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Slow and steady recovery for container shipping
04/04/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/slow-and-steady-recovery-for-contai...

COSCO Shipping's takeover of OOCL to complete by end-June: vice chairman
Brenda Goh April 3, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ooil-m-a-cosco-ship-hold/cosco-shippi...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - COSCO Shipping’s (601919.SS) planned acquisition of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is on track to be completed by the end of June, the company’s vice chairman Huang Xiaowen said on Tuesday.

USCG issues lube warning pertaining to lessons learned from El Faro disaster
Donal Scully April 4th, 2018 http://splash247.com/uscg-issues-lube-warning-pertaining-to-lessons-lear...

Updating PMMRR
BRENDA V. PIMENTEL April 3, 2018 http://www.manilatimes.net/updating-pmmrr/390084/

Kerala: Shipping crew missing, parents seek investigation
Apr 2, 2018 https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/020418/kerala-shi...

The family of the youth has raised suspicions over the incident and sought the Centre’s intervention.

India blacklists UAE firms with a history of crew abandonment
Sam Chambers April 2nd, 2018 http://splash247.com/india-blacklists-uae-firms-history-crew-abandonment/

India has blacklisted a number of UAE-based crew agents and shipping lines, which have abandoned crew over the last couple of years.

The companies named by India’s Directorate General of Shipping include Shah Al Arab Marine Agency, Enjaz, Azab, Sharjah Moon, Azwa and Alco Shipping Services.

Transparency International lambasts IMO’s governance structure
Sam Chambers April 3rd, 2018 http://splash247.com/transparency-international-lambasts-imos-governance...

Once again the International Maritime Organization (IMO) stands accused today of letting private, corporate interests exert too much influence at the London-headquartered UN body.

Can you hack a ship? Global maritime industry ripe for hacking
Tamlin Magee| Apr 03, 2018 https://www.techworld.com/security/can-you-hack-ship-global-maritime-ind...

Security researchers have for years been warning the maritime industry that it is low hanging fruit as incredibly high-value cargo is fitted to ships with legacy (at best) systems, bad awareness, poor processes, and seaports that can suffer from the same problems.

Social Media Could Boost Search and Rescue Operations
Abdelkhalik Kamal Eldin Soliman Selmy 2018-04-02 https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/social-media-could-boost-s...

Over 2,480 people died in marine disasters in 2015, and the financial cost of these disasters was $1.7 billion. A coordinated approach to using social media in search and rescue has the potential to reduce this toll.

3 Korean Seamen Kidnapped off West Africa
Ahn Jun-yong April 02, 2018 http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/04/02/2018040201261.html

A 455-ton Korean fishing boat was hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off the western equatorial coast of Africa last week. The whereabouts of three South Korean crewmembers -- the captain, a mate, and an engineer -- have been unknown for six days.