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The Global Container Shipping Industry since the Hanjin Collapse
Aug 11, 2018 https://wolfstreet.com/2018/08/11/overcapacity-largest-container-carrier...

Overcapacity reigns as companies splurge on the largest ships, consolidation rages, no one wants to back off.
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Trillion-Dollar Shipping Industry Betting Big On Blockchain
Aug 9, 2018 https://cryptocurrencynews.com/axs-blockchain-solutions-pr/baxs-pr-5/tri...

FN Media Group Presents Cryptocurrencynews Market Commentary

Greece set to Open Tender for Largest Piraeus Port Project
7 Aug 2018 https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/08/07/greece-set-to-open-tender-for-larg...

Greece is preparing to tender off the largest project to be carried out at the port of Piraeus, which will allow the extension of the port to accommodate larger cruise ships.

Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry official under investigation
Jason Jiang August 8th, 2018 https://splash247.com/cosco-shipping-heavy-industry-official-under-inves...

China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has detained Wu Jun, deputy chief designer at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry’s Cosco Dalian Shipyard, for investigations over alleged illegal activities.

The commission said Wu is suspected of serious violations of law without giving further details.

Coast Guard medevacs man off cargo ship
Matthew Twist Aug 10, 2018 https://www.wavy.com/news/military/coast-guard/coast-guard-medevacs-man-...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - The Coast Guard medevaced a man aboard a cargo ship about 225 east of Virginia Beach on Friday.

The captain of the Saga Navigator contacted the Coast Guard at 12:34 p.m. and reported a crew member had a deep gash with significant blood loss and a fractured foot.

Cargo ship abandoned, drifting with heavy list, another ship towed to safety, SEA
Mikhail Voytenko August 11, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/08/11/cargo-ship-abandoned-drifting-wit...

NIMASA laments increase in hepatitis virus amongst seafarers
Oko Ebuka & Abigail Ezenwafor August 8, 2018 https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/nimasa-laments-increase-in-hepatitis...

THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has expressed concern over the rise in the number of seafarers suffering from Hepatitis B virus.

Big spike in containership lay-ups mid-peak season a worry for owners
Mike Wackett 09/08/2018 https://theloadstar.co.uk/big-spike-containership-lay-ups-mid-peak-seaso...

Alphaliner’s bellwether containership idle tonnage data has recorded a big spike in vessels being consigned to lay-up, shifting the supply-demand balance back in favour of the charterer.

Cargo ship laden with wheat ran aground, river Don
STEPAN KOTCHERGA August 8, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/08/08/cargo-ship-laden-with-wheat-ran-...

Mexico's shipping industry taps tech to mitigate rising cargo theft
Hugh R. Morley Aug 07, 2018

MEXICO CITY — Rising cargo theft in Mexico is pushing shippers, railroads, and truckers to tap technology for protection as the cargo industry awaits to see whether the pledge by the country’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador to fight corruption and violence will translate into improved freight security.