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K-Line Convicted and Fined $24 Million for Past Cartel Activity
2019-08-02 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/k-line-convicted-and-fined-24...

An Australian court has convicted K-Line of criminal cartel conduct and ordered it to pay a fine of $24 million, adding to the long string of convictions that certain ro/ro lines have accumulated in connection with an alleged price-fixing scheme dating from the late 1990s through 2012.

‘Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet’
The Manila Times July 31, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/sustainable-shipping-for-a-sustainable-plane...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet” has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020.

11 dead as 3 boats capsize off Iloilo
Jennifer Rendon August 4, 2019 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/08/04/1940440/11-dead-3-boats-ca...

MANILA, Philippines — Monsoon rains pounded Metro Manila and other parts of the country from Central Luzon to the Visayas yesterday, leaving at least 11 people dead as three boats capsized in rough seas in Iloilo.

Permanently disability and Seafarer’s Record Book / Identity Document
Dennis Gorecho - August 3, 2019 https://www.panaynews.net/permanently-disability-and-seafarers-record-bo...

THE ISSUANCE or renewal of the Seafarer’s Record Book (SRB) and Seafarer’s Identity Document (SID) is now dependent on the medical fitness of a seafarer, specifically concerning permanently disabled seafarers.

PCG checking cargo vessel that ran aground off Talisay, Cebu
August 3, 2019 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/703339/pcg-checking-cargo-v...

Environmental protection unit and safety inspectors on Saturday morning rushed to the vicinity where a foreign cargo vessel ran aground in Lauis Ledge Light House waters off Talisay Cebu.

Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers pushed in House
RAFFY AYENG August 02, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/magna-carta-of-filipino-seafarers-pushed-in-...

Party-list congressmen Eric Go Yap, Jocelyn Pua Tulfo and Rowena Niña Taduran have filed House Bill (HB) 3282, which pushes a Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers.

Container ship collided with ferry in Strait of Gibraltar UPDATE Photos
STEPAN KOTCHERGA August 1, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/07/31/container-ship-collided-with-fer...

Aug 1: Both ships suffered serious damages. Ferry stb stern above waterline was smashed, container ship suffered portside bow breach, also above waterline.

Shipping industry under threat in Strait of Hormuz
03/08/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipping-industry-under-threat-in-s...

Recent attacks on a number of vessels and the seizure of a British- registered tanker undermine the right of transit passage and threaten the maritime security of all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a report said.

Shipping industry still in choppy waters: Indian Ministry
03/08/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipping-industry-still-in-choppy-w...

Ukrainian authorities seize Russian tanker implicated in seamen’s detention
2 August 2019 Ukrainian authorities seize Russian tanker implicated in seamen’s detention

A Russian tanker, now called Nika Spirit and formerly named Neyma, has been detained by the Ukrainian security services in the port of Izmayil.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it seized a Russian tanker that Moscow allegedly used to block three Ukrainian naval vessels before detaining them and 24 Ukrainian seamen in November 2018 near Crimea.