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Shipping sector is ready for IMO 2020: International Chamber of Shipping
2 Jan 2020 https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/01/02/shipping-sector-is-ready-for-imo-2...

Domestic ship owners struggle to meet sulfur cap
December 31, 2019 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1838169

DOMESTIC shipping companies are struggling to comply with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) regulations governing the sulfur cap which takes effect Jan. 1, 2020.

Edgar Nicolas, officer-in-charge administrator of the Philippine Coastwise Shipping Association Inc., said there are not enough options for compliant fuel in the market today. He said the government is still at the survey stage.

PH closely monitors kidnap of 2 Filipino sailors in Cameroon
JC Gotinga January 01, 2020 https://www.rappler.com/nation/248333-philippines-monitors-kidnap-filipi...

The Filipino seamen are among 8 crew members of a Greek oil tanker abducted in a port in Cameroon on New Year's Eve

Wisma Putra seeks more info on ship, crew detained by Iran
31 Dec 2019 https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/12/31/wisma-putra-seeks-more...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Foreign Ministry is working to identify a ship and its 16 Malaysian crew members who were arrested by Iranian authorities at the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (Dec 30) for allegedly carrying illegal fuel.

Piracy attacks off Nigeria rise
Sam Chambers December 30th, 2019 https://splash247.com/piracy-attacks-off-nigeria-rise/

Piracy attacks off West Africa over the past week have escalated, reaching extraordinarily dangerous proportions where bullets were fired at a moving LNG carrier.

2 Filipinos among sailors abducted from Greek oil tanker in Cameroon port
Agence France-Presse December 31, 2019 https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/africa/248293-filipinos-among-sail...

(UPDATED) The 2 Filipinos are among 8 seamen aboard the Greek oil tanker Happy Lady who were abducted by armed men

Huge container ship transporting bananas hits whale on the way to Portsmouth
Tom Cotterill 31 Dec 2019 https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/huge-container-ship-transportin...

AN ENORMOUS cargo container transporting tonnes of bananas has struck a whale on its way into Portsmouth sparking an emergency operation.

Pilot dies after falling from an accommodation ladder
31/12/19 https://safety4sea.com/pilot-dies-after-falling-from-an-accommodation-la...

According to reports, a veteran Sandy Hook ship pilot lost his life when he fell during a boarding of an inbound containership at the Port of New York and New Jersey, on Monday, December 30.

Stress and the work-related illnesses of seafarers
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO | December 31,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/278234/stress-and-the-work-related-il...

A seafarer who suffered an illness on board the vessel must be compensated due to work-related stress.

The Supreme Court has recognized that any kind of work or labor produces stress and strain.

Iran seizes ship, arrests 16 Malaysian crew members
AFP - December 31, 2019 https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/12/552149/iran-seizes-ship-arres...

Iranian authorities have seized a ship suspected of fuel-smuggling and arrested 16 Malaysian crew members. - AFP/File pic. (Image shown is for illustration purposes only).