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Cargo ship collides with dock in Argentine grains hub Rosario
Maximilian Heath April 26, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-grains/cargo-ship-collides-...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A cargo ship collided with a dock on the Parana River in Argentina’s grains hub of Rosario on Wednesday, causing a slowdown of activity at terminal 6 in the port of General San Martín and raising soymeal prices.

CO2 emissions for shipping: greater digital standardisation & sharing needed
26/04/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/co2-emissions-for-shipping-greater-...

Shipping can sail past Brexit but UK must keep spending
25/04/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipping-can-sail-past-brexit-but-u...

As befits an island nation with a long tradition of sea-faring adventures and an even longer coastline of 11,000 miles, the UK’s maritime industry is one of our most successful.

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.