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2020 World Maritime Theme Focuses on Sustainability
2019-07-23 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/2020-world-maritime-theme-foc...
"Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet" has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020.

UK seeks European naval coalition to patrol Hormuz
Sam Chambers July 23rd, 2019 https://splash247.com/uk-seeks-european-naval-coalition-to-patrol-hormuz/

With the US telling London it must handle the Stena Impero impasse by itself, the British government yesterday mooted the idea of a European naval coalition to safeguard merchant ships heading through the troubled Strait of Hormuz.

UAE charterer of seized tanker denies Iranian claims of fuel smuggling
Sam Chambers July 23rd, 2019 https://splash247.com/uae-charterer-of-seized-tanker-denies-iranian-clai...

The charterer of a small product tanker seized by Iran earlier this month has rubbished claims the ship was engaged in fuel smuggling.

Iran impounded the 1,899 dwt Riah when it was scheduled to sail to Oman to load fuel for further shipment to Berbera in Africa’s Somaliland

Permanently disability and Seafarer’s Record Book/ Identity Document
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO July 23,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/246636/permanently-disability-and-sea...

The issuance or renewal of the Seafarer’s Record Book (SRB) and Seafarer’s Identity Document (SID) is now dependent on medical fitness of a seafarer, specifically concerning permanently disabled seafarers.

China maintains top position in global shipbuilding industry in H1
22/07/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-maintains-top-position-in-glo...

Why do ships sail under flags of convenience?
21 Jul 2019 https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2019/07/ships-sail-flag...

The recent seizure of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf has raised questions over what common shipping practice entails.

The threat of military action between United Kingdom and Iran over the seizure of oil tankers is provoking debate about a common shipping practice.

Iran releases footage of seized tanker crew
Associated Press 23 July 2019 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/178187/iran-releases-footage-of-seized...

South Korean cargo ship hijacked by pirates in speedboat horror near Singapore Strait
Claire Anderson Jul 22, 2019 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1156195/south-korea-latest-news-Sin...

PIRATES have hijacked a South Korean cargo ship which was sailing near the Singapore Strait this morning.

All 23 crew of seized British-operated tanker are safe
Angelo Bowers | July 22, 2019 http://sbdirtysouthsoccer.com/2019/07/22/all-23-crew-of-seized-british-o...

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said on Friday that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite military force of the Islamic Republic, seized the UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz for "the violations of global maritime regulations".

Tensions soar after Iran seizes tanker
Meg Wagner, Mike Hayes, Elise Hammond and Joshua Berlinger, July 20, 2019
Updated 5:33 p.m. ET, July 20, 2019 https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-british-tanker-july-20...

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