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Cargo ship laden with wheat ran aground, river Don
STEPAN KOTCHERGA August 8, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/08/08/cargo-ship-laden-with-wheat-ran-...

Mexico's shipping industry taps tech to mitigate rising cargo theft
Hugh R. Morley Aug 07, 2018

MEXICO CITY — Rising cargo theft in Mexico is pushing shippers, railroads, and truckers to tap technology for protection as the cargo industry awaits to see whether the pledge by the country’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador to fight corruption and violence will translate into improved freight security.

Analysis: Industry views: addressing gender inequality in the maritime sector
Adele Berti 9 August 2018 https://www.ship-technology.com/features/industry-views-addressing-gende...

Extension of seafarer’s contract
Dennis Gorecho -August 8, 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/extension-of-seafarers-contract/

After being stuck on ship for 18 months, sailor’s back home
PTI | Aug 9, 2018 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/after-being-stuck-on-ship-for-...

Container ship and LPG tanker collided off Gibraltar
STEPAN KOTCHERGAN August 8, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/08/08/container-ship-and-lpg-tanker-co...

The U.S. Cargo Ship That Failed to Beat Soybean Tariff Is Now Just Drifting Aimlessly at Sea
Ryan Felton 8 Aug 2018 https://jalopnik.com/the-u-s-cargo-ship-that-failed-to-beat-soybean-tari...

Cargo ship laden with wheat ran aground, river Don
STEPAN KOTCHERGA August 8, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/08/08/cargo-ship-laden-with-wheat-ran-...

Starving sailors desperate for freedom, after six months of hell
6 August, 2018 https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/8/6/starving-sailors-despera...

Tanker splits boat into two
Aug 08, 2018 https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/tanker-splits-boat-into-two-250832

Bangalore: Three fishermen died and nine were missing after an oil tanker rammed into their boat off the Kochi coast early on Tuesday, ripping the vessel apart, before sailing away in the pre-dawn darkness.

Among those feared drowned in the Arabian Sea was a man from Calcutta identified as Bikash Das.