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Vessel caught smuggling diesel
20 Oct 2021 https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2201111/vessel-caught-smugglin...

A small oil tanker carrying 400,000 litres of smuggled diesel was seized and its crew arrested in Samut Prakan on Saturday.

Officials provided details of the raid on Tuesday.

Container-ship traffic jam in Southeast Asia worst since April
October 15, 2021 https://www.bworldonline.com/container-ship-traffic-jam-in-southeast-asi...

Typhoon Kompasu has resulted in the worst container shipping traffic jam in months, one that now stretches throughout Southeast Asia and may take weeks to unravel.

Piraeus port deal intensifies Greece’s unease over China links
Eleni Varvitsioti 19 Oct 2021 https://www.ft.com/content/3e91c6d2-c3ff-496a-91e8-b9c81aed6eb8

Beijing cements control of key EU infrastructure but locals say they have not seen the investment they expected

The Chinese-lettered banner hanging over the entrance is one of the few signs that Beijing now controls Europe’s fourth-biggest container port.

55 heirs of victims of sunken ferry ship to get P199.1M
Rio N. Araja October 19, 2021 https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/367723/55-heirs-of-victims-o...

Filipino seafarers exploited by Fiji’s Goundar finally make it home
15 Oct 2021 https://www.itfglobal.org/en/news/filipino-seafarers-exploited-fijis-gou...

'Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind'
Yashika F. Torib October 20, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/10/20/business/maritime/out-of-sight-no...

The cover photo taken by Filipino Ordinary Seaman, Aljon Manlangit, entitled ‘Papa is tired, but Papa will never give up’. PHOTO FROM ITF

Music, Beer, Wi-Fi At Sea: Managing Morale For Sailors Stuck At Anchor
October 18, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/music-beer-wi-fi-at-sea-managing-morale-for-sailors...

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) Plenty of things might keep container-ship captain Markus Grote up at night while sailing across the ocean, but lately there’s another kind of sinking feeling that worries him: crew morale.

Taiwan Coastguard Rescues 14 from Stranded Cargo Ship in Typhoon
Oct 18, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/taiwan-coastguard-rescues-14-...

Spinal conditions as compensable work-related illnesses
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO | October 19,2021 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/406749/spinal-conditions-as-compensab...

Video shows ship packed with Chinese tanks for 'future battlefield' in Taiwan
Keoni Everington, 2021/10/18 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4318076

Hundreds of tanks, assault vehicles shown inside 'big belly' of civilian RORO ship