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Cargo vessel runs aground off Legazpi City amid monsoon rains
August 12, 2018 http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/663880/cargo-vessel-runs-agr...

A cargo vessel ran aground at noon Sunday, just 100 meters from the shores of a coastal barangay in Legazpi City in Albay province.

Super Radyo dzBB's Sam Nielsen reported that MV Jerlyn Lily strayed into shallow waters and got stuck in a reef area off Legazpi City's Barangay Arimbay.

DTI threatens to unleash BIR on foreign shipping lines
Janina C. Lim August 15, 2018 http://www.bworldonline.com/dti-threatens-to-unleash-bir-on-foreign-ship...

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it will ask the Bureau of Internal Revenues to investigate foreign shipping lines to validate whether they are paying taxes properly on what it called “excessive” cargo charges.

Islamic finance in the shipping industry
17/08/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/islamic-finance-in-the-shipping-ind...

NIMASA trains 2,337 seafarers to boost maritime sector – Peterside
Aug 15, 2018 https://theeagleonline.com.ng/nimasa-trains-2337-seafarers-to-boost-mari...

The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency on Wednesday said it had trained 2,337 Nigerians as seafarers to enhance the performance of the maritime industry.

Stranded: Seafarers suffer as job market tightens
KYAW LIN HTOON August 14, 2018 https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/stranded-seafarers-suffer-as-job-market-t...

Unscrupulous job agents are taking advantage of seafarers, leaving some stranded far from home and stinking of fish.

Oil tanker 'explodes' off coast of Oman
15 August, 2018 https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/8/14/oil-tanker-explodes-off...

An explosion ripped through an oil tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday, with a search underway to rescue sailors.

Desh Vaibhav was hit by a fire from an unexplained explosion at around 9am as it sailed towards Fujairah in the UAE, according to Shipping Corporation of India.

Container ship MSC Chloe loses 13 containers
8/14/2018 http://www.freshplaza.com/article/199364/Container-ship-MSC-Chloe-loses-...

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) issued an urgent warning on Monday night after steel shipping containers were dislodged from the MSC Chloe just before midnight on Tuesday‚ August 7‚ about 21 nautical miles (39km) east-south-east of Durban.

That was heroic': Man jumps in water to rescue another who fell off cargo ship
KOMO Staff August 14th 2018 https://komonews.com/news/local/1-fighting-for-life-after-nearly-drownin...

SEATTLE --A man was hospitalized after he nearly drowned in the waters off Harbor Island, but is still alive thanks to a quick-thinking worker at the Port of Seattle terminals.

Product tanker and cargo ship collided in East China sea, oil spill
Mikhail Voytenko August 15, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/08/15/product-tanker-and-cargo-ship-col...

Product tanker and cargo ship collided in East China sea early in the morning Aug 15. Tanker hull was breached in cargo tanks area, some 300 tons of fuel leaked. Salvage under way.

Credibility of findings of company doctors
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO |August 13,2018 http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/189094/credibility-findings-company-do...

The findings of the company-designated physician do not always bind the courts in determining the merits of compensation cases filed by Filipino seafarers.