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Illegal withholding of seafarer’s travel documents
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO November 19,2018 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/204266/illegal-withholding-of-seafare...

Manning agencies and foreign principals and employers can be held criminally liable for illegally withholding seafarers’ travel documents.

All seamen recruited for Exxon are Guyanese, Ramps subsidiary says
November 14, 2018 https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/guyana/11/14/all-seamen-recruited...

El Dorado Offshore (EDO), the local subsidiary of Ramps Logistics, has said all the seamen it has recruited for ExxonMobil are Guyanese, despite allegations that it had been favouring Trinidadian applicants.

Shipping as a commoditised industry spurs debate
Sam Chambers November 19th, 2018 https://splash247.com/shipping-as-a-commoditised-industry-spurs-debate/

Impassioned debate on two contentious issues followed by cocktails high up among the skyscrapers served as a great curtain raiser on Friday to this week’s Hong Kong Maritime Week.

How China trade is impacting global shipping industry

David Sokol, chairman of Seaspan, discusses how issues with trade have been impacting the global shipping industry.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/11/19/how-china-trade-is-impacting-globa...

MARINA unveils 10-year shipyard modernization program
Aerol John Pateña November 19, 2018 http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1054300

MANILA -- The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has unveiled its 10-year program to modernize the shipyard industry in the country.

Seafarer officers wages have stagnated over the last decade
19 November 2018 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/officers-wages-have-stagnated...

Wages for officers have stagnated over the last decade rising by 1% annually since 2008, and increases look set to remain modest in coming years.

MORE THAN 2,000 PASSENGERS AFFECTED: 5 ports cancel trips due to ‘Samuel’
Faye Orellana -November 19, 2018 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1055023/5-ports-cancel-trips-due-to-samuel

Five ports canceled trips on Monday due to tropical depression “Samuel,” affecting more than 2,000 passengers, reports from the maritime sector shows.

Data obtained by INQUIRER.net showed that in the Visayas, the ports have suspended their vessel trips.

15 Filipino seafarers stranded in India now back in PH
November 18, 2018 https://www.rappler.com/nation/216952-stranded-filipino-seafarers-india-...

There are 6 other Filipino crew members still in India who will be repatriated 'as soon as their exit clearances are issued'

MANILA, Philippines – Most of the Filipino seafarers stranded in India since June are now back home in the Philippines.

Seafarer proposes sea transport system
JOHANNA MARIE O. BAJENTING November 18, 2018 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1774633/Cebu/Business/Seafarer-propos...

FOR a returning seafarer, sea trips are an option for commuters struggling to get to work on time.

Coast Guard seized cargo ship with 50,000 bags of rice
November 18, 2018 https://mindanaoexaminer.com/coast-guard-seized-cargo-ship-with-50000-ba...

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine Coast Guard patrol seized a cargo ship loaded with some 50,000 bags of suspected smuggled rice off Tongkil Island in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Sunday.