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North Korean Cargo Ship Sold to Compensate Families of Regime’s Victims
Sam LaGrone October 9, 2019 https://news.usni.org/2019/10/09/north-korean-cargo-ship-sold-to-compens...

Doomed Kiribati ferry crew drunk, victims died horribly: official report
Agence France-Presse Oct 08 2019 https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/08/19/doomed-kiribati-ferry-crew-dr...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Crew members of an overloaded Kiribati ferry, which sank in the Pacific claiming 95 lives, were drunk, leaving passengers to die slow deaths from starvation and hypothermia, a damning report has found.

Cosco operates tankers in the dark as sanctions see rates climb to new highs
Sam Chamber October 9th, 2019 https://splash247.com/cosco-operates-tankers-in-the-dark-as-sanctions-se...

Up to one third of the fleet of Cosco Shipping Tanker (Dalian) have switched off their automatic identification system (AIS) transponders in the wake of Washington slapping sanctions on the company two weeks ago, according to ship tracking data carried by Refinitiv Eikon.

Chief Officer killed by snapped line, Spain
STEPAN KOTCHERGA October 8, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/10/08/chief-officer-killed-by-snapped-...

5 people were hurt and cabins were 'torn open and crushed' after a cruise ship crashed into a cargo ship
Mark Matousek 9 October 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com/five-people-hurt-cabins-torn-open-after-...

Five passengers from the German river-cruise ship Prinzessin Isabella were injured on October 8 after a collision with a cargo ship, according to the website Vessel Tracker.

Two Cebuanos cited as Ten Outstanding Maritime Students of the Philippines
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO -| October 08,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/262747/two-cebuanos-cited-as-ten-outs...

Two Cebuanos were recently recognized as 2019 winners of the annual search the Ten Outstanding Maritime Students of the Philippines (TOMSP) in line with the 24th National Seafarers Day (NSD).

Viewpoint: The geopolitical seafarer
US State Department’s potential blacklist for anybody who may have served on board a ship carrying Libyan oil is a worry for seafarers
Michael Grey 12 Sep 2019

1 sand carrier capsized, 1 sank, 12 crew missing, Taiwan Strait
Mikhail Voytenko October 7, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/10/07/1-sand-carrier-capsized-1-sank-1...

Japan patrol ship crew says N.Korean boat hit them
7 October 2019 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191008_08/

The crew of a Japanese patrol ship says a North Korean fishing boat suddenly approached it and came into contact with the vessel.

The patrol vessel of the Japanese Fisheries Agency and the North Korean boat collided on Monday in Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan about 350 kilometers off the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Cruise ship collided with cargo ship, Danube, Romania
STEPAN KOTCHERGA October 5, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/10/05/cruise-ship-collided-with-cargo-...