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Maritime companies sign gender equality pledge: Carnival UK, DP World and BP Shipping to address lack of women in sector in UK
Josh Spero, Transport July 6, 2018 https://www.ft.com/content/fff5f104-805e-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d

Forty large maritime companies have signed a gender equality pledge to address the paucity of women in the UK industry, where only 2 per cent of the workforce are female.

Search resumes for 23 missing tourists in Thai boat tragedy
Associated Press / July 07, 2018 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1007927/search-resumes-for-23-missing-touri...

PHUKET, Thailand — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers, as a search resumed Saturday for some 23 mostly Chinese tourists missing.

Remittances and allotment of Filipino seafarers
Dennis Gorecho - July 7, 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/remittances-and-allotment-of-filipino-seafarers/

ALLOTMENT has become a common problem in connection with Filipino seafarers’ remittances which comprise at least 22 percent of the total dollar remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Crew death case: Ship captain gets Madras high court relief
Jul 7, 2018

Chennai: The Madras high court has quashed criminal proceeding against captain of oil tanker M T Pratibha Cauvery, which ran aground and led to the death of six sailors off Chennai coast on October 31, 2012, for abetting death of the crew members.

Oil spill contingency planning in focus at IMO regional workshop in Malaysia
07 Jul 2018 https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/52062-oil-spill-contingency-plannin...

Oil spill contingency planning is in the spotlight at an IMO regional workshop in Pulau Indah, Malaysia (2-6 July). The workshop is helping countries* in South East Asia become more familiar with the ASEAN Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan.

IMO to discuss transparency and lobbying power
BY NIKLAS KRIGSLUND 05.07.18

The IMO is prepared to look into whether the organization is too closed off and if it grants too much power to the shipping lobby, reports a media. This comes after a reform proposal from several member states.

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Ground-breaking seafarer welfare training programme launched
25 June 2018 https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/news/ground-breaking-seafare...

The ITF Seafarers' Trust and the World Maritime University have announced a new training programme designed to equip maritime professionals with key skills and knowledge to support the welfare of seafarers.

Garrets International and Sailors’ Society Scholarship Enables Student To Pursue Career At Sea
July 4, 2018

Cruise ship with illegal job recruits held
Greg Refraccion - July 04, 2018 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1006849/cruise-ship-with-illegal-job-recrui...

ORION, Bataan — Authorities have stopped a ship from sailing off to Micronesia with 139 Filipinos who were allegedly illegally recruited to work abroad, many of them with expertise in making “lechon” (roast pig).

Crew of NGO ship impounded in Malta sound alarm as search and rescue co-operation founders in Mediterranean
July 4, 2018 https://theconversation.com/crew-of-ngo-ship-impounded-in-malta-sound-al...