Also in this Week’s edition:

1. 9 Simple Red Flags to spot fake agents/institutes/companies in Merchant Navy

2. Pirates Release Kidnapped Crew

3. Gadget of the week for your next ship (pinky promise, you need this)

4. Book of the week

5. Maritime Contents for you

6. Job Listings for Seafarers.

9 Simple Red Flags to spot Fake Agents/Institutes/Companies in Merchant Navy

• If they ask you to send them money.

• If they become insistent that you have to use an agency that they refer you to.

• If you’ve been sent any seafarer documents or a questionnaire, check it for poor grammar and spelling.

• The same goes for emails from the person you’re in contact with. No professional individual or company would send out poorly worded emails that contain typos.

• And the same goes for a website or an online seafarer job advert: if the spelling is bad or if the site looks unprofessional, chances are it’s not reputable.

• If a company or individual’s email address ends in @gmail, @hotmail, or @yahoo etc. No professional company will use email addresses like this.

• Also check the email address is spelled correctly and isn’t a copy that’s meant to look like a genuine shipping company or manning agency.

• If a job seems to be too good to be true i.e. it’s offering a salary that’s well above the norm for the seafarer rank, then it probably IS too good to be true.

• If the job seems ridiculously easy to get then chances are it’s a scam. For example, if you receive an email telling you you’ve got a job offer and all you’ve done is posted your seafarer resume online and haven’t even had an interview

Pirates Release Kidnapped Crew From Liberian Flagged Tanker After One Month In Captivity

Last month, six crew members were kidnapped by pirates from a Denmark-based oil tanker off the Republic of Congo. They have been rescued in Nigeria, per the ship’s owner.

The Liberian-flagged vessel dubbed the Monjasa Reformer had 16 sailors when pirates attacked it on 25 March. Despite being owned by a Danish major, none of the crew members were Danish.

When the 135-meter-long tanker was discovered by France’s navy the following week off the coast of Sao Tome and Principe in the Gulf of Guinea, the rest of the crew mentioned that six of their colleagues were kidnapped.

The six crew members kidnapped from Monjasa Reformer were safely recovered from an undisclosed location based in Nigeria, per Monjasa on Monday.

It did not mention if a ransom had to be paid.

Anders Ostergaard, Monjasa CEO, mentioned that they are in stable health condition, given the dire circumstances they’ve been under in over five weeks.

The shipping firm had earlier said it had lost touch with the crew members since the pirates boarded the vessel.

These pirate attacks have long been a significant risk in the Gulf of Guinea, a crucial shipping channel stretching about 5,700km to Angola from Senegal. But since 2021, the shippers say pirates have been raiding farther in international waters.

Their sophisticated tactics and violence prompted pleas from shippers for a more holistic foreign naval presence, like the mission to prevent attacks from Somali pirates about a decade back.

Several of these attacks in recent years have been conducted by Nigerian criminal gangs with the help of speed boats from hideouts in the Delta area.

But the region that experiences a lot of traffic from oil tankers has experienced a lull in activities in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era.

Per a Maritime Information Cooperation and Awareness Center report, three vessels were attacked in the zone in 2022, compared to 26 in 2019.

So far, two more attacks have been recorded in this region this year.

Gadget of the Week for all Seafarers

Mini Belt Bag

Sign on, Sign off or Shore leave we sailors have to carry various documents like cdc , passport which we have to show to various authorities,

its frustrating i know

and its more frustrating when we have to unzip the heavy bag every time just to show the document.

Here is the hack for you to never frustrate and enjoy the process. This simple small bag below your belt helps you. Zip it unzip it whatever you do its simple and easy because its in front of you and small.

Buy it here

Book we are reading this week and you must as a Seafarer

Excellent communicating skills have always been crucial to success in leadership and management roles like sailors—and that’s one of the reasons the first edition of this book, Mastering Communication at Work, has been an international bestseller taught at universities and referred to by leading CEOs. In the years since it was first published, it’s been the go-to “communication playbook,” helping leaders develop strategic responses and communication tactics with clear, actionable advice.

What’s changed in the last ten years? Well, nothing—and everything.

The fundamentals of effective communication are the same, as are many of the challenges leaders face, generation after generation. You still need to “match your listener’s tendency” and “validate,” and you still need to guard against “defensiveness.” What has changed is how some of the fundamentals and challenges are applied and met in today’s world—both real and virtual, in remote and on-site working environments.

Mastering Communication at Work, 2nd Edition features an essential new chapter on remote team communication along with additional content on equitable leadership and updated case studies. Throughout, you’ll find practical, hands-on advice and strategies that can help you reach your potential when preparing for big conversations and important presentations, help you reduce everyday stress and improve your organization’s performance at every level.

Found this book here

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