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PH re-elected to int’l maritime body
December 14, 2019 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1088777

MANILA — The Philippines has been re-elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council under Category C for Biennium 2020 to 2021, during the 31st Session of the IMO Assembly at the IMO Headquarters in London on Nov. 29.

Filipino seafarer dies as Togo pirates release Greek ship – company
Agence France-Presse 14 Dec 2019 https://www.rappler.com/nation/247165-filipino-seafarer-dies-togo-pirate...

A full investigation is underway, according to ship managers, adding that the Filipino's demise 'was not as a result of any actions by those holding the crew hostage but due to illness

Free mentorship for OFWs, seafarers aspiring entrepreneurs
Roderick Abad - December 12, 2019 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/12/12/free-mentorship-for-ofws-seafar...

RETURNING overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and seafarers, together with potential entrepreneurs, stand to gain the “gift of knowledge” on how to put up a business during the special leg of the Mentor Me on Wheels (MMOW) at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City today, Thursday.

DFA, DOTr, MARINA urged to report on PH compliance with EMSA findings
Charissa Luci-Atienza December 12, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/12/12/dfa-dotr-marina-urged-to-report-on-ph-...

Samar Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento urged government agencies to apprise the House of Representatives on the status of the country’s compliance with the findings of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

Shipping industry sails into unknown with new pollution rules
13/12/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipping-industry-sails-into-unknow...

Faced with imminent new global marine pollution rules, shipping companies and insurers are puzzling over the risks.

Port cities must connect to enable smarter shipping practises or face climate crises alone, reveals new SEA20 study
12/12/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/port-cities-must-connect-to-enable-...

Time to rock the boat and transform shipping
Jonathan Gornall November 23, 2019

Such is the density of international shipping represented as tiny symbols on global maritime tracking websites that the vast fleet continuously circling the globe appears as a massive, previously undiscovered landmass. The illusion is fitting. As the World Economic Forum put it recently, “If shipping were a country, it would be the world’s sixth-biggest greenhouse-gas emitter.”

Crews have finished removing 320,000 gallons of oil and water from overturned cargo ship
Natasha Chen December 13, 2019 https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/13/us/georgia-golden-ray-cargo-ship/inde...

(CNN)Crews have completed removing fuel from the Golden Ray, a cargo ship that has been overturned in St. Simons Sound off Georgia since early September, the St. Simons Sound Unified Command said Thursday.

More than 320,000 gallons of oil and water mixture were removed.

Abducted JJ Ugland bulker crew released by pirates
Jason Jiang December 11th, 2019 https://splash247.com/abducted-jj-ugland-bulker-crew-released-by-pirates/

Norwegian owner JJ Ugland has confirmed that nine crewmembers from 2014-built supramax bulker Bonita, who were held hostage by pirates, were released in Nigeria after 35 days in captivity.

Unmasking shipping company Maersk
09/12/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/unmasking-shipping-company-maersk/

786 ships, 4.1 million standard containers per year … these are the statistics that make Maersk the world’s largest container shipping firm. The Danish company accounts for one fifth of global container shipping. But how did it get from one used steamship more than a hundred years ago to the logistical empire of today? And how is it coping with China-U.S. trade friction?