KOSDER's board and former presidents meet to honor Salih Zeki Çakır and discuss the association's progress and future goals.

To protect the Filipino seafarers from scalpers offering fraudulent legal certificates, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) presented to the media Mr. Malone Morales, 28, a two-year former MARINA employee under the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) – Surveillance Division, who is allegedly behind the faking of MARINA official signatures on the legal certificate needed for the processing of STCW certificates.

CANADIAN Pacific Railway Limited has appointed Edward L Monser to its Board of Directors effective December 17, 2018

The 'New Venture' now sits on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico about 20 miles south of Orange Beach about two miles south from where the 'LuLu' after several problems arose before the ship was finally in position