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Govt to resolve issues of seafarers, says minister
15/10/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/govt-to-resolve-issues-of-seafarers...

Seafarers around the globe are considered to be major contributors to a country’s economy as they send valuable foreign exchange in the form of remittances.

Supertanker in full load disabled while unmooring
NIKOLAY TORKIN October 14, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/10/14/supertanker-in-full-load-disable...

Two workers killed at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard
Jason Jiang October 14th, 2019 https://splash247.com/two-workers-killed-at-bangladesh-shipbreaking-yard/

Two workers died from inhaling toxic gas at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh on Saturday.

According to local reports, the incident happened at OWW shipbreaking yard in Chittagong when two workers fell sick after inhaling toxic gas and later died after being sent to hospital for treatment.

2 more found dead on sunken cargo ship in Tokyo Bay
15 October 2019 https://japantoday.com/category/national/2-more-found-dead-after-panaman...

Two more crew members of a Panamanian cargo ship were found dead Monday after the vessel sank late Saturday in Tokyo Bay, where it was anchored as Typhoon Hagibis approached, the Japan Coast Guard said.

Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Corsica
Mike Schuler October 14, 2019 https://gcaptain.com/cargo-ship-runs-aground-in-corsica/?utm_campaign=tw...

Authorities in France are responded to the grounding of a cargo ship on the island of Corsica early Sunday morning.

Allotment, remittances and Violence Against Women and their Children Act (VAWC)
Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho October 15,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/264129/allotment-remittances-and-viol...

A Filipino seafarer can be held criminally liable due to the act of abandoning his financial obligation to persons to which he is obliged by law to support.

Criminalisation a Major Fear of Seafarers According to Union Report: Crews Concerned About Risks of All Types
October 10, 2019 https://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/criminalisation-a-major...

Why are third officers being paid less than coffee shop workers?
Nick Chubb October 14th, 2019 https://splash247.com/why-are-third-officers-being-paid-less-than-coffee...

5 Chinese seamen dead after Panamanian ship sinks in typhoon-hit Tokyo Bay
Xinhua| 2019-10-14 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/14/c_138470538.htm

TOKYO, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Five Chinese crew members died, one missing and another rescued after a Panama registered cargo ship sank late Saturday in Tokyo Bay, where it was anchored as Typhoon Hagibis approached, the Chinese embassy in Japan confirmed to Xinhua on Monday.

The huge oil tanker crash off East Yorkshire that was close to being one of UK's worst ever disasters
Angus Young, Debbie Hall, Adam Cresswell, Mike Fox, Dan Kemp 13 OCT 2019

A major ecological disaster was averted on our doorstep after the Phillips Oklahoma and Fiona crashed