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US offers cash to tanker captains in bid to seize Iranian ships
4 Sept 2019 https://www.ft.com/content/20188064-cefb-11e9-99a4-b5ded7a7fe3f

Washington mixes bait and threats as ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Tehran becomes unorthodox

Four days before the US imposed sanctions on an Iranian tanker suspected of shipping oil to Syria, the vessel’s Indian captain received an unusual email from the top Iran official at the Department of State.

GEORGE HOYT’S ‘ADOPT A SHIP’: The bridge that connects seafarers and children around the world
YASHIKA F. TORIB September 04, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/09/04/business/maritime-business/the-br...

“If a ship is made of metal and it is larger than our school, why doesn’t it sink?” “How does the ship sail at night?” “What do you do with your garbage?”

Tlero: The seafarer wellbeing checker
September 4th, 2019 https://splash247.com/tlero-the-seafarer-wellbeing-checker/

Every year in the UK mental health costs around $1,574 per employee, according to analysis from London’s Centre for Mental Health, costs that are even higher for seafarers.

The Manila Galleon and globalization
CARLOS SALINAS September 04, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/09/04/business/maritime-business/the-ma...

Iran Says Freed Seven Crew From British Ship For Humanitarian Reasons
September 04, 2019 https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-says-freed-seven-crew-from-british-ship-for...

Iran says it has freed seven crew members it detained after seizing the British tanker Stena Impero nearly two months ago.

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.