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Vietnam: Fierce competition in shipping industry predicted for 2019
10/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/vietnam-fierce-competition-in-shipp...

Total goods exchange output will increase rapidly, bringing opportunities to Vietnam’s shipping firms, experts said at a seminar on container maritime transport, held on the occasion of the launch of a book on maritime transport in Vietnam by leading expert Lars Jensen.

Day Nine: Seafarers Feeling Lonely and Isolated

Feelings of isolation and loneliness are increasingly impacting seafarers. Living and working onboard a ship can have its positives, but where there is a lack of camaraderie, friendship and interaction then seafarers report alone, homesick and depressed.

more.... https://www.happyatsea.org/news/article/day-nine-seafarers-feeling-lonel...

Day Ten: Seafarers Suffering from Tiredness and Fatigue

Seaman from Arevalo disappears from ship
Wilhelm Mantua February 6, 2019

ILOILO City – A seaman from Barangay Mohon, Arevalo district disappeared from the international shipping vessel where he was working.

Wilhelm Mantua, 25, was a graduate of John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (JBLFMU) – Molo.

Greek ship, crew detained after collision with Malaysian vessel in Johor waters
Zurairi AR 09 February 2019 https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/02/09/greek-ship-crew-detai...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The Malaysian Marine Department (Mardep) has detained Greece-registered bulk carrier Piraeus and its crew today after a collision with its vessel MV Polaris in the Johor new port limits earlier today.

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
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 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
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
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
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.