Call for Action on Sewage Treatment with No-Sludge Production

Call for Action on Sewage Treatment with No-Sludge Production
Wei Chen 2019-02-09 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/call-for-action-on-sewage-...

Malaysia vessel Polaris, Greece-registered ship collide in Singapore waters: MPA

Malaysia vessel Polaris, Greece-registered ship collide in Singapore waters: MPA
09 Feb 2019 07:05PM https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/malaysia-ship-polaris-gre...

SINGAPORE: Malaysian buoy-laying vessel Polaris and a Greece-registered ship collided in Singapore waters on Saturday (Feb 9), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said.

Supramax 'Universal Bremen' arrested in Singapore

Supramax arrested in Singapore
8 Feb 2019 https://shipandbunker.com/news/apac/102899-supramax-arrested-in-singapore

The supramax carrier Universal Bremen was arrested today in Singapore.

The detention took place at 12:15 p.m. local time following action by local law firm Rajah & Tan Singapore LLP, according to the latest records from the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Beneficiaries of seafarer’s death compensation

Beneficiaries of seafarer’s death compensation
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |February 05,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/215582/beneficiaries-of-seafarers-dea...

The legal battle for death compensation of the deceased seafarer, in some instances, becomes a “telenovela” case due to confusion as to the rightful recipients of the death benefits.

Cargo ship hit rocks, breached in Swedish waters; Cargo ship sinking in South China sea, towed to safety

Cargo ship hit rocks, breached in Swedish waters
Erofey Schkvarkin February 8, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/02/08/cargo-ship-hit-rocks-breached-in...

Untaxed Greek Shipping Oligarchs Renew Voluntary Tax Agreement

Untaxed Greek Shipping Oligarchs Renew Voluntary Tax Agreement
February 8, 2019 https://www.thenationalherald.com/230060/untaxed-greek-shipping-oligarch...

ATHENS – With Prime Minister and Radical Left SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras having backed away from his pledge to “crush the oligarchy,” and tax Greece’s essentially tax-free shipping industry – the world’s largest – the owners renewed a deal to make voluntary payments.

Seaport anti-drug task group created in Iloilo

Seaport anti-drug task group created in Iloilo
February 8, 2019 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1786728

IN A move to ensure that no illegal drugs will enter Iloilo City through seaports, a Seaport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (SIADITG) in Western Visayas has been created.

Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III, along with representatives of eight agencies, signed the Memorandum of Agreement for the creation of task group on Thursday, February 7.

Decarbonization, digitalization and safety high on industry agenda

Decarbonization, digitalization and safety high on industry agenda
08/02/2019

The report “Breaking New Ground” presents the outcomes of the Global Maritime Forum’s recent Annual Summit in Hong Kong. The high-level meeting convened 200 decision-makers from across the entire maritime spectrum to address key challenges and opportunities facing global seaborne trade.

In connection with the launch of the report Johannah Christensen, Managing Director, Head of Projects and Programmes at the Global Maritime Forum comments:

Stroke and seafarer’s stress

Stroke and seafarer’s stress
Dennis Gorecho - February 8, 2019 https://www.panaynews.net/stroke-and-seafarers-stress/

A SEAFARER who suffered stroke on board the vessel must be compensated due to work-related stress.

Wage theft exposed on BlueScope chartered ship

Wage theft exposed on BlueScope chartered ship
08/02/2019

Wage theft aboard a BlueScope chartered foreign-flagged ship in Port Kembla has been exposed after intervention from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

Inspections by ITF inspectors in Western Port and Port Kembla of the Panamanian registered vessel KEN EI, in January, led to $38,384 in coastal wages being paid immediately in cash to the 20 Filipino seafarers crewing the ship.

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