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Ensuring Dock Workers’ Welfare
05/01/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ensuring-dock-workers-welfare/

The Collective Bargaining Agreement signed by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA alongside other associations in the maritime sector will improve the welfare of dock workers in line with global best practices, writes Eromosele Abiodun

One Myanmar sailor dead in ship sinking
Zaw Zaw Htwe 04 Jan 2019 https://www.mmtimes.com/news/one-myanmar-sailor-dead-ship-sinking.html

One Myanmar seaman drowned yesterday, while seven others are missing after a Taiwanese-flagged cargo vessel sank off the northern part of Taiwan, news reports say.

Five other sailors, including four seamen were rescued in a pre-dawn accident that occurred Wednesday off the coast of China’s Zhejiang Province.

Pirates Kidnap Crewmembers from MSC Container Ship
2019-01-03 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/pirates-kidnap-crewmembers-fr...

MSC has confirmed a successful pirate attack on the sub-Panamax container ship MSC Mandy off the coast of Cotonou, Benin.

The 2,700 TEU Mandy was under way in the Gulf of Guinea on Wednesday when she was attacked and boarded at a position about 55 nm offshore. Six crew members have been reported missing.

IMO aims at crew safety, combating illegal fishing
January 2, 2019 https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/imo-aims-at-crew-safety-combating-il...

The Maritime Safety Committee is the International Maritime Organization’s senior technical body on safety-related matters. Member States meet twice a year to discuss safety of life at sea. International Maritime Organization

Cargo ship's lost containers wash up on Dutch islands after massive spill
Reuters 4 Jan 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-04/cargo-ship-lost-containers-wash-u...

Up to 270 shipping containers have fallen from one of the world's largest cargo ships into the North Sea, attracting treasure hunters and clean-up volunteers alike to beaches in the Netherlands.

Seafarer mental health management: We don’t talk about that
January 3rd, 2019

Could seafarers’ experiences of mental health management be adding to the problem? Carolyn Graham investigates.

Joy as seamen stranded on ship off Sabah finally reach jetty
Tracy Patrick -January 2, 2019 https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/01/02/joy-as-seam...

KOTA KINABALU: A cargo vessel moored near Gaya Island was finally brought to the old Sabah Ports jetty here yesterday, exactly a month after its crew sent out an SOS claiming they had not been paid since August and were lacking food and water.

Cargo ship capsized, 5 crew rescued, 10 missing
Mikhail Voytenko January 2, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/01/02/cargo-ship-capsized-5-crew-rescu...

Public warned away from ship containers lost off Dutch coast
2019-01-02 https://www.news24.com/World/News/public-warned-away-from-ship-container...

Dutch authorities are warning the public to stay away from some of the 270 containers that a cargo ship lost off the northern coast of the Netherlands because they contained a hazardous chemical.

One Dead, 10 Missing After Cargo Vessel Sinks in East China Sea - Reports
02.01.2019 https://sputniknews.com/asia/201901021071160562-cargo-vessel-sinks/

The London, a cargo vessel, left the port of the Taiwanese city Gaosyun and sank under unclear circumstances 90 nautical miles east of the Chinese city Taizhou Yuhuan.