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The Future of Maritime Navigation and Communication: Innovative Services on the Maritime Connectivity Platform
25/04/2019

What is the current status of information exchange in maritime navigation and communication? How do companies in maritime shipping make use of the new possibilities of data exchange and information transmission? And can efficiency and safety in maritime shipping be improved sustainably?

Pirates Kidnap Six Tanker Crew off Nigeria
25 April 2019 https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/275645/pirates-kidnap-six-tanker-...

Six crew members of a Palau-flagged tanker were kidnapped by pirates off Nigeria last week.

The incident occurred at the Bonny Outer Anchorage on April 19, 2019, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre said.

Identified as the 3,100 dwt Apecus, the anchored tanker was boarded by unauthorized persons who kidnapped the six seafarers.

Llavor-Deita: Seafarer’s wife
JAN DOLLY GRACE LLAVOR-DEITA
April 23, 2019 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1802549

Seafarers stand united in Trinity House protest in Harwich Quay
25 April 2019 https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/17595046.seafarers-all-stand-united-...

Protest - seafarers protesting in Harwich over pay increases
DEFIANT seamen stood in unison with placards and banners to protest over pay increases.

Court postpones bankruptcy ruling for Croatia's troubled shipyard
24 April 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/croatia-shipbuilding/court-postpones-ban...

SARAJEVO, April 24 (Reuters) - A court in Croatia on Wednesday postponed a bankruptcy ruling for the country’s biggest shipbuilding group Uljanik until May 13, as the government tried to delay activation of state guarantees to a customer for late delivery of a vessel.

Seoul allocates more financial support for shipbuilders
Jason Jiang April 25th, 2019 https://splash247.com/seoul-allocates-more-financial-support-for-shipbui...

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced yesterday that it would allocate KRW70bn ($61m) to support local shipbuilders.

According to the ministry, the fund will be focused on helping shipbuilders to develop environment-friendly vessels such as LNG-powered ships.

ARCHIPELAGO PHILIPPINE FERRIES CORP. VP MARY ANN PASTRANA: Modernizing the face of the domestic shipping industry
YASHIKA F. TORIB April 24, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/modernizing-the-face-of-the-domestic-shippin...

Holy Week has come and gone. Majority of Filipinos had taken time off of work to observe religious practices while making the most of the four-day holiday to spend time with families or travel with friends.

Why Indigenous Shipowners Reject Nigerian Seafarers
23/04/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/why-indigenous-shipowners-reject-ni...

Tuberculosis among seafarers
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |April 23,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/229804/tuberculosis-among-seafarers

Seafarers by nature of their work are exposed to a variety of occupational hazards making exposure to biological agents and the concomitant risk of communicable diseases extremely high.

SKorea to offer shipboard training for Filipino cadets
GENIVI FACTAO April 17, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/skorea-to-offer-shipboard-training-for-filip...

South Korea‘s government-subsidized Mokpo National Maritime University (MMU) has offered to help in providing shipboard training for Filipino maritime cadets.