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PISA: ‘Transportation’ must remain in utility coverage
GENEVI FACTAO September 04, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/09/04/business/maritime-business/pisa-t...

Local shipping lines have expressed fears that removing transportation from the coverage of public utility would lead to the complete deregulation of the transport industry.

Việt Nam keen to modernise the shipping industry
September, 04/2019 https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/534933/viet-nam-keen-to-modernise-the-shi...

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is currently making efforts to modernise shipbuilding and the shipping industry to increase quality with reasonable cost, save energy and minimise pollution.

Two Workers Killed, Thirteen Injured Demolishing CSL Virginia in Bangladesh -Report
September 3, 2019 https://gcaptain.com/two-workers-killed-thirteen-injured-demolishing-csl...

Abandoned UAE sailors still owed more than Dh500,000 weeks after rescue
03/09/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/abandoned-uae-sailors-still-owed-mo...

Two merchant sailors have yet to receive tens of thousands of dollars in back pay after spending nearly three years trapped on board a vessel abandoned off the UAE coast.

Escort Duty in the Strait of Hormuz: Close Encounters, Flares Fired
2019-09-02 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/escort-duty-in-the-strait-...

Nearly 90 British merchant ships and nearly six million tonnes of cargo were safely shepherded through the Strait of Hormuz by the frigate HMS Montrose and the destroyer HMS Duncan during the Royal Navy's first two months responding to threats by Tehran.

Balangay and the Filipino seafaring heritage
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |September 03,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/255497/balangay-and-the-filipino-seaf...

Ten years ago this month , the very first balangay boat replica, Diwata ng Lahi (spirit of lineage) , sailed on her maiden voyage from the CCP grounds.

The Balangay is a plank boat adjoined by a carved-out plank edged through pins and dowels and is known as the oldest watercraft found in the Philippines.

PCG-7, shipping industry stakeholders to ink deal to ensure maritime safety in Cebu, Bohol
Rosalie O. Abatayo |September 02,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/255408/pcg-7-shipping-industry-stakeh...

Del Rosario chides Palace for apologetic tone on maritime dispute with China
Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Julie M. Aurelio - September 03, 2019 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/179638/del-rosario-chides-palace-for-a...

MANILA, Philippines — Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has reproached Malacañang for taking an apologetic tone before China while asserting the Philippines’ sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea.

Major Rescue After Boat Catches Fire Off Southern California; Fatalities Reported
Reuters September 2, 2019 https://gcaptain.com/major-rescue-after-boat-catches-fire-off-southern-c...

Big ocean ships equal big problems but small benefits
Jim Wilson https://www.freightwaves.com/news/big-ocean-ships-equal-big-problems-but...

Ocean carriers are deploying ever-larger box ships to drive down slot costs and emissions per unit. But they are sacrificing their own flexibility and are driving up costs for ports and truckers. Overall, the hoped-for benefits haven’t appeared and may even be a net negative, analysts say.
World’s biggest ship makes its debut