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Tanker and cargo ship collision, Russian Inner Waterways
Erofey Schkvarkin June 4, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/06/04/tanker-and-cargo-ship-collision-...

Report Shows Connectivity Fundamental to Seafarer Happiness
June 05, 2018 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/19109-report-shows-connec...

The Mission to Seafarers has published the latest of its ongoing Seafarer Happiness Index reports, which revealed a growing link between onboard connectivity and seafarer happiness levels.

Foreign ship captain goes missing after fall in Ctg sea port
June 05, 2018 https://www.thedailystar.net/city/foreign-ship-mv-erina-captain-cyprus-g...

The captain of a Cyprus-flagged ship went missing as he fell from the vessel into the waters at Chittagong sea port tonight.

Lloyd’s Register invests in the future performance of today’s seafarers
05/06/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/lloyds-register-invests-in-the-futu...

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has committed to make a donation to Sailors’ Society for every new registration to use their digital table that they receive at their stand during this year’s Posidonia.

U.N. aid boat attacked off Yemen: port authority
Reuters Staff 5 June 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-un/un-aid-boat-attacke...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Unidentified forces attacked a U.N. aid vessel off the main Yemeni port of Hodeidah at the weekend and started a fire in the engine room, port authorities said on Monday.

Harnessing Pakistan’s maritime opportunities
Taj M Khattak JUNE 5, 2018 https://dailytimes.com.pk/249157/harnessing-pakistans-maritime-opportuni...

Shipping industry to scrap the most oil tankers in more than five years: Tough operating conditions expected to persist until second half of next year, analysts say
Reuters June 4, 2018 https://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/shipping-industry-to-scrap-th...

Brazil – new migration law affecting seafarers
31 MAY 2018 http://www.gard.no/web/updates/content/25604829/brazil-new-migration-law...

Holy See meets people of the sea at Tilbury
31 May 2018 received via email

The Port of Tilbury was the meeting place between the Holy See and people of the sea during a visit by Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, the Pope’s ambassador to the United Kingdom on Tuesday, 29 May.

The 73-year-old American Archbishop spent time at the London Tilbury Seafarers Centre, then went on board two ships – Federal Lyra, a bulk carrier, and Gerda, a tanker - to meet crew members.

Large Container Ship THESEUS containers loss and collapse
NIKOLAY TORKIN June 3, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/06/03/large-container-ship-theseus-con...