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IMO’s gender programme: new logo to increase visibility for women in maritime
07/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imos-gender-programme-new-logo-to-i...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a new logo for its Women in Maritime programme, as part of its mission to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Korea’s Mega-Merger of Shipyards Set to Dominate Global Shipbuilding
08/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/koreas-mega-merger-of-shipyards-set...

Shipyards in South Korea are trying to forge a new shape for the industrial sector that underpins global shipping.

How AI & Automation Has Overhauled The Shipping Industry

Global cyber threats alongside sustained pressures over environmental regulations have always been a challenge for the shipping industry which made digitisation an indispensable alternative for the maritime industry. All over the world, major shipping industries have been keen on improvising systems to nurture and innovation and find solutions to these concerns.

How technology can help shipping companies avoid accidents at sea
08/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/how-technology-can-help-shipping-co...

A recent study by the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC)[i] into the causes of maritime accidents between 2002 and 2016, found that inadequate risk management was the leading cause of almost 56% of all accidents.

Ship disasters avoided with big data statistics techniques
February 6, 2019 https://phys.org/news/2019-02-ship-disasters-big-statistics-techniques.html

Hyundai Heavy latest name to be linked with taking over Hanjin’s Subic Bay yard
Sam Chambers February 5th, 2019 https://splash247.com/hyundai-heavy-latest-name-to-be-linked-with-taking...

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, is the latest big name being linked to taking over the financially troubled Philippine subsidiary of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction.

Options available to shipping companies and associated funding
07/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/options-available-to-shipping-compa...

Cargo ship aground, leaking fuel, Japan sea
Mikhail Voytenko February 5, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/02/05/cargo-ship-aground-leaking-fuel-...

Cargo ship ran aground on Feb 1 in Tsushima Strait waters. Crew were evacuated, as of Feb 5, the ship was reported to remain aground, oil leak spotted around, of some 200 meters length. Owner is removing fuel from grounded ship, operation commenced on Feb 4. After fuel removal, the ship is to be refloated.

Russia likely to fine seized Japanese boat's crew
6 Feb 2019 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190206_01/

Russian authorities say they've requested administrative penalties for the skipper of a seized Japanese fishing boat that allegedly operated in Russian waters without permission.

Russian border guard officials said on Tuesday that they had filed the request at a court, alleging that the skipper was not carrying the necessary documents for operating in Russia's exclusive economic zone.

Lorenzana wants PH to protest China 'rescue center' in Spratlys
Rambo Talabong February 04, 2019

'We don't want them keeping on building things there.... It will become theirs,' says Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines should protest China's so-called rescue center built on Kagitingan Reef (Fiery Cross Reef) in the West Philippine Sea, said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday, February 4.