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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.

Surging imports, inclement weather weigh down PH shipping
Sep 13 2018 https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/09/13/18/surging-imports-incleme...

Megaships being built in Shanghai
2018-09-14 http://www.ecns.cn/news/sci-tech/2018-09-14/detail-ifyxxzwt9219457.shtml

Massive vessels, the biggest in world, will be able to carry 23,000 containers

China is building the world's largest container ships, each of which will be able to carry more than 23,000 standard containers, which together can hold, for example, more than 1 billion units of the Apple iPhone X.

Cargo ship aground, river Don, Russia
STEPAN KOTCHERGA September 13, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/09/13/cargo-ship-aground-river-don-russia/

General cargo ship SORMOVSKIY-123, loaded with 3201 tons of wheat, ran aground in river Don estuary while proceeding downstream, to Azov-Don Sea Channel, at 0025 Moscow time Sep 13. The ship strayed off fairway while sailing in dense fog bank. As of 1700 Moscow time Sep 13, SORMOVSKIY-123 was still aground, with no tug in sight.

Seafarer’s repatriation on compassionate grounds
Dennis Gorecho - September 13, 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/seafarers-repatriation-on-compassionate-grounds/

AS A GENERAL rule, the employment of the seafarer shall cease when the he completes his period of contractual service aboard the ship, signs-off from the ship and arrives at the point of hire.