Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pushes roro route expansion

GMA pushes roro route expansion
By Morexette Marie B. Erram May 19,2018 http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/175765/gma-pushes-roro-route-expansion

EXPANDING the country’s roll-on, roll-off (roro) services will benefit both passengers and cargo companies in the long term, former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said yesterday.

Greener fuels may not make shipping safer – here’s why

Greener fuels may not make shipping safer – here’s why
21/05/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/greener-fuels-may-not-make-shipping...

Global shipping emits 2% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and this is projected to increase. No wonder there have been widespread calls for the shipping industry to reduce its hazardous emissions by replacing traditional fuels with “greener” alternatives.

Indonesian sailor stabbed, thrown off Taiwanese ship

Indonesian sailor stabbed, thrown off Taiwanese ship
May 20, 2018 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/05/20/2003693406

An Indonesian migrant fisherman working on a Taiwanese fishing boat on Thursday has been missing following an alleged fight with a compatriot while at sea, the Tung Kang Fishermen Association of Pingtung County said.

En route to Pontianak, western Kalimantan: Passenger ship aground, 250 passengers evacuated

Passenger ship aground, 250 passengers evacuated Updates Photos
Mikhail Voytenko May 19, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/05/19/passenger-ship-aground-250-passe...

Very Large Container Ship accident in New York

Very Large Container Ship accident in New York
Erofey Schkvarkin May 18, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/05/17/very-large-container-ship-accide...

Why the doomed El Faro cargo ship sailed right into a hurricane before sinking in the Bermuda Triangle with all 33 souls lost

REVEALED: Why the doomed El Faro cargo ship sailed right into a hurricane before sinking in the Bermuda Triangle with all 33 souls lost
Keith Griffith and Jennifer Smith and Snejana Farberov 20 May 2018

The author of a new book about the sinking of the El Faro has offered insights into why the ship sank and what could have saved the 33 crew members who died at sea.

Journalist Rachel Slade, the author of Into The Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm And The Sinking Of El Faro, says that both 'hubris' and the 40-year-old ship's age were key factors.

Ferry on fire, passengers and crew evacuated, Bali island

Ferry on fire, passengers and crew evacuated, Bali island Video
Mikhail Voytenko May 17, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/05/17/ferry-on-fire-passengers-and-cre...

IMO establishes autonomous vessels taskforce

IMO establishes autonomous vessels taskforce
Sam Chambers May 18th, 2018 https://splash247.com/imo-establishes-autonomous-vessels-taskforce/

Greener fuels may not make shipping safer – here’s why; Study finds biofuels most affordable alternative for shipping

Greener fuels may not make shipping safer – here’s why
May 17, 2018 http://theconversation.com/greener-fuels-may-not-make-shipping-safer-her...

Global shipping emits 2% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and this is projected to increase. No wonder there have been widespread calls for the shipping industry to reduce its hazardous emissions by replacing traditional fuels with “greener” alternatives.

IMO ponders green-tech, digital future for shipping industry

IMO ponders green-tech, digital future for shipping industry
18/05/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imo-ponders-green-tech-digital-futu...

On Tuesday May 15th, the International Maritime Organisation hosted a high-level, live-streamed debate on its role as a regulator in the future of shipping and international trade.

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