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Iran’s flag-shopping fleet drags registries into sanctions net
Michelle Wiese Bockmann and Nidaa Bakhsh 13 Jan 2020 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1130632/Irans-flag...

A fleet comprising of some 40 tankers and gas carriers has been busy re-flagging. The activity will not have gone unseen by the US authorities

$1.14bn of venture funding invested in maritime last year
5/01/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/1-14bn-of-venture-funding-invested-...

Over $1bn was invested in technology companies working in the maritime sector in 2019 according to a new report published yesterday.

China’s Shipbuilders Seek New Inroads in Arctic Shipping
Trym Aleksander Eiterjord January 14, 2020

New ship designs signal a growing Chinese interest in Arctic shipping.

NMP reaffirms commitment to quality MET this year
January 15, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/01/15/business/maritime-business/nmp-re...

The National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) takes on the year 2020 with a positive disposition and reaffirmed commitment to quality maritime education and training (MET) for the Filipino seafarers and its allied labor force.

Tanker collided with fishing vessel, 1 dead, 2 missing, Galveston
Erofey Schkvarkin January 15, 2020 http://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/15/tanker-collided-with-fishing-vess...

Moral damages in labor cases
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO January 14,2020 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/281265/moral-damages-in-labor-cases

Moral damages are awarded to compensate an employee for mental distress that has been caused by the bad faith manner by which they were treated by their employer in relation to their labor claims.

Seamen suspected of sugar smuggling
Chen Huizhi 2020-01-13 https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2001139681/

Five people suspected of smuggling sugar by ship were caught by the coast guard on Monday morning.

Over 600 tons of sugar, worth about 5 million yuan (US$724,000), were found on the vessel anchored at the mouth of the Yangtze River at 1am on Monday, the coast guard said.

All its lights were out so officers sounded an alarm, lit up the ship and announced an onboard inspection.

Coastal shipping along India’s east coast grinding to a halt on lack of VLSFO
Sam Chambers January 13th, 2020 https://splash247.com/coastal-shipping-along-indias-east-coast-grinding-...

The IMO 2020 regulation has its first global trade scalp with news from south Asia where coastal shipping operations along India’s eastern coast risk grinding to a halt later this week due to the scarcity of low sulphur fuel oil.

The shipping industry: Its role and unique needs
Ambassador Carlos Salinas January 8, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/01/08/business/maritime-business/the-sh...

Japan to dispatch warship to protect ships transiting Arabian Gulf
13/01/ 20 https://safety4sea.com/japan-to-dispatch-warship-to-protect-ships-transi...

Japan has decided to dispatch a warship and patrol planes to the Arabian Gulf, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, in spite of increased tensions in the Middle East