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Solon questions new fees charged from Pinoy seafarers aboard Panama vessels
May 24, 2018 http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news/654462/solon-questions-n...

A lawmaker on Thursday urged the Department of Health to look into the additional medical examination fee worth P1,040 being imposed on Filipino seafarers aiming to work aboard Panamanian-registered vessels.

DoH told to probe new fees on seamen
May 24, 2018 http://thestandard.com.ph/news/national/266454/doh-told-to-probe-new-fee...

A party-list lawmaker on Thursday called on the Department of Health to investigate the additional P1,040 medical examination fee that is being imposed on Filipino seafarers who will work aboard Panamanian registered vessels.

Saudi-led coalition foils Houthi attacks on Red Sea ships, Saudi and UAE media say
Reuters Staff May 23, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-tanker/saudi-led-coali...

MOL Woman Officer Shares Attractions of a Seafaring Career with Female Students
24/05/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/mol-woman-officer-shares-attraction...

Marine Intelligence leaders urge shipping industry to share data
Jamey Bergman 24 May 2018 http://www.marinemec.com/news/view,marine-intelligence-leaders-urge-ship...

“Shipping industry urged to maintain piracy precautions”
May 24, 2018 http://www.themeditelegraph.com/en/shipping/shipowners/2018/05/24/shippi...

London - Seafarers and shipowners have been warned against relaxing their counter-piracy precautions following new evidence of continuing high risks of attack in many parts of the world.

Cargo ship sank in Yellow sea, 7 missing
NIKOLAY TORKIN May 24, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/05/24/cargo-ship-sank-in-yellow-sea-7-m...

BP to cut 500 jobs this year
SØREN SPRINGBORG 23.05.18 https://shippingwatch.com/Offshore/article10622447.ece

Oil price increases in recent months have not kept BP from carrying out further cost reductions. Over 500 employees will be dismissed this year.
UK oil company BP will fire up to three percent of employees within production this year, reports Financial Times.

Seafarers Count in Ethical Purchasing Decisions
Mark Dickinson 2018-05-22 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/seafarers-count-in-ethical...

Cast an eye around your home. Much of what you see arrived by sea. Furniture, washing machines, crockery, clothes, home entertainment systems and food – 90 percent of all the world’s goods in fact have been packed in containers and spirited across oceans before they arrive in our shops.

Ship carrying wheat to Yemen hit by missile - EU navy force
Jonathan Saul 24 May 2018

LONDON (Reuters) - A Turkish vessel carrying wheat to Yemen this month was hit by a rocket or missile and more attacks on merchant ships are likely due to a spillover of the conflict, a senior European naval official said on Wednesday.

The Turkish flagged Ince Inebolu bulk carrier was damaged by an explosion on May 10, some 70 miles off the Red Sea port of Salif where it was due to deliver a 50,000 tonne cargo of Russian wheat.