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India: Shipping Ministry working on compromise formula to tweak ‘right of first refusal’
27/07/2018

The Shipping Ministry is weighing a compromise formula to overhaul the right of first refusal (ROFR) benefit given to local fleet owners for carrying export-import (EXIM) and coastal oil and bulk cargo owned by state-run firms.

Fire erupts at cargo ship
July 28, 2018 https://nation.com.pk/28-Jul-2018/fire-erupts-at-cargo-ship

KARACHI - Fire erupted at cargo ship at Karachi Port gutted dozens of recondition cars and other valuables here on Friday.

'Without seafarers, half the world would starve while the other half would freeze'
Martin Foley 06 July 2018 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/1168/-without-seafarers-half-the-worl...

This weekend churches all over Great Britain and the world will mark Sea Sunday – a day to remember seafarers and to pray for them, their families and for all who support them.

Seafarers will need online visa to disembark in Port of Fujairah
18 July 2018 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/middle-east-africa/seafarers-will-...

Seafarers wanting to embark/disembark in the Port of Fujairah, UAE will now require a 96-hour in advance online visa.

Cargo ship sinks in Penang waters
Edmund Lee 26 July 2018 http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2018/07/26/cargo-ship-sinks-penang-waters

GEORGE TOWN: A huge Hong Kong cargo vessel sustained about RM3.5million in losses after it was partially sunk as the ship ran into the wreckage of previous shipwrecks off the waters off Permatang Damar Laut at the south of Penang island early today.

CSO Alliance: Shipping industry needs culture change on crime reporting
26/07/18 https://safety4sea.com/cm-cso-alliance-shipping-industry-needs-culture-c...

A seafarer’s social media guide
25/06/18 https://safety4sea.com/cm-a-seafarers-social-media-guide/

A course of human errors led to Kea Trader grounding, says official report
23/07/18

Transport Malta's Marine Safety Investigation Unit issued an investigation report on the grounding of the Maltese registered container ship 'Kea Trader' in the Pacific ocean. In a first of its kind situation, the six-months-old ship, owned by Lomar Shipping, ran aground on 12 July 2017 and remains on site until today, despite continuous efforts to be removed.

The incident

As cruise lines seek arbitration, Filipino seafarers become more vulnerable
Anthony Advincula - July 25, 2018 http://usa.inquirer.net/14065/cruise-lines-seek-arbitration-filipino-sea...

An overturned lifeboat from the Norwegian Breakaway: A safety drill went awry and killed two Filipino crew members. SCREENGRAB

Retd seamen issue raised at Centre
TNN | Jul 26, 2018 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/retd-seamen-issue-raised-at...