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Maersk confirms merger of MCC Transport Seago and Sealand
Gavin van Marle 21/09/2018 https://theloadstar.co.uk/maersk-confirms-merger-mcc-transport-seago-sea...

Maersk Line today confirmed it would wrap its three intra-regional brands, MCC Transport Seago and Sealand, into one operating unit.

Pirates have kidnapped 12 people from a Swiss merchant vessel off the coast of Nigeria.
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The MV Glarus was carrying wheat between Lagos and the southern Niger Delta oil hub of Port Harcourt.

It was boarded by pirates when it was around 45 nautical miles south west of Bonny Island.

The pirates took 12 of the ship's 19 crew members captive.

Group Seeks Reorganisation Of Seafarers’ Welfare Board
YUSUF BABALOLA September 22, 2018 https://leadership.ng/2018/09/22/group-seeks-reorganisation-of-seafarers...

Drunk Russian master jailed for four months in Sweden
Sam Chambers September 20th, 2018 https://splash247.com/drunk-russian-master-jailed-for-four-months-in-swe...

Swedish authorities have jailed a Russian master who was found to be intoxicated as his ship ran aground two months ago.

Maritime Industry Sees Decline In Reportable Incidents
Heather Ervin September 21, 2018 https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2018/09/21/maritime-industry-sees-decli...

The maritime industry has seen a decline in reportable incidents, including a 24 percent decline in towing vessel incidents in 2017 over 2016, according to a recent safety report.

US ports join campaign against Trump's tariffs
Mark Fuechec 21 Sep 2018

More than 80 US trade associations say additional tariffs between US and China will hurt their interests. They call for the US administration to de-escalate rising trade tensions... login to continue https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1124313/US-ports-j...

Are the maritime industries ready to embrace Smart Shipping? - You decide
19 September 2018 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/middle-east-africa/are-the-maritim...

Maersk containership arrested in Tunisia
Chris Dupin |September 21, 2018 https://www.americanshipper.com/main/full/maersk-containership-arrested-...

The vessel gave asylum to 113 refugees when it was en route from Malta to Libya in June.

National Seafarers’ Day 2018
Dennis Gorecho - September 22, 2018

THE 23RD National Seafarers’ Day (NSD) is all set on Sept. 30, 2018.

NSD is celebrated every last Sunday of September as a tribute to our Filipino seafarers. The Philippines is considered a major supplier of maritime labor globally. It is estimated that there is one Filipino seafarer for every four to five complements on board a vessel at any time.

Send in the drones: solving inspection and repair challenges at sea
18 Sept 2018

Drones are already solving some of shipping’s greatest inspection challenges at sea. The onset of automation, hybrid systems that combine aerial flight with subsea diving, and on-board 3D printing capabilities could take the technology even further, as Joe Baker finds out

The use of drones