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2019: Shipping Industry Uncertainty to Remain
Richard Greiner 2019-01-05 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/2019-shipping-industry-unc...

It has been suggested that the future is very much like the present, only longer. Should that prove to be the case for the shipping industry, it would not be such a bad thing, since the present is not so bad as it has appeared to be at various times over the past 10 years.

Yard Talk | Little new year cheer for shipbuilders
Cichen Shen 4 Jan 20190

Shipyards, which just had a reasonable recovery over the past two years, hope to see freight rates continue to strengthen and owners’ confidence firm up. But the cloudy outlook on the macro economy and emission rules may well disappoint them this year

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Aurora and the maritime tragedies in the Philippines
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO |December 30,2018 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/209951/aurora-and-the-maritime-traged...

The film Aurora won as 2nd best picture, best cinematography, best in visual effects, best sound, best child performer for Phoebe Villamor in the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival.

Search called off for last missing seafarer from Sincerity Ace, four found but unresponsive
03 January 2019 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/americas/search-called-off-for-las...

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has suspended the search for the remaining missing crew member from the stricken car carrier Sincerity Ace, while the bodies of four others have been located but are unresponsive.

Cargo ship engulfed in flames, Istanbul VIDEO
STEPAN KOTCHERGA January 4, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/01/04/cargo-ship-engulfed-in-flames-is...

Lead for autonomous eco ships project
Rebecca Jeffrey 04 Jan 2019 https://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/onboard-systems/monitoring-and-c...

Samskip has been named lead partner in a project seeking to bring to market emissions-free, autonomous container ships that also operate at a profit.

GLOBAL: Shipping leaders seek to develop biofuels roadmap
https://www.bunkerspot.com/global/47265-global-shipping-leaders-seek-to-...

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) met in Berlin last month at an event designed to support the SSI as it explores options for the use of alternative fuels to help meet its goal of a sustainable shipping industry by 2040.

Marine shipping safety shifts towards human-centred approach
Bethan Moorcraft 04 Jan 2019 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/marine/marine-shipping-safe...

Ensuring Dock Workers’ Welfare
05/01/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ensuring-dock-workers-welfare/

The Collective Bargaining Agreement signed by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA alongside other associations in the maritime sector will improve the welfare of dock workers in line with global best practices, writes Eromosele Abiodun

One Myanmar sailor dead in ship sinking
Zaw Zaw Htwe 04 Jan 2019 https://www.mmtimes.com/news/one-myanmar-sailor-dead-ship-sinking.html

One Myanmar seaman drowned yesterday, while seven others are missing after a Taiwanese-flagged cargo vessel sank off the northern part of Taiwan, news reports say.

Five other sailors, including four seamen were rescued in a pre-dawn accident that occurred Wednesday off the coast of China’s Zhejiang Province.