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PPA regulatory functions proposed for transfer to MARINA
August 19, 2018 http://www.bworldonline.com/ppa-regulatory-functions-proposed-for-transf...

A LEGISLATOR has filed a bill seeking to reorganize the Philippine Ports Authority by separating its regulatory and commercial functions.

Hypertension as a seafarer’s illness
Dennis Gorecho 20 Aug 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/hypertension-as-a-seafarers-illness/

THE JOB of a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park. One with a serious medical condition like uncontrolled hypertension is “a walking time bomb ready to explode towards the end of his employment days.”

Malampaya template pitched for joint exploration in West Philippine Sea
Bernadette D. Nicolas -August 19, 2018 https://businessmirror.com.ph/malampaya-template-pitched-for-joint-explo...

A COMMERCIAL transaction on a joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea should adopt the Malampaya model and must be done according to the Constitution, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said.

Landing your dream job in shipping
20/08/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/landing-your-dream-job-in-shipping/

Oscar Arnoldsen was chosen as one of sixteen Maritime Trainees from a whopping 1 400 applicants when he landed his dream job as a Maritime Trainee in the program provided by the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association. This week he starts his trainee period with Höegh Autoliners, at the Company’s Head Office in Oslo.

Georgia’s MFA says 17 sailors aboard missing Gulf of Guinea tanker
18 August 2018 https://africatimes.com/2018/08/18/gulf-of-guinea-georgias-mfa-says-17-s...

The government of Georgia says that 17 of its citizens are missing after an oil tanker fell silent in the Gulf of Guinea, a notorious global hotspot of piracy and ship hijackings on Africa’s western coast.

The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Bad bunkers
17 Aug 2018 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1123910/The-Lloyds...

New IMO radio regulations
Jake Frith 13 August 2018 http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/onboard-systems/navigation-and-co...

Regulations set down by IMO came into action at the beginning of this July this year. These regulations involved fire fighters’ radios used aboard vessels.

As suppliers of these radios UK-based AMI Marine has recently informed its customers of this regulation and also to assure them that its products comply.

Bankruptcy petition filed against Murmansk Shipping Company
Sam Chambers August 16th, 2018 https://splash247.com/bankruptcy-petition-filed-against-murmansk-shippin...

Murmansk Shipping Company is on the ropes with a bankruptcy petition filed this week against this once powerful name in Arctic shipping.

Gazpromneft Marine Bunker has a demand of RB8.3m ($140,000) against the line.

Turkish freighter fire, 1 crew died, ship under tow
STEPAN KOTCHERGA August 15, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/08/15/turkish-freighter-fire-1-crew-di...

South Korean Shipbuilder, Container Carrier Hit Hard by Shipping Slump
Costas Paris Aug. 15, 2018

Shipbuilder DSME’s faltering second-quarter results and HMM’s steep loss raise new concerns about shipping businesses that play an important role in South Korea’s economy

South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. 042660 1.16% and national flag carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine 011200 1.87% posted weak results in the second quarter, raising concerns about their future business despite repeated state bailouts.