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2023 Crew Welfare Week: Ensuring a holistic approach towards crew welfare
The Editorial Team June 20, 2023 https://safety4sea.com/2023-crew-welfare-week-key-considerations-to-ensu...

Embracing the role of the seafarers in shipping and focusing on seafarers’ wellness

he Crew Welfare Week is taking place from 20 to 22 June 2023, to discuss and embrace the role of the seafarers in shipping.

Drought-hit Panama Canal further restricts maximum ship depth
Elida Moreno/Reuters June 22, 2023 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/drought-hit-panama-canal-further-...

PANAMA CITY, June 21 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, one of the world's busiest trade passages, the canal authority's administrator said on Wednesday, citing shallower waters due to drought.

MISC group collaborates with global maritime leaders to develop future-ready maritime talents & next-generation ammonia engines
21/06/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/misc-group-collaborates-with-global...

Training Tips for Ships: Empowering Seafarers with AI
Murray Goldberg June 21, 2023 https://www.marinelink.com/news/training-tips-ships-empowering-seafarers...

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Trade association representing the UK’s maritime sector joins Seabed 2030
21/06/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/trade-association-representing-the-...

A new partnership has been announced between The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI), a leading trade association representing the UK’s maritime engineering and business sectors.

Ensuring Africa becomes a viable source of seafarers for generations to come
June 19, 2023 https://splash247.com/ensuring-africa-becomes-a-viable-source-of-seafare...

Craig De Savoye, commercial director at Protection Vessels International, with advice for those looking at Africa as a future crew sourcing area.

On June 8, Splash ran a story on how seafarer labour market tightness are at the highest levels ever recorded.

Hainan eases path for seafarers to be certified
CHEN BOWEN | 2023-06-18 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/18/WS648e7dd2a31033ad3f7bcda5.html

The Hainan Maritime Safety Administration issued China's first foreign ship captain certificate recognition visa to a Chinese crew member holding a ship captain competency certificate.

Japan Hopes To Shore Up Philippines’ Defense Amid Taiwan Conflict Fears
Tim Kelly, Sakura Murakami and Yukiko Toyoda/Reuters June 17, 2023 https://gcaptain.com/japan-hopes-to-shore-up-philippines-defense-amid-ta...

PCG monitors possible spill after ferry catches fire in Bohol
Jhunnex Napallacan, Leo Udtohan - June 19, 2023 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1789927/ferry-catches-fire-off-bohol-pcg-m...

Saudi Crude Tankers Cluster Near Red Sea Coast In Rare Move
Bloomberg June 17, 2023

Supertankers holding more than 20 million barrels of Saudi Arabian crude are clustered off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the most since the depths of the worldwide pandemic in 2020, data from Vortexa showed.