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Maersk hits out at severe levels of corruption across maritime
Sam Chambers February 15th, 2018 http://splash247.com/maersk-hits-severe-levels-corruption-across-maritime/

Maersk has publically hit out at the “severity of corruption in the maritime sector” and has called on greater cross-industry collaboration as well as help from governments to stamp out the plague of facilitation payments and extortion hitting shipping lines across the world.

Wrongly convicted seaman free after 28 months in jail
February 12, 2018 http://www.themeditelegraph.com/en/shipping/shipowners/2018/02/12/wrongl...

Kalpesh Shinde has an emotional reunion with his mother, Pallavi, at Mumbai airport. Pics/Atul Kamble

Good intentions on shore leave
Michael Grey http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/europe/good-intentions-on-shore-le...

It is not a lot of fun, after a long voyage across endless ocean, to be trapped aboard your ship in port, because the authorities will grant no shore leave to the members of the crew.

Cargo ship captain poisoned by carbon monoxide while onboard
February 16, 2018 - https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/cargo-ship-captain-poisoned-carbon-monoxi...

The captain of a cargo ship that had departed from the mainland was poisoned by carbon monoxide. The poisoning occurred when the ship was close to Macau’s borders, the Health Bureau (SSM) reported in a statement released yesterday.

Maersk CEO cannot imagine self-sailing box ships in his lifetime
CHRISTIAN WIENBERG, BLOOMBERG 16.02.18

Maersk Group CEO says that the workforce of Maersk has reached a minimum and there is no more room to get rid of humans on container ships. He says that it "is not a cornerstone of our strategy."

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Two different ways to hide cocaine on ship: MSC MELINE
Mikhail Voytenko February 15, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/02/15/two-different-ways-to-hide-cocain...

Explosion on-board ship at Cochin Shipyard in India kills five
14 February 2018 http://www.ship-technology.com/news/explosion-onboard-ship-cochin-shipya...

An explosion on-board an ONGC drill ship, Sagar Bhushan, that occurred during repair works at Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in India has claimed the lives of five people and left seven others injured.

More cruise ships failed sanitation inspections in 2017 than any other year
Chabeli Herrera February 14, 2018 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article19995270...

Cruise lines have never had a cleanliness problem this big.

Appeals court allows recovery of punitive damages for unseaworthiness claim
February 14 2018 http://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Shipping-Transport/USA...

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Crewmember On Container Ship Rescued By Coast Guard Helicopter
February 14, 2018 https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Crewmember-On-Container-Ship...

A crewmember hemorrhaging blood on a container ship 55 miles off the San Francisco coast was taken by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter to San Francisco and then treated at a hospital Tuesday, a Coast Guard spokesman said today.