Maritime in Minutes - Top stories in May 2023

<p><strong>The dark fleet and safety dangers, secondhand ship prices, mega-port developments, regulatory pressures, and much more in the latest episode of Maritime in Minutes.</strong></p><p>Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month.</p><p>In this episode Marcus and Gary discuss</p><ul><li>The worrying state of the Venezuelan tanker fleet</li><li>Seafarer welfare and shore leave restrictions</li><li>Secondhand ship prices</li><li>The dark fleet</li><li>Regulatory pressure</li><li>Women in maritime</li><li>MSC hitting 5m teu slot capacity</li><li>Port Klang’s mega expansion plans</li><li>Price challenge for alternative fuels</li><li>OSM Thome merger completion</li></ul><br/><p><strong>Links to stories featured in this episode:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/tankers/pdvsa-tanker-fleet-flirting-disaster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PDVSA tanker fleet flirting with disaster</a></li><li><a href="https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/crewing/seafarer-happiness-index-dips" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seafarer Happiness Index dips</a></li><li><a href="https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/tankers/secondhand-newbuild-price-ratios-signal-shipowners-sentiment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Secondhand to newbuild price ratios signal shipowners’ sentiment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/tankers/dark-fleet-creeping-anarchy-worlds-oceans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The dark fleet - creeping anarchy in the world’s oceans</a></li><li><a href="https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/seatrade-maritime-logistics-middle-east-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seatrade Maritime &amp; Logistics Middle East</a></li><li><a href="https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/msc-containership-fleet-hit-5m-teu-capacity-month" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MSC containership fleet to hit 5m teu