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Filipinos still face challenges of seafarer competency
Genivi Verdejo June 29, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/29/business/maritime/filipinos-still...

INTERNATIONAL business groups looked deeper into the Filipino seafarers' competency issues in global shipping to fill in the gaps.

Master and first officer of Korean bulker fined for sailing through Great Barrier Reef
Adis Ajdin June 28, 2022 https://splash247.com/master-and-first-officer-of-korean-bulker-fined-fo...

A master and the first officer of SW Shipping’s capesize bulk carrier Sea Coen have been fined for exiting a designated shipping area within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Portland: Delegation brings solidarity to migrant seafarers
Danny O'Brien June 26, 2022 https://www.workers.org/2022/06/65060/

Portland, Oregon

The writer was part of the delegation that boarded the Otago Harbour ship.

Devotion to Our Lady of Caysasay and Ma-Cho, Chinese patron saint of seafarers
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO - | June 28,2022 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/450161/devotion-to-our-lady-of-caysas...

Paying homage to Lady of Caysasay in Batangas and Ma-Cho in La Union is a confluence of tradition practiced by both Filipinos and Tsinoys in simultaneous Christian and Chinese rituals.

New Hanjin shipyard owner wants risks insured
Ben O. de Vera - March 31, 2022 https://business.inquirer.net/344754/new-hanjin-shipyard-owner-wants-ris...

The new owner of the Hanjin shipyard at the Subic Bay freeport zone will start operations only when assured that industrial risks arising from the investment are insured, according to the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).

‘Ridiculous’: company responsible for towing Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant dismisses allegations of foul play

BREAKING: Leyte-bound passenger ship catches fire, rescue ongoing
Morexette Marie B. Erram - June 26,2022 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/449936/leyte-bound-passenger-ship-cat...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) on Sunday, June 26 confirmed that a passenger vessel en route to Leyte caught fire.

As shipping goes digital, seafarers matter more than ever
June 24, 2022 https://splash247.com/as-shipping-goes-digital-seafarers-matter-more-tha...

A permanent fix for seafarers as essential workers
June 24, 2022 https://splash247.com/a-permanent-fix-for-seafarers-as-essential-workers/

Dr Carolyn Graham, an expert in maritime sociology, gives her take on what the industry ought to be addressing on this year’s Day of the Seafarer.

Seafarers' Day honours maritime journeys and voyages
25 June 2022 https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1121342

The United Nations has underlined its support for the men and women working at sea, whose immeasurable contributions help to keep global trade moving.