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Injured Seaman’s Receipt of Social Security Disability Benefits and Shipowner’s Obligation to Pay Maintenance
07/05/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/injured-seamans-receipt-of-social-s...

In Lipscomb v. Foss Mar. Co., 83 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 1996), the Ninth Circuit defined the policy of awarding maintenance to an injured seaman as follows:

IMO proposes incentives for first movers to take up new green technologies
Sam Chambers May 3rd, 2018 https://splash247.com/imo-proposes-incentives-first-movers-take-new-gree...

IMO new emission target to trigger investment in shipping
07/05/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imo-new-emission-target-to-trigger-...

The United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO) strategy to reduce the total annual Green House Gas, GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 50 per cent by 2050 is expected to trigger private investors and operators in the maritime sector to immediately invest in new sustainable business models.

Cyber Security: The Emerging Threat to Passenger Safety
Ian Richardson and Patrick Carolan 2018-05-03 https://www.maritime-executive.com/blog/cyber-security-the-emerging-thre...

PH embassy brings home 2 seamen
Sara Susanne D. Fabunan April 30, 2018 http://thestandard.com.ph/news/national/264515/ph-embassy-brings-home-2-...

THE Philippine Embassy in Tehran brought home Monday two Filipino seamen stranded in Iran, after they were offloaded from their Dubai-United Arab Emirates-owned ship.

Sigh of relief for crew of Bahraini ship
05-May-2018 http://www.newsofbahrain.com/viewNews.php?ppId=44309&TYPE=Posts&pid=21&M...

Manama : Humanitarian aid has finally reached the crew of the Bahraini ship stranded in Omani waters.

Carnival cruise ship crew scramble to stop ship from flooding
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1683216/Video-Carnival-cruis...

Ship runs aground causing delays on Argentina's Parana near Rosario
Maximilian Heath May 5, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-shipping/ship-runs-aground-...

No casualties after Turkish cargo ship collides with Greek warship: ministry
Reuters Staff May 4, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-gunboat-turkey/no-casualties-a...

ANKARA (Reuters) - There were no casualties after a Turkish cargo ship collided with a Greek warship in the Aegean Sea early on Friday, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport said.

Cargo ship with illegal Chinese fertilizers seized in Indonesia
Mikhail Voytenko May 5, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/05/05/cargo-ship-with-illegal-chinese-...