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Cargo ship damaged while berthing in Brunsbuettel’s Ostermoor
Erofey Schkvarkin April 16, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/04/16/cargo-ship-damaged-while-berthin...

Crew abandonment cases spike
Sam Chambers April 15th, 2019 https://splash247.com/crew-abandonment-cases-spike/

Cases of crew abandonment are not diminishing despite greater global attention being paid to the nasty practice.

Migrant rescue ship's crew denied permission to disembark in Malta: Sea Eye NGO sees 'act of chicanery'
April 15, 2019 https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20190415/local/migrant-rescue...

Crew members of an NGO ship which rescued 64 migrants off Libya have been refused permission to disembark in Malta.

GPS spoofing: what’s the risk for ship navigation?
Chris Lo 5 April 2019 https://www.ship-technology.com/features/ship-navigation-risks/

GPS spoofing – or GNSS spoofing more accurately – is a much-discussed cyber-threat to ship navigation systems. With the potential for paralysed shipping lanes, collisions and even untraceable piracy incidents, what is the current state of play between the shipping industry’s cyber-defences and the malicious actors who aim to cause chaos through GPS spoofing?

UFS calls for fair trial vs 2 ex-MARINA execs
April 15, 2019 http://manilastandard.net/news/national/292716/ufs-calls-for-fair-trial-...

ANGKLA’s bill in delaying payment of award resurrected in Magna Carta
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO |April 16,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/228576/angklas-bill-in-delaying-payme...

“Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo.”

Opinion: China Goes Unconventional in Escalating South China Sea Face-Off – gCaptain
https://gcaptain.com/unconventional-south-china-sea-face-off/?utm_campai...

Cruise Ship Sexual Assaults: Cruise Lines Don’t Share Information When Hiring Crew Members
Jim Walker April 9, 2019 https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2019/04/articles/sexual-assault/cruise-shi...

Today, the Miami News Times published an article titled: Sexual Assault Is the Most Publicly Reported Crime on Cruises, but Companies Say It’s Rare.

Human Rights at Sea: Our Opportunity and Our Future
Sayedeh Hajar Hejazi 2019-04-14 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/human-rights-at-sea-our-op...

Human Rights at Sea legal researcher Sayedeh Hajar Hejazi spoke at the 2019 Empowering Women in the Maritime Community conference at the World Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden, April 4-5:

Chinese buyers turn to ‘super cheap’ Colombian coal as Australian restrictions persist
15/04/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinese-buyers-turn-to-super-cheap-...