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Tackling the challenge of recognising seafarer vaccinations
Marcus Hand | Nov 22, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/tackling-challenge-recognis...

With crew change set to continue being a challenge in 2022 the vaccination of seafarers and recognition of that vaccinated status are seen as a key issues by senior leaders from across the spectrum of the industry including unions, shipowners, and government authority representatives.

IMO Secretary-General hails Vietnam's maritime development potential
VNA November 24, 2021 https://en.vietnamplus.vn/imo-secretarygeneral-hails-vietnams-maritime-d...

London (VNA) – Vietnam has great potential for developing maritime industry, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Kitack Lim said during a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long at the IMO’s headquarters in London on November 22.

How the world’s big shipping lines are spending their pandemic profits
Nicolás Rivero November 23, 2021 https://qz.com/2093954/how-big-shipping-lines-are-spending-their-pandemi...

The world’s largest shipping lines are reaching the peak of their most profitable run in history. Now, they’re starting to decide how they’ll invest the billions of dollars they’re raking in each quarter.

Dead Crewmembers Stuck Aboard Cargo Ships
Nov 23rd, 2021 https://www.manufacturing.net/video/video/21915872/dead-crewmembers-stuc...

Ship captain convicted of estafa
Benjamin Pulta November 22, 2021 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1160537

MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the ruling of a Manila court convicting a ship captain for estafa after defrauding a local shipping company of PHP5 million to invest in a mining firm.

The Ship’s Captain Died at Sea. Six Months Later, His Body Was Still in the Freezer
Drew Hinshaw, Vipal Monga and Joe Parkinson Nov. 19, 2021 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ships-captain-died-at-sea-six-months-la...

Seafaring platform set to launch in PH
November 22, 2021 https://manilastandard.net/business/it-telecom/370565/seafaring-app-set-...

A Greek startup application is about to help the Philippine seafaring industry select the right workforce that fits the requirements of foreign ship owners.

First electric autonomous cargo ship launched in Norway
22/11/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/first-electric-autonomous-cargo-shi...

Zero emissions and, soon, zero crew: the world’s first fully electric autonomous cargo vessel was unveiled in Norway, a small but promising step towards reducing the maritime industry’s climate footprint.

Is shipping the right scapegoat for the R&D fund? Are shipowners the beasts of burden, cash cows or scapegoats?
23/11/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/is-shipping-the-right-scapegoat-for...

The shipowner is a proverbial scapegoat in today’s environmental perspective.

Iran Seizes Vessel And Crew Carrying Smuggled Fuel
Reuters November 20, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/iran-seizes-vessel-and-crew-carrying-smuggled-fuel/

Nov 20 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had seized a foreign ship in Gulf waters loaded with what they described as smuggled diesel.

Guards commander Ahmad Hajian said the ship’s 11 crew had been detained, but did not give details on their nationality or identify the ship.