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Global shipping industry most exposed” to low carbon energy shift
18/07/2019

Rapid decarbonisation of global energy supplies will have radical implications for the global shipping industry, detailed in a new report from MSI. Vessel selection will be critical, requiring divestment from sectors with the greatest exposure to fossil fuels.

Modernized maritime industry transports cyberthreats to sea
Chris Dimitriadis July 18, 2019

Attackers are equally capable of wreaking havoc whether their target is based on land or sea. Considering that more than 70 percent of the earth is covered by water, and an expanding attack surface for the vessels journeying across those waters, and cybercriminals have no shortage of maritime targets that they can aim to exploit.

Will ships without sailors be the future of trade?
Stav Dimitropoulos 16 July 2019

On 7 May, customs officers in Ostend, Belgium, received a box of oysters from the UK.

The molluscs had been caught in Essex and transported to Belgium on a 12m (39ft) aluminium-hulled vessel, which traversed the English Channel with no humans on board.

It was the world's first unmanned commercial shipping operation.

Cargill takes action in China as African swine fever shows no sign of abating
Sam Chambers July 16th, 2019 https://splash247.com/cargill-takes-action-in-china-as-african-swine-fev...

The raging African swine fever that has already seen hundreds of thousands of China’s pigs culled shows no sign of abating with dry bulk supply chains facing changing global trading patterns on the back of the deadly disease that is now spreading across other parts of the globe.

Why Oil Tankers In The Middle East Shouldn’t Hire Mercenaries
ZeroHedge - Jul 15, 2019

Could a private, Blackwater-type private security firm fire the first shot in the gulf which sees Iran and the United States stumble toward a WWIII scenario? That's what has maritime industry analysts which advise shipping companies operating in the Middle East region concerned amid the latest soaring tensions, per a new Reuters report:

Iran Says It Aided Oil Tanker, Amid Reports of Missing U.A.E. Ship
Megan Specia July 17, 2019

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has said that security forces recently came to the aid of a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after reports that Iran might have seized a tanker from the United Arab Emirates in the area.

East China’s Shandong in full sail as marine economy powerhouse
18/07/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/east-chinas-shandong-in-full-sail-a...

East China’s Shandong Province is giving full play to its advantages in developing the marine economy as it switches gear to new growth drivers, provincial officials said.

Inaugural Industry-Wide Survey and Study to Explore Diversity and Inclusion Across Shipping Launched
18/07/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/inaugural-industry-wide-survey-and-...

The first ever survey and study to explore levels of diversity and inclusion across the shipping industry has been announced by the newly-formed Diversity Study Group.

MSC forks out $50m to get cocaine-bust ship trading again
Sam Chambers July 16th, 2019 https://splash247.com/msc-forks-out-50m-to-get-its-cocaine-ship-trading-...

The MSC Gayane is sailing towards the Netherlands after its operator forked out $50m to free the boxship a month after US authorities found $1.3bn of cocaine onboard.

Seafarer’s drunkenness while off-duty
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |July 16,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/245242/seafarers-drunkenness-while-of...

A seafarer cannot be dismissed on the ground of drunkenness or intoxication if he is off-duty.