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Hopes this week's Trump-Kim summit will stem the tide of North Korean ghost ships washing ashore in Japan
Jake Sturmer and Yumi Asada 10 June 2018

On a desolate stretch of Japan's north-western coast lies a wrecked, wooden fishing boat with weather-beaten Korean characters near the bow.

SHIP SHIP SHAPE IMO RAISE AWARENESS OF LEGISLATION ON CABIN AND RESTROOM EQUIPMENT AT SEAWORK
7 JUne 2018 http://www.seawork.com/news101/exhibitor-news/ship-shape-imo-raise-aware...

Mega container ship destroyed Suez Canal road with passing car
Mikhail Voytenko June 7, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/06/07/mega-container-ship-destroyed-su...

Shipping industry to scrap the most oil tankers in more than five years: Tough operating conditions expected to persist until second half of next year, analysts say
Reuters June 4, 2018 https://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/shipping-industry-to-scrap-th...

Marina scrambles to avoid EU’s withdrawal of competency recognition
Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat June 8, 2018 https://business.mb.com.ph/2018/06/08/marina-scrambles-to-avoid-eus-with...

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is scrambling to avoid EU’s withdrawal of recognition of Philippine competency by addressing gaps and deficiencies in the country’s maritime education amid a declining deployment overseas of Filipino seafarers.

Piracy: ILO seeks juicy welfare package for kidnapped, killed seafarer
8 June 2018 (?) http://sunnewsonline.com/piracy-ilo-seeks-juicy-welfare-package-for-kidn...

Following the rising incidences of armed robbery cases and kidnapping of seafarers, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has moved for the amendment of Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 which will ensure a juicy welfare package for kidnapped seafarers.

Seafarer’s wellbeing at the heart of this year’s Day of the Seafarer campaign
08/06/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarers-wellbeing-at-the-heart-of...

9 hurt as passenger ship slams into port’s concrete wall in Tagbilaran
Leo Udtohan - June 08, 2018 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/998922/9-hurt-as-passenger-ship-slams-into-...

New Lite Ferries vessel boosts Bohol-Cebu link
June 3, 2018 https://businessmirror.com.ph/new-lite-ferries-vessel-boosts-bohol-cebu-...

Travelers between Cebu and Bohol can now travel seamlessly in style with the recent introduction of the Lite Ferry 88 (LF88), the latest world-class and the biggest roll-on, roll-off (Roro) catamaran passenger ferry of Lite Shipping Corp.

European and International Social Partners in the Maritime Sector call for specific procedures for seafarers to obtain Schengen visas
09/06/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/european-and-international-social-p...