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2 dead, 6 missing after high-seas brawl on Taiwan fishing boat
Agence France-Presse Feb 21 2019 https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/21/19/2-dead-6-missing-after-high-s...

TAIPEI - Two crew members have been confirmed dead and 6 are missing after a deadly brawl broke out on board a Taiwanese fishing vessel in a remote area of the Indian Ocean.

Shipping's newest frontier: social media
Brady Slater 24 Feb 2019

An apprentice pilot on the Great Lakes, Jason Church hops on numerous international cargo vessels in a given year as he transits the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway out to the Atlantic Ocean as a career.

For the past several years, using the digital sobriquet "Captain Jason Church," he's been delivering insight, imagery and videos of the lakes on social media. His Twitter and Instagram timelines offer a vantage point of shipping life once mostly foreign to the public.

OWWA gets notice of violation for possibly polluting Manila Bay
February 24, 2019 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/685984/owwa-gets-notice-of-vi...

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) headquarters in Pasay City is among 12 establishments recently issued with notice of violation for "polluting" Manila Bay, amid intensified efforts at rehabilitating the historic and busy bay.

Crew members compensated for reporting shipping company’s ocean dumping
21/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/crew-members-compensated-for-report...

A federal judge in Portland has awarded nearly a quarter million dollars to a Czech seaman who reported a German shipping company for covering up illegal dumping of oily water.

Selling Sailing
Jovee Marie de la Cruz -February 24, 2019 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/02/24/selling-sailing/

Government revisits 16-year-old Roro program—assessing traffic and demand, reviewing costs and pitching new routes to interested private operators

10-hour fire hits BOC building
Evelyn Macairan, Marc Jayson Cayabyab February 24, 2019 - https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/02/24/1896187/10-hour-fire-hits-boc...

MANILA, Philippines — A fire raged for 10 hours and gutted a building of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) before it was put out yesterday morning.

According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire that reached fifth alarm started at around 9 p.m. Friday and was put out at past 7 a.m. the next day.

The Importance of Psychological Safety Precautions in Maritime
Dimitrios Lyrakos 2019-02-23 https://maritime-executive.com/blog/the-importance-of-psychological-safe...

Saudi-Chinese pact to enhance maritime industry
February 23, 2019 http://www.arabnews.com/node/1457101/saudi-arabia

JEDDAH: Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Public Transport Authority Dr. Nabeel Al-Amoudi, said that the agreement on cooperation in maritime transport between Saudi Arabia and China aims at enhancing the maritime transport industry.

Japan to continue training PH maritime instructors
Aerol John Pateña February 21, 2019 http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1062544

MANILA -- Japan will continue giving training courses to maritime instructors, in line with its commitment to support the improvement of maritime education and training in the Philippines.

Protests grow against Korea’s mega yard merger
Jason Jiang February 22nd, 2019 https://splash247.com/protests-grow-against-koreas-mega-yard-merger/

Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI) plan to take over Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is hitting a bump with strong opposition from both shipyards’ worker’s unions.