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Polluters on the High Seas
Hilda Heine and Christiana Figueres April 6, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/greenhouse-gases-internationa...

A container ship in the Cochin lagoon in Kerala, India last year.CreditFrédéric Soltan/Corbis, via Getty Images

Shipping under siege
Voytenko Mikhail April 6, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/04/06/shipping-under-siege/

World shipping is under massive attack, ahead of IMO meeting on shipping emission cut. Major media fired a broadside, in valiant attempt to rescue Mother Earth from this dreadful shipping and greedy thugs who still run it.

State aid: Commission approves Portuguese tonnage tax and seafarer scheme
6 April 2018 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-2842_en.htm

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules a Portuguese tonnage tax scheme which, together with a scheme to support seafarers, will encourage ship registration in Europe and contribute to the competitiveness of maritime transport while preserving employment in the sector and promoting high environmental standards.

South Korea to Underwrite Hundreds of Ship Orders
2018-04-06 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/south-korea-to-underwrite-hun...

On Thursday, South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said that it is looking to underwrite 200 ship orders to help the nation's maritime industry recover from a multi-year slump.

Live Animal Exports: Who really cares?
April 5th, 2018 http://splash247.com/live-animal-exports-really-cares/

Our livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson returns today, with some serious questions for Australia’s Department of Agriculture.

I mean, seriously. It’s only a few million live animals and maybe a thousand or so potentially exploited crew who suffer each year.

Veronica Frank 5 April 2018 | https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/15757/shipping-needs-to-s...

It’s essential for transporting goods across the world, but the shipping industry has so far escaped strict regulations to clean up its climate-polluting emissions due to aggressive industry lobbying and a lack of public scrutiny. You can now help change this.

S. Korea to place orders for 200 vessels by 2020
06/04/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/s-korea-to-place-orders-for-200-ves...

South Korea will place orders for about 200 vessels in the next three years to help the ailing shipping and shipbuilding industry tide over weak global demand, the oceans ministry said Thursday.

Shipping industry braces for Chinese trade war
Aaron Smith April 5, 2018 http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/05/news/shipping-industry-chinese-tariffs/i...

The shipping industry has a lot to lose in a potential trade war between the US and China.

Millions of jobs and the bottom lines of major maritime shipping companies, which account for 80% of all global trade, depend on goods traversing the oceans.

Ten Tips for the IMO
2018-04-03 https://maritime-executive.com/article/ten-tips-for-the-imo#gs.yOjTuG8

Transparency International has proposed a number of changes that it says could make the IMO better able to serve the interests of the world's citizens on issues such as greenhouse gas emissions. Here are 10 of its recommendations:

“The Clock Is Ticking”: Inside the Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades
William Langewiesche April 4, 2018

A recording salvaged from three miles deep tells the story of the doomed “El Faro,” a cargo ship engulfed by a hurricane.

I. “The Clock Is Ticking”