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IMO Conducts Port Emissions Training
Aiswarya Lakshmi May 21, 2018 https://www.marinelink.com/news/emissions-conducts437770

For ports to cut emissions to ensure cleaner air and contribute to the battle against climate change, they first need to quantify emissions and then identify measures to reduce port-related emissions in a cost-effective way.

Occupational injuries due to vibrating tools or machinery
Maritime Health | 16/05/18 https://safety4sea.com/cm-occupational-injuries-due-to-vibrating-tools-o...

Major fire rips through car carrier docked at Incheon
Sam Chambers May 21st, 2018 https://splash247.com/major-fire-rips-through-car-carrier-docked-at-inch...

World’s Ship Owners Warn About a Fuel Risk to Global Trade
Alaric Nightingale May 21, 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-21/world-trade-safety-at...

Brent crude oil grabbed all the attention after spot prices hit $80 a barrel last week. And yet, almost unnoticed, a perhaps more important rally has occurred in the obscure world of forward prices, with some investors betting the "lower for longer" price mantra is all but over.

Stop Hong Kong’s shipping industry exodus to Singapore by spending reserves on loans and cutting profits tax, advisers say
Su Xinqi 22 May, 2018 http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2147160/sto...

Task force set up by the government wants concessionary tax rate no higher than 8.25 per cent for firms in ship leasing management and supporting services

UAE commits to protecting seafarers in signing of historic memorandum with the ITF
Sam Chambers May 18th, 2018 https://splash247.com/uae-commits-protecting-seafarers-signing-historic-...

Sea rescuers go to aid of stricken yacht and ill Filipino sailor
20 May 2018 - https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-05-20-sea-rescuers-go...

The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Richards Bay crew had to evacuate an ill Filipino sailor from a vessel anchored offshore of the northern KwaZulu-Natal port on Sunday morning.

The evacuation comes just a day after the crew had to tow a stricken yacht into the port.

Asserting PH sovereignty will mean trouble – Duterte
May 21, 2018 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/167136/asserting-ph-sovereignty-will-me...

The Philippines should condemn China’s militarization of the South China Sea and strengthen its alliance with the United States for protection, a risk analyst said on Sunday.

Lawmakers and security experts have also been urging President Rodrigo Duterte to protest China’s military actions in the disputed waterway.

GMA pushes roro route expansion
By Morexette Marie B. Erram May 19,2018 http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/175765/gma-pushes-roro-route-expansion

EXPANDING the country’s roll-on, roll-off (roro) services will benefit both passengers and cargo companies in the long term, former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said yesterday.

Greener fuels may not make shipping safer – here’s why
21/05/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/greener-fuels-may-not-make-shipping...

Global shipping emits 2% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and this is projected to increase. No wonder there have been widespread calls for the shipping industry to reduce its hazardous emissions by replacing traditional fuels with “greener” alternatives.