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Singapore will remain world's top bunkering hub post 2020: Maersk executive
Rajesh Nair 12 Mar 2018 https://www.platts.com/latest-news/shipping/singapore/singapore-will-rem...

Singapore will continue to be the world's largest ship refueling destination going into 2020 and beyond, Maersk regional trading head Peter Beekhuis said Friday at the S&P Global Platts Asian Refining Summit in Singapore.

Libyan army seizes foreign ship entering eastern military zone
Xinhua 2018-03-12 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/12/c_137032301.htm

TRIPOLI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Libya's eastern-based army, led by General Khalifa Haftar, seized a foreign ship that entered a banned military zone in eastern Libya, a spokesman said on Sunday.

Maersk Shanghai: Container Containing Acid Yet to be Found
2018-03-10 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/maersk-shanghai-container-con...

The U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA and Environmental Protection Agency are continuing to monitor 76 shipping containers lost from a container ship off North Carolina, but are yet to locate one containing 5,900 pounds of sulfuric acid.

Fire on container ship under control, no word on missing crew
Mar 09, 2018 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/shipping-/-...

Rescuing the Maritime Sector
March 9, 2018 https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/03/09/rescuing-the-maritime-s...

Eromosele Abiodun writes that the Nigerian Maritime Industry Forecast 2018–2019, released by NIMASA, shows that the agency‘s drive to improve operating conditions and position the country‘s maritime sector for greater efficiency is on course

Frank Coles savages shipping institutions holding back tech change
March 8th, 2018 http://splash247.com/frank-coles-savages-shipping-institutions-holding-b...

Mark T. Vassel reports this week from Transas’s annual global conference in Vancouver.

The shipping industry must undergo a wholesale cultural shift to manage the disruption that is coming or the promise of all the emerging technology that has been capturing recent headlines will never be realised.

Shipping trends: A look into a Millennial’s mind
09/03/18 https://safety4sea.com/shipping-trends-look-millennials-mind/

Regulation is welcome but should be measured, says INTERCARGO
08/03/18

During its Technical and Executive Committees’ meetings in Singapore on 5 and 6 March, INTERCARGO re-iterated its commitment to a safe, efficient, high quality and environmentally-friendly dry cargo shipping industry and its support, at the same time, for an industry governed by free and fair competition.

Discussions focused on a wide range of topics, including:

Fire continues to rage on Maersk Honam
Sam Chambers March 9th, 2018 http://splash247.com/fire-continues-rage-maersk-honam/

76 containers fell from cargo ship off NC coast during ‘heavy roll,’ officials now say
March 10, 2018 http://wncn.com/2018/03/10/76-containers-fell-from-cargo-ship-off-nc-coa...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WAVY) – The Coast Guard, NOAA and the Environmental Protection Agency are trying to track more than 70 stray cargo containers that fell from a ship about 17 miles off the Oregon Inlet last weekend.