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Big Read: Technology wave set to lift shipping industry
23 Apr, 2018

Globalisation has brought the most advanced trading networks the world has seen, with the biggest, fastest vessels, robot-operated ports and vast computer databases tracking cargoes. But it all still relies on millions and millions of paper documents.

That last throwback to 19th-century trade is about to fall.

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S and other container shipping lines have teamed up with technology companies to upgrade the world's most complex logistics network.

Compensation regime for Hazardous and Noxious Cargoes a step closer - IMO
2018 April 24 http://www.en.portnews.ru/news/257116/

Canada and Turkey on Monday (23 April) deposited their instruments of ratification to the 2010 Protocol to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (2010 HNS Convention), IMO said in its press release.

Winners announced at International Seafarers’ Welfare Awards in Geneva
24/04/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/winners-announced-at-international-...

Last night, the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) revealed the 2018 winners of its prestigious International Seafarers’ Welfare Awards at a high-profile ceremony in Geneva.

Cargo ship sank in Yangtze estuary, 3 crew drowned
Mikhail Voytenko April 25, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/04/25/cargo-ship-sank-in-yangtze-estuar...

This is how China's huge One Belt One Road project affects Maersk
LEONORA BECK 23.04.18

China's astronomical ambitions, aimed at making the Asian trade empire even bigger, will boost global trade. But the country's billion-dollar investments also trap Maersk and other shipping groups in a toilsome vice.

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Suspected Pirates Board Dutch Cargo Ship Off Nigeria, Seize Crew
Scott Neuman April 24, 2018 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/24/605179680/suspected-p...

Suspected pirates have seized 12 crewmembers of a Dutch-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, the vessel's managing company confirmed Monday.

Two Chinese sailors killed in gas leakage on cargo ship
April 23, 2018 http://indianexpress.com/article/india/two-chinese-sailors-killed-in-gas...

“Two bodies were brought to our hospital along with a patient. The patient has some respiratory issues,” said Dr Nandini Mehta, medical superintendent of G G hospital, Jamnagar.

Financial institutions buying into mandate for safer shipbreaking practices
Matt Miller | Apr 23 2018 https://www.ajot.com/premium/ajot-financial-institutions-buying-into-man...

Shore leave: will a new standard protect seafarer rights?
Patrick Kingsland 23 April 2018 https://www.ship-technology.com/features/shore-leave-will-new-standard-p...

Dualog’s Crew Connection App: Helping Seafarers Manage Their Time Online
19/04/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dualogs-crew-connection-app-helping...

Delivering quality internet connectivity to the world’s vessels is a ‘must have’ in our fast-changing shipping industry but helping today’s seafarer manage the way he or she accesses this internet capacity is essential if this valuable resource is to be used effectively and efficiently.