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Port operators warn: P200K hike in shipping costs loom due to Gatchalians’ Manila Bay reclamation
October 25, 2023 https://bilyonaryo.com/2023/10/25/port-operators-warn-p200k-hike-in-ship...

Greater intervention needed to battle shipping’s tragic rates of suicide
Sam Chambers October 24, 2023 https://splash247.com/greater-intervention-needed-to-battle-shippings-tr...

Seafaring remains a profession that suffers from a far higher rate of suicide than most other careers, and yet there remains no official statistics on how serious a crisis this is for the shipping industry despite many bodies calling for greater transparency on the issue.

2023 SAFETY4SEA Manila Forum: Priority areas for maritime stakeholders to elevate seafarers’ welfare
The Editorial Team October 24, 2023 https://safety4sea.com/2023-safety4sea-manila-forum-priority-areas-for-m...

Anchor of Chinese container vessel caused damage to Balticconnector gas pipeline, Finnish police say
JARI TANNER October 25, 2023 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anchor-chinese-container-vessel-caused-19...

HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish investigators said Tuesday they believed an anchor of a Chinese container ship was dislodged and caused the damage to the undersea Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia on the Baltic Sea earlier this month.

Maersk Sued Over 2021 Cargo Loss
Mike Schuler October 23, 2023 https://gcaptain.com/maersk-sued-over-2021-cargo-loss/

Danish shipping line Maersk is facing a $5.8 million lawsuit over the loss of containers from the Maersk Eindhoven in 2021.

The lawsuit was filed last by the insurer for retail giant Target, Starr Indemnity & Liability Company, in the Southern District of New York. It seeks damages for the loss of 57 containers carrying Target goods.

One dead, Filipino seafarer rescued in cargo ships’ North Sea collision
Agence France-Presse / October 24, 2023 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1850445/one-dead-filipino-seafarer-rescued...

It's a long queue that could have repercussions on our daily lives. For the past few weeks, hundreds of container ships have been clogging up in front of one of the essential links in international trade. The Panama Canal, a gigantic corridor some 80 kilometers long, has been taken over by merchant ships.

Big 3 Korean shipbuilders likely to log quarterly profits in 11 years
23/10/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/big-3-korean-shipbuilders-likely-to...

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders are likely to log quarterly surplus for the July-September period and remain in the black for years, thanks to rises in newbuild ship prices, banking sources said.

Finding it hard to talk
October 24, 2023 https://splash247.com/finding-it-hard-to-talk/

Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, on the worrying trend among seafarers who are finding it hard to properly talk with each other.

DMW updates list of risk areas for seafarers
Gerard Naval - October 23, 2023 https://malaya.com.ph/news_news/dmw-updates-list-of-risk-areas-for-seafa...

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is advising employers of Filipino seafarers to observe payment of appropriate wages and benefits if their operations involve areas that are classified as “war-like” and “high risk” waters.