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Marina, private sector boost maritime courses for more competitive seafarers
Lorenz S. Marasigan -January 17, 2019 https://businessmirror.com.ph/marina-private-sector-boost-maritime-cours...

UK Authorities Arrest Russian Cargo Ship in British Port - Union Watchdog
17.01.2019 https://sputniknews.com/europe/201901171071564943-russian-cargo-ship-arr...

The dry cargo vessel is said to belong to a Murmansk-based shipping company.

Not quite ashore – the in-between world of a cargo-ship rest stop
https://aeon.co/videos/not-quite-ashore-the-in-between-world-of-a-cargo-...

Landmark shipping automation study suggests seafarer numbers will double by 2040
Sam Chambers January 16th, 2019 https://splash247.com/landmark-shipping-automation-study-suggests-seafar...

17 Filipino seafarers from burning ship evacuated to Halifax
INQUIRER.net US Bureau /January 18, 2019 https://usa.inquirer.net/18850/17-filipino-seafarers-from-burning-ship-e...

Maritime industry lacks human resources
January, 15/2019 https://vietnamnews.vn/society/483791/maritime-industry-lacks-human-reso...

The number of shipping workers in Việt Nam fell from more than 45,000 in 2014 to 39,000 last year.–VNA/VNS Photo Phúc Sơn Viet Nam News

Cargo ship collided with pier at Barranquilla VIDEO
NIKOLAY TORKIN January 17, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/01/17/cargo-ship-collided-with-pier-at...

Shipping Industry Cyber Attacks Prompt Government Action : Security Upgrade Following Spate of Crimes
January 16, 2019 https://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/shipping-industry-cyber...

Duterte open to gov't takeover of Hanjin facility in Subic--Lorenzana
AMITA LEGASPI, January 16, 2019 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/681633/duterte-open-to-g...

Kin of 7 jailed PH seamen in Libya ask Duterte’s help
WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL January 15, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/kin-of-7-jailed-ph-seamen-in-libya-ask-duter...

THE families of seven Filipino seamen currently detained in Libya for alleged attempted oil smuggling appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to have them transferred to “a more secured detention facility” because “we fear for their lives.”