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Job alert: Cruise industry opens to Filipino seafarers after Covid-19 hiatus
August 19, 2022 https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/19/job-alert-cruise-industry-opens-to-filipino...

After two years of lay-offs in the cruise ship industry due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) finally announced on Friday, August 19, the reopening of job offers coming from top local manning industries in the country.

PJ Garcia files ‘Passengers’ Rights’ bill
August 17, 2022 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1938113/cebu/local-news/pj-garcia-fil...

REP. Pablo John “PJ” Garcia (Cebu, 3rd) has filed a bill mandating the posting of passengers’ bill of rights in areas in airports and seaports where the public can easily view them.

DOE and ABS Launch New Studies on Nuclear Energy for Commercial Ships
Aug 17, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/doe-and-abs-launch-new-studies-on...

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded ABS a contract to research barriers to the adoption of advanced nuclear propulsion on commercial vessels.

Domestic shipping lines seek reforms in maritime laws
Genivi Verdejo August 17, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/17/business/maritime/domestic-shippi...

The Philippine Interisland Shipping Association (PISA) and Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) have asked for a review and amendments of maritime policies that burden the domestic shipping industry.

Bracing for the rising tide of cyber threats against the maritime industry
Xiang Zheng | Aug 18, 2022 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/opinions-analysis/bracing-rising-tide-...

Accelerated digitalisation in the shipping industry is opening it to a sharp rise in cyber threats, Teo Xiang Zheng, Head of Consulting, Ensign InfoSecurity, examines the situation and the defensive actions companies can take.

LT Marine makes a pitch to win over more seafarers
August 17, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/17/business/maritime/lt-marine-makes...

AS the global economy emerges from the impact of the pandemic, the shipping industry has begun to experience a marked uptick in demand for qualified and competent seafarers preferably Filipino seafarers.

Training stakeholders, union welcomes DMW plans for NMP
Yashika F. Torib August 17, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/17/business/maritime/training-stakeh...

MARITIME training stakeholders and the largest seafarer's union in the country welcomed the plans of the Department of Migrant Workers to convert the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) into the maritime industry's think tank.

AMP shipment committee manages to define employment contracts for Panamanian seafarers
17/08/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/amp-shipment-committee-manages-to-d...

Survey Highlights The Need For Action To Help Ukrainian Seafarers
MI News Network August 16, 2022 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/seafarer-welfare-survey-high...

A survey from Seafarers International Relief Fund and Ukraine Charity Co-ordination Group highlights the need for action to help Ukrainian seafarers travel internationally

The United Kingdom’s National Strategy for Maritime Security
August 16, 2022 https://news.usni.org/2022/08/16/the-united-kingdoms-national-strategy-f...

The following is the United Kingdom’s National Strategy for Maritime Security that was released this week.
From the report