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Container Shipping: Slow growing demand is a constant challenge
20/11/2018

Some 13.7 million TEU were shipped globally in September, bringing the full year total up to 125.2 million TEU. While that is an improvement of 4% for both the month (year on year) and year to date, the growth rate has been slowing for the past six months (source: CTS).

Nearly 80 rescued migrants forced off cargo ship in Libya
Sally Hayden November 20, 2018

(CNN)Nearly 80 rescued migrants have been forced off a cargo ship after it docked at a Libya port following an eleven-day standoff.
The standoff began on November 10, when dozens of migrants and refugees, who tried to reach Italy on a rubber boat, were rescued and returned to Libya by the Nivin, a cargo ship with a Panamanian flag.
Many refused to leave the ship after it docked at the Libyan port city of Misrata.

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.