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PPR 5: Review of IMO guidelines for EGCS creates debate
24/02/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ppr-5-review-of-imo-guidelines-for-e...

The International Maritime Organization has agreed to update the 2015 Guidelines for exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS Guidelines) to clarify a number of issues, and it is proving challenging to strike a balance amid fears the review could make the guidelines overly stringent and thereby discourage uptake of the technology.

US seeks UN ban on 33 ships, 27 firms over North Korea smuggling
25 Feb 2018 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-seeks-un-ban-on-33-ships--...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States is seeking to have the United Nations ban 33 vessels from ports worldwide and blacklist 27 shipping businesses for helping North Korea circumvent sanctions.

Two cargo ships collide off of Finland's southern coast
25.2.2018 https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/two_cargo_ships_collide_off_of_finlan...

A cargo ship got stuck in the ice off of Finland's coastal city of Porvoo on Sunday, causing the cargo ship sailing behind it to crash into it. The latter vessel incurred a hole in its hull, but there were no further injuries to the crew or the surroundings.

Cargo ship confiscated for calling sanctioned Crimea ports to be handed over to Ukraine Navy
24 February 2018 https://economics.unian.info/10020104-cargo-ship-confiscated-for-calling...

Sky Moon was detained by Ukraine's coast patrol on the Danube in late 2016

Large vessels are fishing 55 percent of world’s oceans
Agence France-Presse / February 23, 2018 http://technology.inquirer.net/72882/large-vessels-fishing-55-percent-wo...

More than half the world’s oceans are being fished by large commercial vessels, particularly from China, according to the first view from space of global fishing practices published Thursday.

Overbilling demurrage charges: Council seals Cosco premises
Chris Agabi | Feb 23 2018 https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/overbilling-demurrage-charges-council-seal...

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement Division, has recovered $23,000.00 from Cosco Shipping Company as overbilling demurrage charges for Sunflag Steel Limited, in Lagos.

Tanker repels pirate attack 160 miles off Somali coast
http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=28443:tank...

FEBRUARY 23, 2018 — EU NAVFOR reports that at 0030 today, local time, the 50,000 dwt Singapore flagged chemical tanker Leopard Sun was attacked by two skiffs 160 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia.

Lorient. Deficiencies Settled, the Cargo Ship Lita Can Sail
February 23, 2018 http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/lorient-deficiencies-settled-cargo-sh...

The technical counter-visit of cargo ship Lita, in Lorient, ended positively this Thursday. As for seafarers’ salaries, the ITF union is still demanding evidence.

Thirteen technical deficiencies were noted against the cargo Lita during its inspection, Monday, by the center of safety of the ships of Lorient.

Tugboat sinks after collision off coast of Maine
Feb 23, 2018 http://www.professionalmariner.com/Web-Bulletin-2018/Tugboat-sinks-after...

(BOSTON) — The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a tug collision that occurred about three miles south of Kennebunk, Maine, early Thursday, and monitoring the site where one of the stricken vessels sank.

'Fishing continued' after East China sea oil spill
Navin Singh Khadka 23 February 2018

AFP/Image caption The tanker carried a highly toxic petroleum product that became invisible after the spill . Transport Ministry of China
Fishing continued at the site of a massive oil spill in the East China Sea for days after the incident, satellite images obtained by the BBC suggest.