concerns government's top priority – DMW
Yashika F. Torib December 21, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/12/21/business/maritime/seafarer-concer...

2022: The year shipping made do without China
Sam Chambers December 16, 2022 https://splash247.com/2022-the-year-shipping-made-do-without-china/

Shipping is never dull, and the moment you feel it might be is probably the time to seek a different career. Being in this industry gives those curious enough an advanced view from the bridge of geopolitical and economic forces shaping the world.

TSIB Investigation: Fatality due to cargo hold’s low oxygen concentrations
The Editorial Team December 19, 2022 https://safety4sea.com/tsib-investigation-fatality-due-to-cargo-holds-lo...

The Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore (TSIB) published its accident report on the bulker Nozomi, onboard which a seafarer died after entering a cargo hold, and suffered from oxygen deficient atmosphere.

The incident

NYK Offers Students in Yokohama a Peek into the Seafaring Life
19/12/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/nyk-offers-students-in-yokohama-a-p...

Shipping Industry, Unions Welcome Action From President Marcos Jr On Key Seafarer Issues
MI News Network December 19, 2022 https://www.marineinsight.com/videos/shipping-industry-unions-welcome-ac...