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U.N. aid boat attacked off Yemen: port authority
Reuters Staff 5 June 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-un/un-aid-boat-attacke...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Unidentified forces attacked a U.N. aid vessel off the main Yemeni port of Hodeidah at the weekend and started a fire in the engine room, port authorities said on Monday.

Harnessing Pakistan’s maritime opportunities
Taj M Khattak JUNE 5, 2018 https://dailytimes.com.pk/249157/harnessing-pakistans-maritime-opportuni...

Shipping industry to scrap the most oil tankers in more than five years: Tough operating conditions expected to persist until second half of next year, analysts say
Reuters June 4, 2018 https://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/shipping-industry-to-scrap-th...

Brazil – new migration law affecting seafarers
31 MAY 2018 http://www.gard.no/web/updates/content/25604829/brazil-new-migration-law...

Holy See meets people of the sea at Tilbury
31 May 2018 received via email

The Port of Tilbury was the meeting place between the Holy See and people of the sea during a visit by Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, the Pope’s ambassador to the United Kingdom on Tuesday, 29 May.

The 73-year-old American Archbishop spent time at the London Tilbury Seafarers Centre, then went on board two ships – Federal Lyra, a bulk carrier, and Gerda, a tanker - to meet crew members.

Large Container Ship THESEUS containers loss and collapse
NIKOLAY TORKIN June 3, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/06/03/large-container-ship-theseus-con...

NYK Joins Internet of Ships Open Platform Consortium
04/06/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/nyk-joins-internet-of-ships-open-pl...

Abandon ship: oil tanker scrappage to hit multi-year high as earnings sink
Jessica Jaganathan/REUTERS | June 03, 2018 https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/abandon-shi...

The surge in scrapping underscores how the sector is grappling with one of its worst-ever crises, hit hard after rates for transporting oil plunged to multi-year lows.

Strong Chinese presence at Greek maritime exhibition Posidonia
04/06/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/strong-chinese-presence-at-greek-ma...

The 2018 Posidonia, the biennial maritime exhibition attracting the elites of the Greek and international shipping industry, will open next week, breaking new records and with strong Chinese presence, organizers said.

Whales and seabirds at risk from deadly plastic and nappies after 80 shipping containers go overboard
Jane Dalton 3 June 2018 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/shipping-container-...

Call for industry chiefs to take more responsibility for pollution after cargo falls off vessel near Sydney