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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
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
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
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.

IMO’s gender programme: new logo to increase visibility for women in maritime
07/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imos-gender-programme-new-logo-to-i...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a new logo for its Women in Maritime programme, as part of its mission to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Korea’s Mega-Merger of Shipyards Set to Dominate Global Shipbuilding
08/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/koreas-mega-merger-of-shipyards-set...

Shipyards in South Korea are trying to forge a new shape for the industrial sector that underpins global shipping.

How AI & Automation Has Overhauled The Shipping Industry

Global cyber threats alongside sustained pressures over environmental regulations have always been a challenge for the shipping industry which made digitisation an indispensable alternative for the maritime industry. All over the world, major shipping industries have been keen on improvising systems to nurture and innovation and find solutions to these concerns.

How technology can help shipping companies avoid accidents at sea
08/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/how-technology-can-help-shipping-co...

A recent study by the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC)[i] into the causes of maritime accidents between 2002 and 2016, found that inadequate risk management was the leading cause of almost 56% of all accidents.

Ship disasters avoided with big data statistics techniques
February 6, 2019 https://phys.org/news/2019-02-ship-disasters-big-statistics-techniques.html

Hyundai Heavy latest name to be linked with taking over Hanjin’s Subic Bay yard
Sam Chambers February 5th, 2019 https://splash247.com/hyundai-heavy-latest-name-to-be-linked-with-taking...

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, is the latest big name being linked to taking over the financially troubled Philippine subsidiary of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction.