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Legal claims against shipping firms hindering seafarer hiring
November 6, 2019 https://www.bworldonline.com/legal-claims-against-shipping-firms-hinderi...

THE maritime industry said the government is failing to protect seafarers from “ambulance-chasing” lawyers pursuing claims against shipping companies, who tend to keep the bulk of any settlements won.

They added that the litigious atmosphere is holding back the employment of Filipino seamen.

Cruise ship docks in Singapore after hundreds of passengers and crew members fall ill
16 Nov 2019 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mv-sun-princess-cruise-22...

SINGAPORE: A cruise ship on the way to Vietnam from Thailand docked in Singapore this week after 229 of its passengers and crew members fell ill, according to a joint statement issued on Friday (Nov 15).

Maersk Will Restrain Costs, Expand Logistics Services on Weak Shipping Outlook
Costas Paris and Dominic Chopping Nov. 15, 2019 https://www.wsj.com/articles/maersk-will-restrain-costs-expand-logistics...

World’s largest container line won’t buy new ships for now as trade uncertainty, capacity race hit ocean trade

Pirates have attacked 16 cargo vessels a month this year in Gulf of Mexico: And not a single arrest has been made
November 14, 2019 https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/pirates-have-attacked-16-cargo-vessels-...

High-risk area for piracy, a triangle whose points are formed by the Cantarell oil field, Dos Bocas and Ciudad del Carmen.

Oily aftermath of wrecked cargo ship on list of ‘Georgia’s Dirty Dozen’
Jill Nolin -November 15, 2019 https://georgiarecorder.com/brief/oily-aftermath-of-wrecked-cargo-ship-o...

A proposed mine near the Okefenokee Swamp and the cleanup of a wrecked cargo ship carrying more than 4,000 cars are among the environmental concerns flagged in a new report.

Concealment of pre-existing illnesses and disability benefits
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO - | November 12,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/269674/concealment-of-pre-existing-il...

A seafarer must fully disclose past medical condition, disability and history in the pre-employment medical examination (PEME), otherwise his claim for disability benefits will be denied.

People focus: Diabetes and the seafarer
14/11/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/people-focus-diabetes-and-the-seafa...

Type 2 diabetes – a growing global health threat that puts seafarers at risk

We need a rebellion against bio-fouling extinction
November 15th, 2019

Tor Østervold, CEO of ECOsubsea, believes we’ve had our sights set on the wrong target when it comes to tackling the threats posed to marine biodiversity. Invasive organisms are now accepted as the main drivers of species extinction, but the shipping industry must look beyond ballast water.

It’s time to wake up.

The world is dying. And we are responsible – especially, I’m afraid to say, in shipping.

Court of Tax Appeals grants P32.7-M refund to Maersk
Benjamin Pulta November 6, 2019 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1085204

MANILA -- The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has granted a tax refund to an international shipping firm for PHP32.7 million representing excess and unutilized value-added taxes it paid for PHP2.15 billion in transactions with its affiliate firm five years ago.

Cargo ship struck by fishing vessel, damaged
Mikhail Voytenko November 14, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/11/14/cargo-ship-struck-by-fishing-ves...

General cargo ship was struck by 89-ton fishing vessel early in the morning Nov 14 in East China sea. Both ships were seriously damaged, cargo ship sustained hull breaches dents in superstructure area.