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Seafarers speak of grief after colleagues’ deaths
16/10/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarers-speak-of-grief-after-coll...

Crew members from the tanker Key Fighter have spoken about the shock and sadness of losing two of their colleagues who died following an incident on board the ship in early September.

‘Global shipping looks better next year’
GENIVI FACTAO October 16, 2018 https://www.manilatimes.net/global-shipping-looks-better-next-year/452519/

THE international shipping industry may be still reeling from the major economic downturn a decade ago, but prospects will look better starting next year, according to a maritime school official.

PPA approves ICTSI to expand Manila International Container Terminal
10 October 2018 https://www.ship-technology.com/news/ppa-approves-ictsi-expand-manila-in...

Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has granted approval to International Container Terminal Service (ICTSI) to expand the capacity of Manila International Container Terminal (MICT).

In the first phase of the expansion, ICTSI will start the construction of berths 7 and 8 at MICT on 15 October.

A storm is brewing for India’s domestic shipping industry
18 Oct 2018

India’s domestic shipping industry is considering its options after the central government relaxed cabotage rules. It now looks set to do away with a ‘right of first refusal’ that gives Indian shippers a chance to match the lowest rate offered by foreign ships. But what are the potential implications of this, Joe Baker asks?

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The Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO |October 15,2018 - https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/198983/magna-carta-filipino-seafarers

Stakeholders has been campaigning for the passage of the Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers given the fact that the Philippines is considered as one of the major supplier of maritime labor globally.

Piracy and sea crime in Asia hit a 10-year low
Anatassio Adamopoulo 15 Oct 2018

A new report highlights the decrease in the actual number of piracy and armed robbery incidents in Asian waters but also that aspiring criminals are no less vigorous in their efforts to attack ships. The notorious Sulu-Celebes seas and waters off eastern Sabah have appeared less threatening this year, but a recent abduction case shows that danger remains

Number of actual incidents drops to 50 between January and September but total number of incidents, including attempts, climbs to 64

MARINA trains boat owners, skippers on basic safety
Annabel Consuelo Petinglay October 15, 2018 http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1051092

Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao (left) emphasizes the importance of having passenger vessels registered with the MARINA during the opening of the two-day seminar on Modified Basic Safety Training, Monday. (Oct. 15, 2018)

Marina rolls out cruise ship accreditation program
RAYMUND F. ANTONIO October 15, 2018

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has rolled out its ship modernization program through accreditation of cruise ships and information campaign for motorboats to ensure safety of lives at sea.

Marina started recently the information campaign in Batangas City, where its personnel oriented several motorboat owners and operators from Southern Tagalog about the importance of upgrading wooden-hulled motorboats into steel, aluminum, or fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) boats.

Maritime Anti-Corruption Network Membership Tops 100
15/10/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/maritime-anti-corruption-network-me...

Will the recent additions of ZIM and Frontline to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) membership, the organization now numbers over 100 companies across the maritime sector. MACN’s members now represent a major percentage of the global world fleet by tonnage and play a key role in ocean transport and global logistics.

Asia Leads in Container Shipping Connectivity
2018-10-10

China remained the trading nation best connected to others by sea in 2018, according to UNCTAD’s latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI), released alongside the Review of Maritime Transport 2018.

The LSCI is an indicator of a country’s position within the global liner shipping networks. It is calculated from data on the world’s container ship deployment: the number of ships, their container carrying capacity, the number of services and companies and the size of the largest ship.