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Vehicles Damaged on Ro-Ro, Drivers Pose Risk
01-18-2020 https://maritime-executive.com/article/vehicles-damaged-on-ro-ro-drivers...

The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report into the December 2018 incident where the shifting of freight vehicles during a ro-ro passenger ferry crossing from Larne, Northern Ireland to Cairnryan, Scotland, resulted in damage to several vehicles.

MSC container ship crashed pilot boat, Gioia Tauro
STEPAN KOTCHERGA January 18, 2020 https://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/18/msc-container-ship-crashed-pilot...

Italian court rules it was wrong to arrest migrant ship captain
AFP 17 January 2020 https://www.thelocal.it/20200117/italian-court-rules-it-was-wrong-to-arr...

Italy's highest court on Friday agreed that Carola Rackete, the German captain of a migrant rescue ship, should not have been arrested for forcibly docking in Sicily.

Master found intoxicated, arrested, Oresund
Erofey Schkvarkin January 17, 2020 https://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/17/master-found-intoxicated-arreste...

Master fined for delay in reporting main engine breakdown
Nick Blenkey January 17, 2020 https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/safety-and-security/master-fined-for-...

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) reports that the master of a ship has been convicted after failing to report without delay a main engine breakdown off Queensland, Australia that affected the safety, operation and seaworthiness of his ship.

German freighter lost deck cargo, interrupted voyage, Atlantic, Spain
NIKOLAY TORKIN January 18, 2020 https://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/18/german-freighter-lost-deck-cargo...

Remittance growth slows in Nov.
January 16, 2020 https://www.bworldonline.com/remittance-growth-slows-in-nov/

MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) recorded its slowest pace of growth in nearly five months in November due to lingering global uncertainties.

House, DTI team up to regulate PHL shipping costs
January 16, 2020 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/722423/house-dti-team-up-t...

Legislators are now looking at regulating shipping rates in the country and lowering costs for importers, in efforts to bring down prices of consumer goods.

P&O accused of exploiting staff working on ferries sailing between Hull and Europe
Alex Wood 16 January 2020 https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/p-o-accused-of-exploiting-st...

P&O Ferries has been accused of "doubling down on seafarer exploitation" by taking on Filipino crews on "punishing" working conditions.

More incidents of robberies against ships in Singapore Strait last year
Lim Min Zhang Jan 15, 2020 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/more-incidents-of-robberies-again...