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Captain drank, left bridge unmanned: Vessel ran aground
https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=29596:cap...

JUNE 22, 2018 — A report just issued by the U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch underscores the case for simply keeping booze off ships.

Cruise ship with hundreds on board loses control, strikes several sailboats
June 22, 2018 http://abc13.com/cruise-ship-loses-control-strikes-several-sailboats-/36...

BOSTON, Massachusetts (KTRK) -- A man was forced to leap-frog to save his life when a Boston cruise ship filled with hundreds of eighth graders lost control.

The ship set out as an end-of-school year celebration for the kids on Thursday.

Vietnamese cargo ship damages 200 artificial reefs off Sarangani Bay
Jeoffrey Maitem - June 20, 2018 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/168035/vietnamese-cargo-ship-damages-20...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — More than 200 artificial reef domes were damaged when a Vietnamese cargo ship ran aground off Sarangani Bay on its way to the Makar port here, authorities said Wednesday.

Cargo ship fire runs its course
Jun 23, 2018 https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/cargo-ship-fire-runs-its-course-...

Calcutta: The fire inside the abandoned cargo ship MV SSL Kolkata has died out on its own, a salvage team comprising experts from various countries confirmed after the first thorough inspection of the vessel.

The ship with 464 containers carrying 211 tonnes of oil had caught fire on the evening of June 13 and remains adrift near the Sunderbans coast.

Danish cargo ship with 113 rescued migrants off Italy's coasts, waiting for permission to dock
Xinhua 2018-06-23 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/23/c_137276125.htm

ROME, June 23 (Xinhua) -- A Danish cargo ship with over 100 rescued migrants on board was off the coasts of southern Italy on Saturday, waiting for the permit from the Italian authorities to dock in one of the country's ports.

Pneumonia as an occupational illness
Dennis Gorecho - June 23, 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/pneumonia-as-an-occupational-illness/

TO BE entitled to compensation and benefits, it is not sufficient to simply establish that the seafarer’s pneumonia has rendered him permanently or partially disabled. It must also be shown that there is a causal connection between the seafarer’s illness or injury and the work for which he had been contracted.

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Wounds far from healed 10 years after ‘Princess of the Stars’ tragedy
Jodee A. Agoncillo June 23, 2018 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1003416/wounds-far-from-healed-10-years-aft...

Ten years after MV Princess of the Stars capsized off Romblon province, the relatives of the disaster’s more than 833 fatalities and scores of survivors continue to seek justice, with most of the cases they filed in court still pending.

Legislative 'tsunami' has to be dealt with realsitically: Greek Shipping Co-operation Council
22 June 2018 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/europe/legislative-tsunami-has-to-...

As shipping industry leaders it's the duty of the Greeks "to present a realistic way of solving many of our global issues" says Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee chairman, Haralambos J Fafalios.

Resolve ‘Princess’ case too, SC told
Rio N. Araja June 21, 2018 http://thestandard.com.ph/news/national/268660/resolve-princess-case-too...

Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Rueda-Acosta on Thursday called on the Supreme Court to resolve the criminal case filed by the kin of over 300 passengers who died in the 2008 sinking of the ship Princess of the Stars off Romblon.