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Analysis: Troubled waters: shipping feels the heat of geopolitical crises
Eva Grey 14 June 2018 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

As an international sector, shipping is often vulnerable to volatile political and economic forces that can threaten vital access points, shift the volume and direction of trade flows, or send fuel prices surging.

Researchers Discover Critical Flaws in Aviation and Shipping Industry Systems
Douglas Bonderud June 13, 2018 https://securityintelligence.com/news/researchers-discover-critical-flaw...

All 4 crewmembers rescued, dozens of containers retrieved from capsized cargo ship in Gulf of Thailand
6/06/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/all-4-crewmembers-rescued-dozens-of...

Members of a marine task force rescued all four crewmembers of a capsized cargo ship and retrieved dozens of floating containers in the upper part of the Gulf of Thailand on Thursday, following Wednesday’s capsizing of the vessel.

Cargo ship out of control, scaring Istanbul residents Video
STEPAN KOTCHERGA June 16, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/06/16/cargo-ship-out-of-control-scaring...

Weak peso to also hit OFWs —experts
June 15, 2018 http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news/656987/weak-peso-to-also...

If there's a sector that welcomes the weakening of the peso against the dollar, it's the OFWs.

But, as financial analyst Astro del Castillo explained, families of OFWs may soon feel the negative effects of a weak peso as other Filipinos due to the higher price of oil and other goods.

MARINA on track to comply with EU norms for training seafarers
June 8, 2018 http://bworldonline.com/marina-on-track-to-comply-with-eu-norms-for-trai...

Photographer enthusiastic about seafarers' stories
14 June 2018 https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2018/06/14/photographer-enthusia...

Captain Of Russian Oil Tanker Fined Over £25,000 Over Safety Failures
MI News Network | June 15, 2018

The Captain of a Russian oil tanker was fined a total of £25761.99 at Hull Magistrates Court today (14 June 2018) for breaching the International Safety Management (ISM) Code in a prosecution brought by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).

SA’s maritime sector, with multiple partners, is creating Able Seafarers
Dave Chambers 14 June 2018 - https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-06-14-sas-maritime-secto...

Drilling into human data at sea
June 15th, 2018 https://splash247.com/drilling-human-data-sea/

Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes exclusively for Splash today, stressing the importance of bridging the divide between how crew actually feel, and how we would like them to feel.