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Prospect of no large tankers and gas carriers transiting the Panama Canal from next year
Sam Chambers November 6, 2023 https://splash247.com/prospect-of-no-large-tankers-and-gas-carriers-tran...

Oslo Shipholding cargo ship banned for a year after yet another detention
Gary Dixon 3 November 2023 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/news/oslo-shipholding-cargo-ship-banned-f...

Paris MOU bars Albanian-controlled vessel following latest inspection in Italy

An ageing general cargo ship has been barred from European ports for 12 months after running afoul of port state inspectors once again.

Seafarers’ Rights and Safety: Joint IMO/ILO Conference on Work at Sea has much to deliver
Sue Terpilowski November 2, 2023 https://seanews.co.uk/people/seafarers-rights-and-safety-joint-imo-ilo-c...

IMEQ Center claims world’s first with AI model to assess seafarer mental health
Eric Priante Martin 3 November 2023

Greek outfit says predictive model boosts accuracy of pre-employee screenings but does not replace human psychologists

A seafarer mental health centre in Greece is launching what it claims is the world’s first artificial intelligence model applied to mental health screenings for seafarers.

‘Challenging times ahead’: Maersk lets go of thousands of staff
Sam Chambers November 3, 2023 https://splash247.com/challenging-times-ahead-maersk-lets-go-of-thousand...

India to Build 24 Cargo Ships for Russia
Nov 3, 2023 https://maritime-executive.com/article/india-to-build-24-cargo-ships-for...

Germany Will Raise Cargo Ship Verity as Collision Investigation Proceeds
Nov 2, 2023 https://maritime-executive.com/article/germany-will-raise-cargo-ship-ver...

Seafarers Happiness Index suffers its longest decline
Sam Chambers November 2, 2023 https://splash247.com/seafarers-happiness-index-suffers-its-longest-decl...

Alarm for crew welfare as latest Seafarers Happiness Index report reveals further fall in Q3 2023
02/11/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/alarm-for-crew-welfare-as-latest-se...

Israel-Hamas war rocket attacks are leading oil tankers to make unusual moves near ports
Lori Ann LaRocco Oct 30 2023 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/30/israel-hamas-war-and-rocket-attacks-lead...

Oil tankers in the Red Sea are taking unusual actions amid the Israel-Hamas war, shutting off their global tracking transponders — called Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) — in an effort to traverse the waters undetected