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Tugboat operated by Filipino crew seized in Iran for alleged oil smuggling
CNN Philippines Staff Sep 8, 2019 https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/9/8/Filipino-crew-tugboat-Iran-...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 8) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed reports that a tugboat operated by Filipino crew has been seized in the Persian Gulf over alleged oil smuggling.

Chinese Bulk Carrier Detained Over Crew Wages
2019-09-07 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/chinese-bulk-carrier-detained...

A Chinese-owned bulk carrier chartered to carry coal to Korea has been detained at the Port of Gladstone by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) after crew members reported they were owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages.

DFA 'ready' to provide aid for Pinoy crew of another ship Iran seized
Sep 08 2019 https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/08/19/dfa-ready-to-provide-aid-for-...

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Sunday it would provide assistance to 12 Filipino seafarers after their boat was seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, Saturday.

The Philippine Embassy in Tehran is monitoring the incident, the DFA said in a statement.

One dead, two injured in accident with cargo ship with Russian-Ukrainian crew in Germany
7 Sep,2019 https://tass.com/emergencies/1077006

Two crew members received serious burns and were taken to a Hamburg clinic by helicopter

BERLIN, September 6. /TASS/. One person died and two more were hurt in a cargo vessel accident on the Elbe River. The crew included 11 Russian and two Ukrainian nationals, a spokesman for Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) told TASS on Friday.

Sailors complain of abuses on ship
Zaw Zaw Htwe 27 Aug 2019 https://www.mmtimes.com/news/sailors-complain-abuses-ship.html
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A group of Myanmar sailors complained on Wednesday of poor accommodations, food and safety standards when they worked on a foreign ship.

Carpio corrects China ship owner's apology: Recto Bank not part of Spratlys
Sofia Tomacruz August 28, 2019 https://www.rappler.com/nation/238773-carpio-corrects-china-ship-owner-a...

Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio says Recto Bank is within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone, 'beyond the territorial sea of any island in the Spratlys'

Why is China hiding its oil tankers from US trackers?
Peter Beaumont 29 Aug 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/29/why-is-china-hiding-its-oi...

Signs Beijing may be importing Iranian oil as Trump’s two biggest foreign policy headaches converge

In early June, a Chinese-owned supertanker abruptly went dark in the Indian Ocean, the tracking system signalling its course apparently deactivated.

Crewmember of Cruise Ship Vision of the Seas Killed in Fall
2019-09-05 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/crewmember-of-cruise-ship-vis...

[Brief] A crewmember of the cruise ship Vision of the Seas fell from the vessel into the water and died at the port of Livorno, Italy on Thursday.

Abandoned Cargo Ship Found Drifting in the Mid-Atlantic
Mike Schuler September 5, 2019 https://gcaptain.com/abandoned-cargo-ship-found-drifting-in-the-mid-atla...

The Royal Navy ice patrol ship stumbled upon a mysterious ghost ship while in underway in the mid-Atlantic Ocean earlier this week.

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.