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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.

Foreign vessel runs aground in Subic Bay
Allan Macatuno -April 19, 2018 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/983705/foreign-vessel-runs-aground-in-subic...

SUBIC, ZAMBALES – A container vessel registered in Singapore ran aground off Subic Bay early Thursday morning (April 19) as it attempted to avoid a fishing boat.

U.S. questions COSCO’s takeover of California cargo terminal
April 21, 2018 http://www.themeditelegraph.com/en/shipping/shipowners/2018/04/21/questi...

New York - The terminal is part of COSCO’s planned $6.3 billion deal to buy shipping firm Orient Overseas International

Hot spots still to be extinguished on burnt Maersk Honam
Sam Chambers April 17th, 2018 https://splash247.com/hotspots-still-extinguished-burnt-maersk-honam/

Officials from Maersk Line tell Splash the fire ravaged 15,000 teu Maersk Honam will dock at Jebel Ali in Dubai in the coming days. While saying the fire, which erupted on March 6 in the Arabian Sea, is under control, a spokesperson said there were still a number of hot spots that need extinguishing.

VN’s waterway logistics in deep trouble
April, 23/2018 http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/426788/vns-waterway-logistics-in-deep-trou...

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s maritime and inland waterway transport continue to suffer from the lack of sustainable inland ports and planning for container depots. They’re also plagued by limited connecting modes of transport and high logistics costs that reduce their potential for market expansion and customer access.

Crew member airlifted to hospital after fire broke out on board ship in Immingham
Peter Craig 21 APR 2018 https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/crew-member-airlift...

A crew member on board a ferry in the North Sea had to be airlifted to hospital after a fire in the engine room.

Emergency services were alerted at around 10pm on Tuesday when a fire broke out in the engine room on board Finlandia Seaways.

USCG increases marine casualty reporting thresholds
21/04/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/uscg-increases-marine-casualty-repo...

Members should be aware that the USCG has increased the marine casualty property damage thresholds for reportable marine casualties that take place in US waters or involve US-flag ships. These changes took effect on 18 April 2018.

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City Sues Ship Owners Over Oil Spill
April 20, 2018 https://mynewsla.com/crime/2018/04/20/city-sues-ship-owners-over-oil-spill/

The city of Los Angeles Friday sued the owners and other parties associated with the 577-foot cargo ship Istra Ace, in which faulty piping allegedly caused an oil spill in the Port of Los Angeles in 2016 that covered more than 70 acres and took 23 days to clean up.