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15 Syrian Mariners in Distress Rescued from their Sinking Cargo Ship
Alfie Dsouza, Team Mangalorean. - June 22, 2022 https://www.mangalorean.com/15-syrian-mariners-in-distress-rescued-from-...

Medina resigns as STCW executive director
Genivi Verdejo June 22, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/22/business/maritime/medina-resigns-...

RETIRED Vice Admiral Rene Villena Medina tendered his resignation as executive director of the STCW Office of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on Friday (June 17).

Pagdinig tungkol sa nasunog na MV Mercraft 2, nagpapatuloy
Jun 22 2022 https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/06/22/22/pagdinig-tungkol-sa-nasunog...

MANILA – Tuloy-tuloy ang pagdinig ng pamahalaan sa kaso ng nasunog na MV Mercraft 2 kung saan nasa 7 pasahero ang namatay nitong Mayo.

DBP earmarks P50-B loan facility for the maritime industry
Carmela I. Huelar June 22, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/22/business/maritime/dbp-earmarks-p5...

Three seafarers airlifted after blast on MSC container ship
Gary Dixon 22 June 2022 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/three-seafarers-airlifted-afte...

The incident caused a fire on board and the ship lost power.

Regional emergency authorities were alerted when the vessel was about 40km off Cape Cepet, en route for Fos-sur-Mer.

COVID-19 vaccines remain available to foreign seafarers in Canada
22/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/covid-19-vaccines-remain-available-...

Research into social interaction among crew informs new guidance for the maritime sector
21/06/2022 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/research-into-social-interaction-am...

Seafarer repatriation provision on MLC amended
Yashika F. Torib June 22, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/22/business/maritime/seafarer-repatr...

THE Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) 2006 provision on the repatriation of internationally deployed seafarers is among those that were amended in the recently concluded International Labor Convention (ILC) in Switzerland.

A job of a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO | June 21,2022 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/448778/a-job-of-a-seafarer-is-not-exa...

“A job of a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park.”

I usually cite this quote from the Supreme Court case of Oriental Ship mgt. vs. Bastol (G.R. No. 186289 June 29, 2010) as an opening statement during my paralegal lectures on seafarers rights.

Sea piracy is at a low but data-driven technology will drive it down even further
Julian Longson 20 June 2022 https://technative.io/sea-piracy-is-at-a-low-but-data-driven-technology-...

Incidents of piracy at sea may be at their lowest for 27 years according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau, but the threats remain significant, demanding fresh data-driven approaches as well as security hardware