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Wife of missing El Faro engineer speaks to News 3 on third anniversary of ship’s sinking
Margaret Kavanagh October 1, 2018 https://wtkr.com/2018/10/01/wife-of-missing-el-faro-engineer-speaks-to-n...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It’s been three years since the cargo ship El Faro sunk in the Atlantic Ocean.

Helping Filipino seafarers
BusinessMirror Editorial - October 4, 2018 https://businessmirror.com.ph/helping-filipino-seafarers/

The Philippines has been the world’s chief supplier of seafarers since 1987. It is common to find Filipinos navigating and working in vessels in any part of the seas all over the world.

Cyber theft, energy cost and trade are top fears for shipping industry
Malcolm Latarche 3 Oct 2018 https://shipinsight.com/articles/cyber-theft-energy-cost-and-trade-are-t...

Maritime industry not prepared for cyber, data theft threat
03-10-2018 https://www.intelligentinsurer.com/news/maritime-industry-not-prepared-f...

The maritime industry does not appear to be prepared for any of the major issues it faces, including the ones deemed to have potentially the biggest impact on the sector such as cyber-attacks and data theft.

Women need courage to succeed in maritime industry
Abigirl Ezenwafor & Kemi Abioye October 3, 2018 https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/women-need-courage-to-succeed-in-mar...

The President, Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA), Mary Haman, has charged females wishing to come into the maritime industry to be courageous if they must be successful.

The ship tycoon, the con men and a €100m scam
John Gapper June 28, 2018
When fraudsters embarked on an elaborate sting, they made one big miscalculation: their victim

Filipino seaman conned out of $11,000 in online 'love scam'
10/2/2018 https://menafn.com/1097517331/Filipino-seaman-conned-out-of-11000-in-onl...

(MENAFN - Asia Times) A Filipino seafarer lost more than PHP600,000 to a woman he met on social media and with whom he thought he was in a relationship.

Russia’s Suez Canal? Ships start plying a less-icy Arctic, thanks to climate change
William Booth and Amie Ferris-Rotman September 8 2018

Chinese state-owned TV channel highlights role of Piraeus Port in Maritime Silk Road
http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/europe/chinese-state-owned-tv-chan...

The Eastern Mediterranean’s largest port, Piraeus, was the star of the recent China Global Television Network (CGTN) report ‘Where the maritime silk road meets land’.

Inside Maersk Line's biggest challenger
TOMAS KRISTIANSEN 02.10.18 at 14:39

The biggest challenger to Maersk Line's reign as the world's largest container carrier is Chinese player Cosco and OOCL. ShippingWatch is visiting the Hong Kong-based carrier, which makes up an important part of the ambition to become the most powerful container player on the planet.

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