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AMSA mandates use of float-free EPIRBs on commercial vessel
31 July 2018 https://www.ship-technology.com/news/amsa-mandates-use-float-free-epirbs...

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has made it mandatory for certain types of commercial vessels to install float-free emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) to ensure the safety of the crew and passengers on vessels in distress.

MACN: Sharing anti-corruption knowledge across the maritime industry
30/07/18 https://safety4sea.com/cm-macn-sharing-anti-corruption-knowledge-across-...

Sea Health & Welfare Participates in Fatigue Guidance Revision
2018-07-29 https://www.maritime-executive.com/corporate/sea-health-welfare-particip...

International outrage over cruise ship crew killing polar bear
Associated Press July 30th 2018 https://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/international-outrage-over-cruise-shi...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian authorities on Monday defended the actions of guards from a German cruise ship that killed a polar bear that had attacked and injured a crew member, saying they at first tried to scare it away.

8 containers fall off cargo ship, 3 sink near Virginia port
July 30, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/8-containers-fall-off-cargo-shi...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says three shipping containers have sunk near a Virginia port.

3 of 5 Filipino seafarers remain in Cape Town hospital ICU in South Africa
Roy Mabasa July 24, 2018 https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/07/24/3-of-5-filipino-seafarers-remain-in-ca...

The Philippine Embassy in Pretoria has confirmed that three of the five Filipino seafarers who were involved in a brawl with Indonesian seamen in Cape Town last Friday remain in the intensive care unit of a hospital in that port city in South Africa.

Taiwan helicopter saves three Myanmar crew members off ship- Three were injured by chemical
Matthew Strong, 2018/07/28 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3493769

Three crew members from Myanmar were rescued off a chemical tanker early Saturday. (By Central News Agency)

Naval Dome warns of continuing threat from Cosco cyber attack
27 July 2018 http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/americas/naval-dome-warns-of-conti...

Naval Dome CEO Itai Sela has warned that the cyber attack on Cosco Shipping Line’s Long Beach terminal customer service centre could easily spread to its ships and recommended that the group thoroughly verify the breach has truly been contained.

China's new emission control areas rule to have little impact on LSFO demand
Oceana Zhou 27 Jul 2018 https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/shipping/...

Container ship damaged in collision, Antwerp
Erofey Schkvarkin July 29, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/07/29/container-ship-damaged-in-collisi...