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Marina rolls out cruise ship accreditation program
RAYMUND F. ANTONIO October 15, 2018

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has rolled out its ship modernization program through accreditation of cruise ships and information campaign for motorboats to ensure safety of lives at sea.

Marina started recently the information campaign in Batangas City, where its personnel oriented several motorboat owners and operators from Southern Tagalog about the importance of upgrading wooden-hulled motorboats into steel, aluminum, or fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) boats.

Maritime Anti-Corruption Network Membership Tops 100
15/10/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/maritime-anti-corruption-network-me...

Will the recent additions of ZIM and Frontline to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) membership, the organization now numbers over 100 companies across the maritime sector. MACN’s members now represent a major percentage of the global world fleet by tonnage and play a key role in ocean transport and global logistics.

Asia Leads in Container Shipping Connectivity
2018-10-10

China remained the trading nation best connected to others by sea in 2018, according to UNCTAD’s latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI), released alongside the Review of Maritime Transport 2018.

The LSCI is an indicator of a country’s position within the global liner shipping networks. It is calculated from data on the world’s container ship deployment: the number of ships, their container carrying capacity, the number of services and companies and the size of the largest ship.

Firefighters douse smouldering coal aboard cargo ship docked in Auckland port
Ben Leahy 15 Oct, 2018 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=121...

A smouldering blaze in the hold of a cargo vessel taking on coal from Auckland port has been put out by firefighters.

The vessel did not catch ablaze but smoke was seen coming from smouldering coal being loaded onto the vessel at about 7.30am, a Ports of Auckland spokeswoman said.

Retired seaman runs for Roxas City mayor
Jomarie A. Billones October 12, 2018 https://thedailyguardian.net/local-news/retired-seaman-runs-for-roxas-ci...

ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A retired seaman is running for Roxas City mayor in next year’s midterm elections.

Wenceslao Arapan-Diangco of New Road Brgy. Banica here, is set to file his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) on Oct 15, 2018 at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Roxas City Hall as an independent.

Cabatuan drug bust nets former seaman, live-in partner
Ruby Silubrico - October 11, 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/cabatuan-drug-bust-nets-former-seaman-live-in-...

ILOILO City – Police arrested two people in an illegal drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Zone 5, Cabatuan, Iloilo.

Villagers Randy Arcos, 40, and live-in partner Karen Rusgal, 32, were detained at the municipal police station.

Cosco Shipping says won’t feel trade spat bite
12/10/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cosco-shipping-says-wont-feel-trade...

Cocso Shipping (1199) predicts that the trade war between the United State and China will have only a limited impact on the company.

Vice president Zhang Wei said Cosco has changed its business strategies from focusing on China and Hong Kong to the worldwide market to diversity risk.

Ship Hits Jetty At Jawaharlal Nehru Port Near Mumbai
October 13, 2018 https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/container-ship-damages-jetty-at-jawahar...

The ship, belonging to CMA CGM group, was dropping anchor at the port afternoon when it hit a portion of the jetty while making a turn.

Mumbai: A portion of the jetty at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Nhava Sheva, near Mumbai, was damaged today after a container ship hit it, the police said.

Off the coast of Crimea sank Panamanian cargo ship
October 13, 2018 https://sivpost.com/off-the-coast-of-crimea-sank-panamanian-cargo-ship/2...

Near Sevastopol in the Black sea sank the ship, carrying scrap metal. The ship cruised under the flag of Panama.

About the incident informs TASS.

It is reported that the cargo ship under the flag of Panama sank on the morning of 13 October in 80 kilometers from the coast of the occupied Crimea.

Piraeus port considered ‘the head of the dragon’
12.10.2018 http://www.ekathimerini.com/233575/article/ekathimerini/business/piraeus...

Piraeus seems like it’s on its way to becoming the number one port in the Mediterranean and Europe, according to a Bloomberg report, while playing a key role in China’s One Belt One Road initiative.