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Weak peso to also hit OFWs —experts
June 15, 2018 http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news/656987/weak-peso-to-also...

If there's a sector that welcomes the weakening of the peso against the dollar, it's the OFWs.

But, as financial analyst Astro del Castillo explained, families of OFWs may soon feel the negative effects of a weak peso as other Filipinos due to the higher price of oil and other goods.

MARINA on track to comply with EU norms for training seafarers
June 8, 2018 http://bworldonline.com/marina-on-track-to-comply-with-eu-norms-for-trai...

Photographer enthusiastic about seafarers' stories
14 June 2018 https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2018/06/14/photographer-enthusia...

Captain Of Russian Oil Tanker Fined Over £25,000 Over Safety Failures
MI News Network | June 15, 2018

The Captain of a Russian oil tanker was fined a total of £25761.99 at Hull Magistrates Court today (14 June 2018) for breaching the International Safety Management (ISM) Code in a prosecution brought by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).

SA’s maritime sector, with multiple partners, is creating Able Seafarers
Dave Chambers 14 June 2018 - https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-06-14-sas-maritime-secto...

Drilling into human data at sea
June 15th, 2018 https://splash247.com/drilling-human-data-sea/

Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes exclusively for Splash today, stressing the importance of bridging the divide between how crew actually feel, and how we would like them to feel.

Cargo ship en route Kolkata from Andhra Pradesh catches fire, all crew members rescued
Jun 14, 2018 https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cargo-ship-en-route-kolkata-fr...

Cargo ship capsized, 13 dead 8 missing, Indonesia CORRECTION
NIKOLAY TORKIN June 14, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/06/14/cargo-ship-capsized-13-dead-8-mis...

Cosco acquisition of OOIL still faces regulatory hurdles just two weeks from deadline
14 June 2018 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/cosco-acquisition-of-ooil-sti...

With just two weeks to go for the deadline for Cosco to acquire Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL) regulatory hurdles still need to be cleared.

This accident could have impoverished a seaman
Herbert Vego, June 14, 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/this-accident-could-have-impoverished-a-seaman/

SHORTLY before going to New York City as delegate of the Iloilo City Trade Mission (to be discussed in next column), I dropped by the Manila office of Atty. Gerry Linsangan, head of the Free Legal Assistance for Seafarers and Heirs (FLASH).