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Authorities move to help free cargo ship crew stuck in Kaohsiung port
Tsai Meng-yu, Tseng Yi-ning and Evelyn Kao 09/18/2022 https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202209180026

Kaohsiung, Sept. 18 (CNA) The crew of a cargo vessel docked at Kaohsiung Harbor who have been unable to leave the vessel for more than six months can finally be allowed to leave Taiwan next week, after the Maritime Port Bureau (MPB) filed a request with a local court to appoint a ship manager.

Hundreds of Liverpool container workers set for two-week strike
Jess Clark 19 Sep 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/19/hundreds-of-liverpool-c...

Latest pay dispute could further disrupt UK supply chains already hit by walkouts at Felixstowe port

G7 needs to mind the maritime gaps to enforce a Russia oil cap
Michelle Wiese Bockmann 19 Sept 2022 https://www.ft.com/content/5bdddbee-6dd3-4c8a-929a-18f0833e6e0d

Producers and buyers are already exploiting the same tactics used to ship US-sanctioned Iranian and Venezuelan crude

If G7 leaders really want to enforce a proposed strict price cap on Russian oil exports, then they will have to do more to plug the regulatory gaps in the global shipping industry.

Iran counting on knowledge-based companies to develop maritime fleet
September 18, 2022 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/476830/Iran-counting-on-knowledge-based...

Uncertainty could hamper container and tanker outlooks— Poulsson
Peter Shaw-Smith | Sep 19, 2022 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/uncertainty-could-hamper-co...

Looming economic uncertainty and the fallout from the war in Ukraine could upset buoyant conditions in container and tanker trades, cautions former International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) chairman Esben Poulsson.

Changing tides and still waters
Elijah Jose C. Barrios September 16, 2022 https://opinion.inquirer.net/157038/changing-tides-and-still-waters

There are two months in a year when I feel that what I do matters to the world: June and September.

June is when we observe the International Day of Seafarers. And September is when the Philippines celebrates National Seafarers’ Day and Maritime Week.

Educating the Next Generation of Seafarers
15/09/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/educating-the-next-generation-of-se...

Hundreds of seafarers still stuck in Ukraine despite grains corridor - industry
Jonathan Saul https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hundreds-seafarers-still-stuck-ukra...

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Around 82 ships with 418 seafarers remain stuck around Ukrainian ports despite the opening of a U.N.-backed sea corridor to ship grains with efforts to get the mariners sailing still stuck, shipping industry officials said on Thursday.

MSC Cruises Crew Member Rescued After Going Overboard
Melissa MayntzSep 15, 2022 https://www.cruisehive.com/msc-cruises-crew-member-rescued-after-going-o...

A crew member has been successfully recovered after deliberately going overboard MSC Splendida due to a personal argument.

Seafarer airlifted from ship off coast of Cyprus
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seafarer-airlifted-from-ship-of...

Cyprus airlifts seafarer from Ukraine-flag cargo ship en route to Limassol before sailing to Haifa

A seaman was transported to Nicosia’s state hospital on Thursday following a medical emergency late at night on board a Ukraine-flag cargo ship bound for Israel.