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Pirates strike Pemex oil platform
Adis Ajdin June 20, 2022 https://splash247.com/pirates-strike-pemex-oil-platform/

A group of ten armed men has reportedly carried out another heist in the Gulf of Mexico, taking equipment, tools, materials and other items from a Campeche Bay oil platform owned by the Mexican state oil firm Pemex.

UK seafarer gets jail time for fatal Baltic Sea collision
Adis AjdinJune 17, 2022 https://splash247.com/uk-seafarer-gets-jail-time-for-fatal-baltic-sea-co...

A Danish court has sentenced a UK seafarer to 18 months in prison for his role in a fatal collision in the Baltic Sea last year.

Hyundai’s autonomous ship is the first to make a transoceanic journey
Kristin Houser June 19, 2022 https://www.freethink.com/technology/autonomous-ships

The Prism Courage's AI helped it avoid collisions more than 100 times.

A major argument for autonomous vehicles is that they’ll make roads safer by removing human error — by far the dominant cause of traffic accidents — from the equation.

Striking photos of Chinese sailors living in squalid Liverpool hostel from bygone era
Lee Grimsditch 17 June 2022 https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article24255617.ece/ALTERNA...

Photos show the intolerable conditions as men washed themselves in sinks and buckets and cooked food in stoves in their cramped rooms

AGCS review says shipping is resilient, but challenges remain - Daily Cargo News
Abby Williams 17th June 2022 https://www.thedcn.com.au/news/bulk-trades-shipping/shipping-industry-re...

Case Study: Captain Conceals COVID Symptoms From Port Officials
Jun 16, 2022 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/how-many-vessel-operators-...

Port unions have long bargained over disruptive innovations
Meghan McCarty Carino Jun 17, 2022 https://www.marketplace.org/2022/06/17/port-unions-have-long-bargained-o...

The Big Bang Event: The Return Of Posidonia Highlights Renewed Optimism For A More Buyoant Shipping Industry
17/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-big-bang-event-the-return-of-po...

Posidonia, the Home of Shipping has reopened its doors to a great reception from the global maritime community who will be hoping for them to never be shut again.

PH seafarers to benefit from maritime labor convention amendments
Ferdinand Patinio June 17, 2022 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1176961

MANILA – The Philippines is among countries that will greatly benefit from the amendments to several provisions of the Maritime Labor Convention of 2006, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Friday.

How Many Vessel Operators Conceal COVID Symptoms Among the Crew?
Jun 16, 2022 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/how-many-vessel-operators-...