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Tsuneishi’s Philippine ship recycling ambitions thwarted
Sam Chambers May 23rd, 2019 https://splash247.com/tsuneishis-philippine-ship-recycling-ambitions-thw...

Japanese shipyard giant Tsuneishi’s long-held plans to develop a ship recycling site in the Philippines have been put on hold, with local politicians on the island of Negros in the middle of the archipelago unable to get the necessary clearance for the facility.

U.S. Coast Guard airlifts Filipino captain stricken in San Francisco Bay
May 23, 2019 https://usa.inquirer.net/30280/u-s-coast-guard-airlifts-filipino-captain...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard medevaced the 54-year-old captain who clutched his chest and collapsed on the bridge of his ship as it was entering the San Francisco Bay on Monday evening, May 20.

Seafarers union blames lenient Transport Canada policy for merchant sailor's death
May 23, 2019 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/seafarers-union-blames-lenient-transport-08000...

The International Transport Workers Federation says a long-standing Transport Canada policy directly contributed to the presumed death of a seafarer on a container ship who went overboard into the St. Lawrence River near Les Escoumins, Que., Sunday.

Foreign flagged ships detained in the UK during April 2019
24/05/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/foreign-flagged-ships-detained-in-t...

During April, there was two new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port.

Stranded cargo vessel’s crew seeks help from Antique gov’t
Annabel Consuelo Petinglay May 16, 2019 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1069950

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- The ship captain of a grounded cargo vessel sought help from the provincial government of Antique because until now they were unable to leave the vicinity.

Alarm raised at the vast amount of money owed in backpay to the world’s seafarers
Sam Chambers May 23rd, 2019 https://splash247.com/alarm-raised-at-the-vast-amount-of-money-owed-in-b...

Viewpoint: Making seafarers feel at home
Michael Grey 23 May 2019

If you come ashore from a ship you probably do not want to sit in a seafarer centre full of ship models or pictures of ships. You would prefer something rather ‘homelier’

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The Digital Age of Shipping is Here — The IMO Mandatory Electronic Information Exchange is Now in Effect
23/05/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-digital-age-of-shipping-is-here...

China uniquely placed to ‘green’ shipping
23/05/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-uniquely-placed-to-green-ship...

The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, said last month that his country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to stimulate global trade and integration must be “green and sustainable”.

China to train PH engineers in shipbuilding research
GENIVI FACTAO May 22, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/china-to-train-ph-engineers-in-shipbuilding-...

The Philippine Register of Shipping (PRS) and China’s Harbin Engineering University Ship Equipment & Technology Co. Ltd. (Heuship) aim to strengthen their collaboration and cooperation by training filipino engineers and naval architects on maritime research and engineering.