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Pinoy captain circumnavigated the world many times
Roger Pe - March 17, 2018 https://businessmirror.com.ph/pinoy-captain-circumnavigated-the-world-ma...

In Photo: Ric Autajay, Filipino captain of many ocean-going vessels for 42 fruitful years.

Busting the myth of container terminal overcapacity
17/03/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/busting-the-myth-of-container-termi...

Another Maersk Containership Catches Fire
Haun, Eric March 16, 2018 https://www.marinelink.com/news/containership-another435153

U.S. flagged containership Maersk Kensington reported a fire in a cargo hold while en route from Salalah, Oman toward Suez. The fire is the second reported aboard a Maersk vessel this month.

The fire has been contained and all 26 crew members are reported safe and accounted for, according to A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Press Release: ITF recommends shareholders vote against ICTSI directors
15 March 2018

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today released a shareholder advisory note detailing governance issues at International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI).

The ITF is recommending that ICTSI shareholders vote against directors Stephen A. Paradies and Jon Aboitiz at ICTSI’s 2018 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on 19 April 2018. The ITF believes that these directors bear meaningful responsibility for major governance and operational issues at the company.

Philippines Arrests 14 Vietnamese on Charges of Illegal Fishing
2018-03-15 https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/philippines-fishermen-031520181...

Philippine authorities arrested 14 Vietnamese fishermen on suspicion of poaching, police said Thursday, a few weeks after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered his navy to shoot foreign ships extracting natural resources from the country’s exclusive maritime territory.

Nigeria suffered 41 piracy attacks in 2017 —NIMASA; RECORDS 135 ATTACKS IN 3 YEARS
Tola Adenubi March 15, 2018 http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/nigeria-suffered-41-piracy-attacks-in-201...

Study reveals 77% of firms lack proper cyber response plans
15/03/18 http://safety4sea.com/study-reveals-77-of-firms-lack-proper-cyber-respon...

Insurers brace for multi-million-dollar claims as Maersk Honam is towed to port
Mike Wackett 13/03/2018 https://theloadstar.co.uk/insurers-brace-multi-million-dollar-claims-mae...

The insurance industry is bracing itself for hundreds of millions of dollars of claims from the biggest container vessel casualty to date – but some shippers will not have been insured.

Greek shipowners wary of trade barriers
16/03/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/greek-shipowners-wary-of-trade-barr...

The President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), Theodore Veniamis, expressed his concern about the trade tariffs recently imposed by US President Donald Trump.

PCG sea marshals deployed aboard ships going to Mindanao
Raymund Antonio March 11, 2018 https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/03/11/pcg-sea-marshals-deployed-aboard-ships...

Sea marshals from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have been deployed aboard shipping vessels going to Mindanao as part of security measures to ensure safe sea travel, the maritime agency said.