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Ready for ‘Ghost Ships’
Samuel P. Medenilla - October 29, 2018

In Photo: The $25-million Yara Birkeland, a ship which will run autonomously without the requirement of a support crew and will generate zero emissions, has gone into production and will see the light of day this year.

Seafarers’ mental health take center stage at SM
October 30, 2018 http://www.manilastandard.net/spotlight/279299/seafarers-mental-health-t...

Hundreds of Filipino seafarers attended “Kumusta, Kabaro?”, a comprehensive mental health program launched by GOLD Foundation and SM Global Pinoy.

More Pinoy seamen eyed for Zeaborn fleet
GENIVI FACTAO October 30, 2018 https://www.manilatimes.net/more-pinoy-seamen-eyed-for-zeaborn-fleet/459...

Zeaborn Ship Management, the seventh largest ship management company in the world will be employing more Filipino seafarers, as the company expands its fleet from 150 ships to 250 in the coming years.

Osteoarthritis as a compensable seafarer’s illness
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |October 29,2018 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/201215/osteoarthritis-as-a-compensabl...

Degenerative changes of the spine, also known as osteoarthritis, is considered as a work-related. due to the seafarer’s performance of tasks that clearly involved unduly heavy physical labor and joint strain.

‘Rosita’ grounds 1,500 passengers in various ports
Aerol John Pateña October 29, 2018 http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1052454

MANILA -- More than a thousand passengers have been stranded in ports across Luzon and Visayas as Typhoon Rosita moves closer to the country, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Monday.

Shipowners Warn on E.U. Regulation of Seafarer Working Conditions
2018-10-29 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/shipowners-warn-on-e-u-regula...

The shipowner organization Danish Shipping has warned that E.U. plans could mean additional financial and administrative burdens for the industry if seafarers are brought under the rules set out in the E.U. directive on transparent and predictable working conditions.

CHED ensures maritime schools adhere to int’l standards
Merlina Hernando-Malipot October 29, 2018 https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/29/ched-ensures-maritime-schools-adhere-t...

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has collaborated with three other key agencies of the government to ensure compliance of Philippine maritime institutions to international standards.

Getting attention!
BRENDA V. PIMENTEL https://www.manilatimes.net/getting-attention/459451/

DFA: 21 seafarers stranded in India home soon
Oct 26 2018 https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/26/18/dfa-21-seafarers-stranded-in-...

MANILA - Twenty-one Filipino seafarers stranded in India since June will be repatriated soon, the Philippine envoy there reported to home office this week.

Cosco in talks to take 49% stake in Sovcomflot
Jason Jiang October 26th, 2018 https://splash247.com/cosco-in-talks-to-take-49-stake-in-sovcomflot/

China’s state run shipping conglomerate China Cosco Shipping Corporation is in talks to take a stake of up to 49% in Russia’s largest state run shipping firm, Sovcomflot, according to reports published in Russian newspaper Nakanune.