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Norwegian shipping firm ordered to help families of kidnapped Filipinos seamen
Roy Mabasa November 7, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/11/07/norwegian-shipping-firm-ordered-to-hel...

A top official of the Norwegian shipping company that owns M/V Bonita has ordered his firm to “care for and comfort” the families of the nine Filipino seafarers who were abducted off the coast of Benin on Saturday.

Singapore Threatens To Auction Off Chinese Tanker Violating Iran Sanctions
14/11/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/singapore-threatens-to-auction-off-...

A court in Singapore has given the owner of a tanker carrying Iranian liquid gas (LPG) a week to either come forward or it would place the vessel under the hammer.

What are the benefits of adopting autonomy technology for the maritime industry?
Pia Meling · 05 November 2019 https://shipinsight.com/articles/what-are-the-benefits-of-adopting-auton...

Security sector ‘always ready’ to protect PH maritime industry
Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos October 30, 2019 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1084607

MANILA -- The country’s security sector would “always be ready” to protect the maritime industry from any threats, the Department of National Defense (DND) vowed on Tuesday.

Italian ship attacked by pirates in Mexico, two crew hurt
November 13, 2019 https://news.yahoo.com/italian-ship-attacked-pirates-mexico-234516868.html

MEXICO CITY, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Pirates attacked an Italy-flagged offshore supply vessel in the southern Gulf of Mexico, injuring two crew members, the Mexican Navy said on Tuesday, in the latest outbreak of robbery and piracy to hit oil platforms and infrastructure in the area.

Coast Guard to promote officer for rescuing passengers, crew of sinking ship in Cebu
Betheena Kae Unite November 12, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/11/12/coast-guard-to-promote-officer-for-res...

Study: Exhaustion, boredom cause of seafarer depression
Yashika F. Torib November 13, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/11/13/business/maritime-business/study-...

Exhaustion from too much work was identified by majority of seafarers as an underlying cause of shipboard depression, as were family-related problems and boredom.

Families of sailors killed in Far East oil tanker blast get $15,000 each, says shipowner
12 Nov 2019 https://tass.com/emergencies/1088198

The search continues for a missing person

VLADIVOSTOK, November 12. /TASS/. The Nayada company, which owns the Zaliv America tanker, where an explosion in the Primorsky Region’s Nakhodka Bay led to the deaths of two people and left one missing, paid out 1 million rubles ($15,600) to each family, the shipowner told TASS on Tuesday.

Seafarer coop group ISP to invest in shipbuilding
Raffy Ayeng November 13, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/11/13/business/maritime-business/seafar...

As an answer to the eventual phasing out of wooden-hulled typed vessels plying the domestic route, the Integrated Seafarers of the Philippines (ISP) will venture into building more roll-on roll-off vessel.

Barajan on MV Siargao Princess crew: ‘They left us’
Rosalie O. Abatayo November 11,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/269641/barajan-on-mv-siargao-princess...

CEBU CITY, Philippines —— None of the crew helped in keeping the 58 passengers of MV Siargao Princess safe during the sea tragedy last Thursday, November 7.