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Once the world's greatest port, Hong Kong sinks in global ranking
24 Jan 2019 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/once-the-worlds-greatest-por...

HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong's continued slide down the rankings of the world's great ports has pushed billionaire Li Ka Shing's freight-terminal operator to take action.

UK Launches Huge Marine Smart Tech Strategy
24 Jan 2019 https://www.porttechnology.org/news/uk_launches_huge_marine_smart_tech_s...

The UK government has announced it has launched an initiative to make the country a pre-eminent global test bed of emerging technology in order to capitalize on the growing economic potential of maritime innovations.

Technology in Maritime: Dehumanising the Industry or Creating New Job Opportunities?

This is the second edition in a series of three reports produced in the lead up to the seventh edition of Sea Asia – the maritime industry’s leading forum for discussion, debate and analysis on the key trends and challenges facing the industry. Sea Asia 2019 will take place in Singapore from 9-11 April 2019.

download report: https://ubm.seatrademaritimeevents.com/sea-asia-technology-in-maritime-3/

Singapore unveils new initiatives to strengthen maritime industry
24 January 2019 https://www.ship-technology.com/news/singapore-unveils-new-initiatives/

The Government of Singapore has unveiled two initiatives to further strengthen the country’s maritime industry.

The initiatives include the Singapore War Risks Insurance Conditions (SWRIC) and the creation of an interoperability structure for electronic trade documents for the maritime and trade industries.

BIMCO calls for urgent international naval coalition to fight piracy off West Africa
Sam Chambers January 23rd, 2019 https://splash247.com/bimco-calls-for-urgent-international-naval-coaliti...

International shipowning body BIMCO is calling for international naval support to counter the growing threat of piracy off West Africa.

Australian Seafarers to be Removed from Two Ships
2019-01-23 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/australian-seafarers-to-be-re...

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has expressed opposition to a decision by BHP and Bluescope to remove Australian crew from two vessels that carried iron ore from Port Hedland in Western Australia to steelworks in Port Kembla and to China.

Arroyo revisits RORO system
Maricel Cruz January 23, 2019 http://manilastandard.net/news/national/286048/arroyo-revisits-roro-syst...

Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday asked the Department of Transportation to revise its proposed development of the Roll-On, Roll-Off transport system after most of the new routes being pushed had been found to be already existing or are being serviced by shipping lines in nearby ports.

The Government Shutdown's Effects on the Maritime Industry
Winston & Strawn 2019-01-23

[By Charlie Papavisas, Allen Black and Bryant E. Gardner]

On December 22, 2018, a continuing resolution passed by Congress to fund a portion of the U.S. Government into the 2019 fiscal year expired and was not renewed, resulting in a partial federal government shutdown. The shutdown is having significant regulatory impacts which will become more severe and then debilitating over time.

Seafarer’s stress and stroke
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |January 23,2019 - https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/213532/seafarers-stress-and-stroke

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

Report: Closer Collaboration Needed on Seafarer Welfare
2019-01-21

Stakeholders in the shipping industry need to work more closely with Stella Maris-Apostleship of the Sea to ensure seafarers get the right help when they need it the most, according to a report launched by the charity Life at Sea Report: Working together in times of crisis.