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DOLE vows to further assist repatriated Filipino seamen from Libya
Analou De Vera April 7, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/04/07/dole-vows-to-further-assist-repatriate...

Cosco investment blocked due to archaeological zone expansion in Piraeus
6 April 2019 https://neoskosmos.com/en/134154/cosco-investment-blocked-due-to-archaeo...

Has Cosco become a hostage to the Greek Ministry of Culture?

Venezuela, Cuba-allied companies sanctioned by U.S. for 2019 oil shipments
Margaret Talev 4/7/2019 https://www.worldoil.com/news/2019/4/7/venezuela-cuba-allied-companies-s...

Shipping not dragging its feet on environmental protection: Bimco
07 April 2019 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/europe/shipping-not-dragging-its-f...

Bimco maintains there is more match than clash for shipping and the environment and it’s up to the shipping industry to demonstrate what it has done, and what it is doing, to protect the environment.

MARINA urged to ensure PH fully compliant with global training, certification standards for sailors
Charissa Luci-Atienza April 7, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/04/07/marina-urged-to-ensure-ph-fully-compli...

ACTS-OFW Rep. Aniceto Bertiz III is calling on the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) to ensure that the country is fully compliant with the global training and certification standards for sailors.

NBI sues 12 over Marina papers leak
Marc Jayson Cayabyab April 7, 2019 -https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/04/07/1907898/nbi-sues-12-over-mari...

IMO to clamp down on fake ship registrations
Sam Chambers April 5th, 2019 https://splash247.com/imo-to-clamp-down-on-fake-ship-registrations/

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is preparing to crack down on substandard ship registries and the issue of illegal ship registration.

Ship’s crane collapsed, two dockers killed, Indonesia
NIKOLAY TORKIN April 6, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/04/06/ships-crane-collapsed-two-docker...

Cargo ship at Hartlepool developed heavy list, crew went ashore
Erofey Schkvarkin April 5, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/04/05/cargo-ship-at-hartlepool-develop...

Tuberculosis among seafarers
Dennis Gorecho - April 6, 2019 https://www.panaynews.net/tuberculosis-among-seafarers/

SEAFARERS, by the 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.

Because of their nature of work, seafarers are bound to visit many ports in different parts of the world and are thus exposed to various pandemic and epidemic diseases such as tuberculosis.