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U.S. Coast Guard responds to engine room fire on Canadian cargo ship
Dec 16, 2019 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-coast-guard-engine-room-fire-t...

The 195-metre Tecumseh is currently anchored near Windsor

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to an engine room fire that began on the Canadian cargo vessel Tecumseh.

Media Releases: Personal Remittances Hit US$3 Billion in October 2019 and Reach US$27.6 Billion for January - October 2019
12.16.2019 http://www.bsp.gov.ph/publications/media.asp?id=5237

Personal remittances of Overseas Filipinos (OFs)1 reached US$3 billion in October 2019, a 7.7 percent increase from US$2.8 billion in October 2018. On a year-to-date basis (January-October), remittances grew by 4.3 percent to US$27.6 billion, higher than last year’s level of US$26.5 billion.

Pirates Abduct Twenty Indian Seafarers Off Togo
2019-12-15 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/pirates-abduct-twenty-indian-...

Cargo vessel sinks after collision with launch
December 16, 2019 https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/cargo-vessel-sinks-after-collisio...

A cargo vessel transporting cement clinker from Chattogram capsized in the Kirtonkhola river after colliding with a passenger launch near Barishal River Port around 10:30pm yesterday.

China’s first autonomous cargo ship completes trial voyage
Jason Jiang December 16th, 2019 https://splash247.com/chinas-first-autonomous-cargo-ship-completes-trial...

China’s autonomous ship development has reached a major milestone with the country’s first autonomous cargo ship Jin Dou Yun 0 Hao completing its first ever trial voyage in Zhuhai yesterday.

Onboard safety precaution on tank cleaning – “The Final Stretch” for IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap
16/12/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/onboard-safety-precaution-on-tank-c...

Lift for maritime sector in Kenya and Djibouti after fall in piracy
Robert McCabe December 15, 2019 http://theconversation.com/lift-for-maritime-sector-in-kenya-and-djibout...

DG shipping to take up identity issue of sailors
TNN | Dec 15, 2019 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dg-shipping-to-take-up-iden...

Malaysia seizes Vietnamese oil tanker that was tracked in North Korea
Rozanna Latiff, Roslan Khasawneh 12 Dec 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-vietnam-tanker/malaysia-seiz...

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Vietnamese oil tanker which Reuters reported visited North Korea in February has been seized by Malaysia after it was found adrift off the Malaysian coast, maritime agency officials said.

Cargo ship hijacked, freed in Somali waters
Mikhail Voytenko December 14, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/12/14/cargo-ship-hijacked-freed-in-som...