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Tankers, crimes, and fortunes
Andrew Craig-Bennett December 12, 2022 https://splash247.com/tankers-crimes-and-fortunes/

Andrew Craig-Bennett delves into the past as he worries about today’s growing dark fleet.

Balzac never wrote, “Behind every fortune there is a crime”.

He wrote, in Le Père Goriot, in 1834, “Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublié, parce qu’il a été proprement fait”.

Marcos says gov’t ‘working hard’ to upgrade maritime sector: ‘We have to get it done’
Prince Golez December 12, 2022 https://politics.com.ph/2022/12/12/marcos-says-govt-working-hard-to-upgr...

The Philippines is doing everything it can to meet the standards set by the European Union (EU) for the education, training, and certification of seafarers, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Sunday.

Fighting poverty through seafaring
Yashika F. Torib December 7, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/12/07/business/maritime/fighting-povert...

EFFREY Acuesta spent years of his childhood working long hours in a fast-food restaurant, cleaning his uncle's car and skipping meals to make enough money for a school where he studied on an empty stomach.

Three Crewmembers Refuse Rescue Waiting for Salvage
DEC 5, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/three-crewmembers-refuse-rescue-w...

Boosting security and transparency in shipping
December 8, 2022 https://splash247.com/boosting-security-and-transparency-in-shipping/

Container tracking and sensor technology are cost effective means of consistently increasing security, operational efficiency, and sharpening the competitive edge of first moving vessel operators, writes Christian Allred from ORBCOMM.

Rise of the dark fleet risks global shipping’s reputation
Sam Chambers December 8, 2022 https://splash247.com/rise-of-the-dark-fleet-risks-global-shippings-repu...

The growing size of the so-called dark tanker fleet poses a real threat to the reputation of global shipping, and puts the lives of seafarers at risk as well as the environment, leading shipping figures have warned.

Shipping industry backs government action in strike-hit South Korea
Margherita Bruno December 7, 2022 https://www.porttechnology.org/news/shipping-industry-backs-government-a...

Associations representing the nation’s shippers and carriers are reportedly backing President Yoon Suk-yeol as he prepares another executive order to force truckers back to work.

Shipping industry, unions come together to support seafarers
The Editorial Team December 7, 2022 https://safety4sea.com/shipping-industry-unions-come-together-to-support...

ITF, ICS and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC), have come together to sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to take forward the ‘spirit of cooperation’ that marked the shipping industry’s joint efforts throughout the pandemic.

Protecting the human rights of seafarers
Atty. Dennis Gorecho December 7, 2022 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/12/07/protecting-the-human-rights-of-...

Strike threat hangs over Hyundai yards as union mulls wage offer
Adam Corbett 7 December 2022

Workers at three Hyundai yards plan to go on a general strike from 13 December

A general strike at three Hyundai shipyards is in prospect with unions and employers still apparently miles apart on a wage agreement.

The latest management offer to increase basic pay by KRW 80,000 ($60.5) falls well short of the union's demand for a pay hike in excess of KRW 100,000.