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Cosco Shipping shuffles management
16 Apr 2019

Sun Jiakang, 59, had been ranked as the first deputy president and was placed next to Capt Xu within the top management team, after former president Wan Min was relocated from the state shipping conglomerate. Stephen Ng, 60, has retired after more than 31 years of service in OOCL

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Cargo ship damaged while berthing in Brunsbuettel’s Ostermoor
Erofey Schkvarkin April 16, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/04/16/cargo-ship-damaged-while-berthin...

Crew abandonment cases spike
Sam Chambers April 15th, 2019 https://splash247.com/crew-abandonment-cases-spike/

Cases of crew abandonment are not diminishing despite greater global attention being paid to the nasty practice.

Migrant rescue ship's crew denied permission to disembark in Malta: Sea Eye NGO sees 'act of chicanery'
April 15, 2019 https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20190415/local/migrant-rescue...

Crew members of an NGO ship which rescued 64 migrants off Libya have been refused permission to disembark in Malta.

GPS spoofing: what’s the risk for ship navigation?
Chris Lo 5 April 2019 https://www.ship-technology.com/features/ship-navigation-risks/

GPS spoofing – or GNSS spoofing more accurately – is a much-discussed cyber-threat to ship navigation systems. With the potential for paralysed shipping lanes, collisions and even untraceable piracy incidents, what is the current state of play between the shipping industry’s cyber-defences and the malicious actors who aim to cause chaos through GPS spoofing?

UFS calls for fair trial vs 2 ex-MARINA execs
April 15, 2019 http://manilastandard.net/news/national/292716/ufs-calls-for-fair-trial-...

ANGKLA’s bill in delaying payment of award resurrected in Magna Carta
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO |April 16,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/228576/angklas-bill-in-delaying-payme...

“Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo.”

Opinion: China Goes Unconventional in Escalating South China Sea Face-Off – gCaptain
https://gcaptain.com/unconventional-south-china-sea-face-off/?utm_campai...

Cruise Ship Sexual Assaults: Cruise Lines Don’t Share Information When Hiring Crew Members
Jim Walker April 9, 2019 https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2019/04/articles/sexual-assault/cruise-shi...

Today, the Miami News Times published an article titled: Sexual Assault Is the Most Publicly Reported Crime on Cruises, but Companies Say It’s Rare.

Human Rights at Sea: Our Opportunity and Our Future
Sayedeh Hajar Hejazi 2019-04-14 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/human-rights-at-sea-our-op...

Human Rights at Sea legal researcher Sayedeh Hajar Hejazi spoke at the 2019 Empowering Women in the Maritime Community conference at the World Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden, April 4-5: