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UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement
Agence France-Presse / August 27, 2022 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1654103/un-session-on-high-seas-biodiversi...

UNITED NATIONS – UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges.

Chinese state-run defence firm revealed as VLCC owner
Sam Chambers August 26, 2022 https://splash247.com/chinese-state-run-defence-firm-revealed-as-vlcc-ow...

State-run China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) is a tanker owner, shuttling oil back home from Venezuela.

MARINA advises onboard seafarers holding expired certs to apply for revalidation
Susan De Leon August 26, 2022 https://pia.gov.ph/news/2022/08/26/marina-advises-onboard-seafarers-hold...

Investing In Seafarer Wellbeing: The Right Thing To Do
28 Aug 2022 https://www.lr.org/en/insights/articles/investing-in-seafarer-wellbeing/

Standfirst: Eastern Pacific Shipping’s Life at Sea Programme aims to improve the long term mental and physical wellbeing of its 6000-strong and growing workforce. Here, CEO Cyril Ducau explains the thinking behind the organisation’s approach.

Bulk Carrier Hit Offshore Platform Due to Charting Error, Poor Bridge Resource Management, NTSB Finds
August 26, 2022 https://www.marinelink.com/news/bulk-carrier-hit-offshore-platform-due-4...

Priest urges repatriation of stranded Indonesian crew
Staff writer, with CNA Aug 27, 2022 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/08/27/2003784248

A Kaohsiung-based Indonesian priest has urged the Maritime and Port Bureau to allow the repatriation of eight Indonesian sailors who have been stuck on their vessel for nearly six months at Kaohsiung Port.

Seafarers stuck at Felixstowe port during strike
Marcus Hand | Aug 26, 2022 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports/seafarers-stuck-felixstowe-port-...

ulian Wong Stella Maris chaplain East Anglia

Incident Photos: Cargo Ship and Bulker Damaged in Sabine Pass Collision
Mike Schuler August 24, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/cargo-ship-and-bulker-damaged-in-sabine-pass-collis...

A cargo ship and bulk carrier sustained damage following a collision in Sabine Pass ship channel over the weekend after one of the vessels suffered a loss of steering.

Canceled sailings, stuck vessels, warehouse prices show U.S. ports are still struggling
Lori Ann LaRocco Aug 25 2022 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/25/china-shipments-are-way-down-but-us-port...

UK port strike threatens to deepen supply chain and price woes
Veronique DUPONT 08/25/22 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-port-strike-threatens-deepen-supply-chain-p...

A strike over pay at Britain's largest container port threatens to spark fresh delays and rising costs for companies and consumers alike, but logistics experts say there should be no product shortages.