Calming consciences: Pope gives seafarer chaplains special powers; AMOSUP pays tribute to Filipino seafarers on their ‘DotS'

Calming consciences: Pope gives seafarer chaplains special powers
Cindy Wooden Jun 27, 2019 https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/06/27/calming-consciences-pope-gives-se...

ROME - Pope Francis gave priests who minister to seafarers special permission to grant absolution for sins that usually would require the intervention of a bishop or the Vatican itself.

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper damaged in collision with cargo ship

JMSDF minesweeper damaged in collision with cargo ship
Kosuke Takahashi/Jane's Defence Weekly 26 June 2019 https://www.janes.com/article/89535/jmsdf-minesweeper-damaged-in-collisi...

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) minesweeper collided with a Japanese cargo ship in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture on 27 June, a JMSDF spokesperson told Jane’s .

2 Norwegian shipping executives indicted in antitrust case

2 Norwegian shipping executives indicted in antitrust case
Associated Press 28/06/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/2-norwegian-shipping-executives-ind...

Two Norwegian shipping executives have been indicted on charges that they participated in a sprawling antitrust conspiracy.

IMO Warns Shipping Industry of Fake Piracy Reports

IMO Warns Shipping Industry of Fake Piracy Reports
2019-06-24 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/imo-warns-shipping-industry-o...

The International Maritime Organization warns that alerts being issued from the email account of the Regional Maritime Information Sharing Centre (REMISC) in Sana’a, Yemen ([email protected]) are not legitimate.

Shipping Companies: Is Bigger Better?

Shipping Companies: Is Bigger Better?
Barry Parker June 27, 2019

“If consolidation was the solution to all that ails shipping, then container liner companies would be super profitable. They are not. In ‘commoditized’ sectors of the shipping industry, which by now includes pretty much everything apart from very small niche markets, there is hardly any economies of scale at the company level. As long as bigger is not in fact much better, then meaningful consolidation will not happen.”

Ship owner, Filipino crew contradict U.S. account of attack on tanker

Ship owner, Filipino crew contradict U.S. account of attack on tanker
INQUIRER.net US Bureau / June 27, 2019 https://usa.inquirer.net/33206/ship-owner-filipino-crew-contradict-u-s-a...

TOKYO — The Japanese owner and the Filipino crew of a tanker attacked in the Gulf of Oman offered a different account of the nature of the attack than that provided by the United States.

Marina 7 suspends capsized ship’s safety certificate

Marina 7 suspends capsized ship’s safety certificate
ELIAS BAQUERO June 26, 2019 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1811723

THE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) 7 has suspended the cargo ship safety certificate (CSSC) of mv Eva Mary Grace after it capsized off the port of Solid Earth Development Corp. (SEDC) in Barangay South Poblacion, San Fernando, Cebu Tuesday, June 25, 2019.

Crew members were loading sacks of cement onto the cargo ship when a swell upended the vessel.

‘Worrying complacency’ from operators on cyber, survey shows

‘Worrying complacency’ from operators on cyber, survey shows
Ed Martin 26 Jun 2019 https://www.marinemec.com/news/view,worrying-complacency-from-operators-...

Marina launches latest Seafarer’s ID Card system

Marina launches latest SID system
RAFFY AYENG June 26, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/marina-launches-latest-sid-system/574836/

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) launched a new Seafarer’s ID Card (SID) on Tuesday during the celebratory program marking the International Day of the Seafarers 2019, as declared by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Global maritime charity Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea) hails contribution of women in seafaring

Global maritime charity hails contribution of women in seafaring
25/06/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/global-maritime-charity-hails-contr...

Global maritime charity Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea) is marking Day of the Seafarer by paying tribute to female seafarers and cruiseship crew members.

The charity is also highlighting the vital role its female trustees, port chaplains, head office staff and volunteers play.

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