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DRUG BUST: Police intercept cargo ship smuggling €100 million worth of cocaine into Spain
Linda Hall -18 February 2019 https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2019/02/18/drug-bust-police-intercept-car...

A DRUGS network has been smuggling cocaine into Spain on cargo ships, police revealed after a 15-month investigation.

An outsider’s view of our neglect of seafarers
FEBRUARY 19TH, 2019 https://splash247.com/an-outsiders-view-of-our-neglect-of-seafarers/

In April Hubert Jaroni (pictured) will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for Sailors’ Society. Below this landlubber explains why he chose to run for this charity.

My brother-in-law is your not so humble editor of this site and my window into an opaque industry that the more I get to learn about the more it blows my mind.

Skills capacity not keeping up with demand in Australian seafaring: report
Tom McIlroy Feb 18, 2019 https://www.afr.com/news/politics/skills-capacity-not-keeping-up-with-de...

The latest snapshot of skills and capacity in Australian seafaring has found more than 560 new workers will be required within four years, with expertise beyond standard qualifications falling short of demand by leading employers.

Hanjin Heavy comes to an agreement with lenders in Manila
Sam Chambers 15 Feb 2019 https://splash247.com/hanjin-heavy-comes-to-an-agreement-with-lenders-in...

Troubled Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) from South Korea has reached an agreement on debt rescheduling for its Philippine affiliate, HHIC-Phil, Southeast Asia’s largest shipyard by area size.

Celso Banas killed in container ship boiler-room blast
4 February 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-47120800

A sailor was killed when a boiler exploded on a cargo ship as it prepared to dock in the UK, an inquest heard.

Celso Banas, 35, from the Philippines, died in the blast aboard the Manhattan Bridge at Felixstowe, Suffolk, on 19 January 2017.

Indian Seafarers Employment Soared 35% in 2018
Shailaja A. Lakshmi February 15, 2019 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/indian-seafarers-employment-so...

Global Container Shipping Market Insights Report 2019 – NYK Line, Mitsui O.S.K Lines, CMA CGM, Mediterranean Shipping
February 18, 2019 http://industrynewsnetwork.com/2019/02/18/global-container-shipping-mark...

Arroyo to conduct House oversight hearings in Cebu
Charissa Luci-Atienza February 17, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/02/17/arroyo-to-conduct-house-oversight-hear...

Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is expected to fly to Cebu City on Monday, February 18, to conduct two House Oversight hearings on transportation and housing.

IMO chief pledges to improve casualty reporting record
15 Feb 2019 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1126280/IMO-chief-...

Finnish seafarers threaten to strike from March 1
15/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/finnish-seafarers-threaten-to-strik...

The Finnish Seafarers’ Union threatened it would call its members out on strike from March 1, stopping all Finnish passenger and cargo vessels, including ice-breakers, if its pay demands are not met.