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Empowering Women in Shipping: The Route to Achieving Gender Equality
17/05/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/empowering-women-in-shipping-the-ro...

Elpi Petraki, Operations, Chartering and Business Development Manager at ENEA Management, and President of WISTA Hellas, says it is vital that the industry works together to empower women working in shipping and eliminate gender inequality.

Russia’s isolation deepens as shipping lines make final port calls
Greg Miller, May 11, 2022 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/russias-economic-isolation-deepens-as-...

Shipping lines wind down remaining services to Russia’s European ports

Russia’s ocean container imports continue to collapse as shipping lines wind down the last remnants of their services to the country’s ports.

Crew members rescued as cargo ship capsizes off Japan
Gary Dixon 17 May 2022 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/crew-members-rescued-as-cargo-...

Three elderly crew members were injured after being thrown overboard

All five seafarers onboard a capsized Japanese cargo ship have been rescued.

Protesters Block Tanker with Russian Cargo from Entering UK Port
Jonathan Saul/Reuters May 16, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/protesters-block-tanker-with-russian-cargo-from-ent...

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) – Greenpeace protesters have blocked the entry of a Greek tanker into a southern English port due to its Russian fuel cargo with police making arrests, the green group said on Monday, drawing condemnation from the British government.

Foreign orders boost China shipbuilding firm linked to military
17 May 2022 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/17/foreign-orders-boost-china-ship...

US think tank says shipping firms need to reconsider approach given shipyards links to military.

MARINA slashes fees for 2 seafarer certifications
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz May 16, 2022 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1174552

MANILA – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has reduced the fees for two of its certifications for seafarers by over a third on Monday.

Shipping industry adopts amendments to Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) to improve seafarers’ conditions
Press release | 16 May 2022 https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_845144/lang-...

Drawing from lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, stakeholders in the global shipping industry have adopted amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 to improve the living and working conditions of seafarers.

Remittances jump 3.2% in March
Keisha B. Ta-asan May 17, 2022 https://www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/2022/05/17/448839/remittances-j...

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MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipinos rose by 3.2% in March, reflecting improved economic conditions in many host countries as pandemic restrictions eased.

Solon sounds off ‘SOS’ for maritime schools
May 7, 2022 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/05/07/solon-sounds-off-sosfor-maritim...

SEN. Joel Villanueva has asked the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to focus on ensuring the quality of Filipino maritime graduates for better employability, and not on curtailing access to maritime schools, as the agency proposed a moratorium on establishing new learning institutions of the latter’s kind.

COSCO: China’s shipping giant expands its global influence
16/05/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cosco-chinas-shipping-giant-expands...

The world’s leading shippers all stopped deliveries to and from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine — with one crucial exception. That, according to the London-based data analytics company GlobalData, was the industry’s fourth-biggest player, China COSCO Shipping Corporation Ltd.