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Maersk chief warns that EU's antitrust policy 'benefits China and the US'
Alex Lennane 16/01/2020 https://theloadstar.com/maersk-chief-warns-that-eus-antitrust-policy-ben...

Maritime industry companies partner to develop ammonia-fuelled tanker
16 January 2020 https://www.ship-technology.com/news/maritime-industry-companies-ammonia...

Major companies in the shipping industry have partnered to develop an ammonia-powered tanker to reduce carbon emissions.

MISC Berhad, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), Lloyd’s Register and MAN Energy Solutions have also joined the project.

Cargo ship abandoned after developing list, Taiwan Strait
Mikhail Voytenko January 15, 2020 https://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/15/cargo-ship-abandoned-after-devel...

Ship’s chief engineer drowns
Ruby Silubrico -Monday, January 13, 2020 https://www.panaynews.net/ships-chief-engineer-drowns/

ILOILO City – The chief engineer of a ship serving the Guimaras-Iloilo route and vice versa died. He fell from the ship docked at the wharf in Buenavista, Guimaras and drowned.

The fall and drowning of Mark Gil Jarabe, 29, of Vasquez Street, Surigao City before dawn on Saturday was caught by a nearby closed circuit television camera.

Iran’s flag-shopping fleet drags registries into sanctions net
Michelle Wiese Bockmann and Nidaa Bakhsh 13 Jan 2020 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1130632/Irans-flag...

A fleet comprising of some 40 tankers and gas carriers has been busy re-flagging. The activity will not have gone unseen by the US authorities

$1.14bn of venture funding invested in maritime last year
5/01/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/1-14bn-of-venture-funding-invested-...

Over $1bn was invested in technology companies working in the maritime sector in 2019 according to a new report published yesterday.

China’s Shipbuilders Seek New Inroads in Arctic Shipping
Trym Aleksander Eiterjord January 14, 2020

New ship designs signal a growing Chinese interest in Arctic shipping.

NMP reaffirms commitment to quality MET this year
January 15, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/01/15/business/maritime-business/nmp-re...

The National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) takes on the year 2020 with a positive disposition and reaffirmed commitment to quality maritime education and training (MET) for the Filipino seafarers and its allied labor force.

Tanker collided with fishing vessel, 1 dead, 2 missing, Galveston
Erofey Schkvarkin January 15, 2020 http://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/15/tanker-collided-with-fishing-vess...

Moral damages in labor cases
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO January 14,2020 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/281265/moral-damages-in-labor-cases

Moral damages are awarded to compensate an employee for mental distress that has been caused by the bad faith manner by which they were treated by their employer in relation to their labor claims.