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Big ships' near miss off Rosebud sparks safety probe into port, pilots
Adam Carey 12 September 2018 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/big-ships-near-miss-off-rose...

Victoria’s maritime safety regulator is investigating a potentially disastrous near miss in which two large commercial ships came close to colliding in Port Phillip Bay.

Shipping post-Lehman not as bad as the 1980s: Clarksons
Sam Chambers September 14th, 2018 https://splash247.com/shipping-post-lehman-not-as-bad-as-the-1980s-clark...

European Union: Is State Aid Essential To The Shipping Industry?
Matthew Attard: 7 September 2018 http://www.mondaq.com/x/734094/Marine+Shipping/Is+State+Aid+Essential+To...

The recent long-awaited European Commission decision on the Maltese Tonnage Tax System has been welcomed by the shipping community, both locally as well as from other member states.

4.6K passengers stranded due to ‘Ompong’
Priam Nepomuceno September 15, 2018 http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1048068

MANILA -- With Typhoon Ompong battering a large part of the country after making landfall early Saturday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has announced that 4,688 passengers were reportedly stranded in various ports in eight regions, including Metro Manila.

Maersk changes course, will install IMO 2020 scrubbers — FreightWaves
September 13, 2018 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maersk-changes-course-will-install-imo...

As late as last month, during APM-Maersk’s (AMBKY) Q2 earnings call, CEO Søren Skou insisted that the Danish shipping line did not take a favorable view of scrubbers as a means to comply with the IMO 2020 guidelines reducing the sulphur content of marine fuel from 3.5% to 0.5%.

Maritime academy rises in Cavite as EU audit deadline nears
Sep 13 2018 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/13/18/maritime-academy-rises-in-cavite-...

MANILA - A maritime academy in Cavite was unveiled on Wednesday in time for a European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) audit due next month.

Partnership to deliver drone training to the maritime industry
13/09/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/partnership-to-deliver-drone-traini...

AMC Search, the commercial arm of the Australian Maritime College, and The Institute for Drone Technology™ have signed a memorandum of understanding to bring drone technology training into the maritime training environment.

Russia unveils a number of unmanned shipping test projects and implementation of proper regulation
Press Release- on behalf of Marinet - 6 Sept 2018

The Marinet Conference on the most promising maritime high technologies held at SMM 2018, Hamburg on 5 September 2018 gathered representatives of international companies and scientific centres. The Conference programme included panel discussions on digital navigation and unmanned shipping as well as maritime robotics fest.

3 areas under Signal No. 3 as ‘Ompong’ moves closer to Northern Luzon
Frances Mangosing - September 14, 2018

University of the Philippines Resilience Institute- NOAH's Mobile Applications - https://center.noah.up.edu.ph/resources/

Ships' crews celebrate Mass at St Peter's Basilica
Sep 13th, 2018 https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/35620

Crew members from two cruise ships - P&O Ventura and Cunard Queen Victoria - had the unique opportunity to celebrate Mass in the Vatican on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8th.