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Shipowners make payoffs to free vessels held by Indonesian navy near Singapore- sources
Joe Brock November 14, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/shipowners-make-payoffs-free-...

IMO to Establish International Day for Women in Maritime
Mike Schuler November 12, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/imo-to-establish-international-day-for-women-in-mar...

The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) will establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, a move some say has been a long time coming.

COVID-19 – Singapore launches SeaVax 2.0
13/11/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/covid-19-singapore-launches-seavax-...

Please refer to our previous news item from September linked at the bottom of this page, when the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Singapore Shipping Tripartite Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund launched the SeaVax programme.

The shipping carryouts from COP26
Sam Chambers November 12, 2021 https://splash247.com/the-shipping-carryouts-from-cop26/

From the chilly, grey surroundings of Glasgow, the United Nations packs up its climate summit, COP26, today, ready to head to the sunnier climes of Sharm el-Sheik on the Red Sea next year.

Shipping needs a ringside seat at international debates says InterManager
13/11/2021

Shipping needs a “King Arthur-style” round table of many relevant bodies to fully represent its views at international level and “do it justice”, InterManager’s President Mark O’Neil said during the association’s Annual General Meeting this week.

Industry, unions, UN taskforce to support seafarers in green transition
Marcus Hand | Nov 11, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/environmental/industry-unions-un-taskf...

The shipping industry, unions and the UN are forming a task force to drive decarbonisation and support seafarers through the transition.

Task force established at COP26 to support seafarers through green transition
Kim Biggar November 12, 2021 https://splash247.com/task-force-established-at-cop26-to-support-seafare...

Digitalisation offers tremendous upside for the shipping industry
Rainbow Nelson | Oct 27, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/technology/digitalisation-offers-treme...

John Lusk, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Spire Maritime talks about what has been holding back maritime digitalisation.

Seatrade Maritime News: What has been holding back the industry’s adoption of new technology and digitalization?

105 containers that fell off cargo ship believed to have sunk: coast guard
Nov. 12, 2021 https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/105-containers-that-fell-off-cargo-sh...

The Canadian Coast Guard says it believes that many, if not all, of the 109 containers that fell from a cargo ship off Victoria in late October have sunk.

Fiji, Philippines urged to do more for seafarers
Christine Rovoi 10 Nov 2021 https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/455384/fiji-philippines...

The International Transport Workers Federation is calling on Fiji and the Philippines to uphold and protect the rights of seafarers.

A group of Filipino sailors stranded in Fiji - some for up to three years - have been allowed to leave the country.