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International Day for Women in Maritime, 18 May 2023 09/05/2023
Statement on piracy incidents in the Gulf of Guinea 12/04/2023
Black Sea Grain Initiative extension 23/03/2023
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21/03/2023
International Women’s Day 2023 08/03/2023
United Nations Ocean Treaty (BBNJ) 05/03/2023
Mrs. Mandana Mansoorian 27/02/2023
Ukraine 24/02/2023
World Ocean Day 2022 08/06/2022
Ukraine 26/02/2022
Euroferry Olympia (updated) 25/02/2022
Tonga volcano and tsunami 17/01/2022
MV Mercer Street 31/07/2021
World Ocean Day 2021 08/06/2021
X-Press Pearl incident 07/06/2021
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 04/06/2021
2021 World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28/04/2021
MV Ever Given incident 23/03/2021
COVID-19 crew change crisis still a challenge 19/03/2021
International Women's Day 2021​ 08/03/2021
Mozart piracy attack 25/01/2021
United Nations 75th anniversary 24/10/2020
​MV Wakashio 16/09/2020
Gulf Livestock 1 11/09/2020
Explosions in the port of Beirut, Lebanon 05/08/2020

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