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New Silk Road: How the largest infrastructure project ever is changing the world
18/03/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/new-silk-road-how-the-largest-infra...

The Chinese plan to spend around $1 trillion on their “Belt and Road Initiative” in order to expand and control the transport routes for Chinese export goods. There is still a lot of potential for growth, particularly on overland routes. But it is meeting with some resistance.

Offshore support ship attacked, 5 crew kidnapped in Mar 9 attack
Mikhail Voytenko March 16, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/03/16/offshore-support-ship-attacked-5...

Ship crew stranded off UAE coast in legal dispute lose hope for return
Nick Webster March 12, 2019 https://www.thenational.ae/uae/transport/ship-crew-stranded-off-uae-coas...

Shipping and carbon: EU and IMO systems to align
16/03/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipping-and-carbon-eu-and-imo-syst...

Container ship crew combat loneliness with karaoke
From The Podcast Hour 16 March 2019 https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-podcast-hour/audio/201...

SEAFARERS’ JOBS AT STAKE: PH risks dropping out of global maritime list
CARMELA I. HUELAR March 18, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/ph-risks-dropping-out-of-global-maritime-lis...

EXCLUSIVE

THE JOBS of 400,000 Filipino seafarers and the country’s good standing in the global maritime community are at stake because of the country’s supposed failure to comply with global reporting standards.

Filipino seaman found dead in his cabin
Mar 12, 2019 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/25473/filipino-seaman-found-...

Call for enforcement of ship wastewater discharge performance
Sam Chambers March 14th, 2019 https://splash247.com/call-for-enforcement-of-ship-wastewater-discharge-...

De-chlorination: A Certified Impossibility
Wei Chen 2019-03-16 https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/sewage-chlorination-without-de...

Screenshot of marine traffic (Source, Map: Visualizing Every Ship at Sea in Real-Time, Desjardins, J., Visual Capitalist (2017)

Gender gap in maritime sector ‘serious’
GENIVI FACTA March 13, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/gender-gap-in-maritime-sector-serious/524661/

There is a need to push policy makers and stakeholders to double their efforts in accelerating gender equality in the seafaring industry to develop more prospects and economic gains.