August 19th 2017: A Carnival Cruise ship has returned to the Port of Mobile after a medical emergency onboard. The cruiseline released the following statement: Earlier today, Carnival Fantasy had to return to its homeport of Mobile, Ala. to disembark a guest experiencing a critical medical emergency. The ship was on the second day of a four-day cruise that departed the Port of Mobile yesterday. As a result, the ship will be forced to miss a scheduled call in Cozumel, Mexico and the remainder of the voyage will be spent at sea. All guests on this voyage will receive a 50% refund of their cruise fare and a 50% credit on a future Carnival cruise. In addition, any guests wishing to disembark in Mobile will have the opportunity to do so and will receive a full refund of their cruise fare. weartv.com/news/l...

Cargo ship XIN DONG YUAN collided with another cargo ship, which name wasn’t disclosed, at 0550 Beijing Time Aug 19 off southeast coast of Pintang Island, Fujian province, Taiwan Strait. XIN DONG YUAN sank after collision in a very short time, only 4 crew out of 13 were rescued, the rest went missing, full-scale SAR launched, more than 20 vessels and helicopter deployed.

Workers of all the major ports in India have announced that they would strike work any time after August 18 in protest the Central government policies that would lead to privatisation and lay off the workers. Six federations representing port and dock workers of all the 11 major ports met in New Mangalore Port on July 28 and expressed grave concern over situation in the ports due to pro-corporate and anti–labour policies by the Central government that would impact on the livelihood of workers across the country. The federations served a strike notice on Thursday.In the notice, the leaders demanded the government to incorporate provisions in the proposed Major Port Authorities Act 2016 to protect the jobs, wage structure, service conditions including retirement benefits to the pensioners. They asked the government to desist from the move of outsourcing major port trust hospitals and fire services.Employees engaged on contract basis, casual in the major ports should be extended with pay and allowances as applicable to serving regular employees performing similar and identical nature of jobs. Source: The Hans India

The Grenaa-Varberg ro-pax service will come to a halt at the beginning of 2019, when the licence for calling at the Swedish Port of Varberg will terminate. The licence won't be prolonged as the City of Varberg and the Varberg Municipality, together with the port authority, will commence re-modelling of the port in order to erect a new housing and city area, called the Västerport, on part of the former port premises.