White House looks to streamline regulations for shipping

White House looks to streamline regulations for shipping
Donal Scully May 22nd, 2018 https://splash247.com/white-house-looks-to-streamline-regulations-for-sh...

An office attached to the US White House is seeking public input on ways to streamline maritime regulations, with special emphasis on commercial shipping.

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) comes under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), an agency in the Executive Office of the President.

America Celebrates National Maritime Day ; Port of Corpus Christi celebrates mariners on National Maritime Day

America Celebrates National Maritime Day
2018-05-21 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/america-celebrates-national-m...

On May 22, the American maritime industry will celebrate National Maritime Day, which was designated by Congress in 1933 to celebrate America's maritime industry and its merchant mariners.

IMO Conducts Port Emissions Training

IMO Conducts Port Emissions Training
Aiswarya Lakshmi May 21, 2018 https://www.marinelink.com/news/emissions-conducts437770

For ports to cut emissions to ensure cleaner air and contribute to the battle against climate change, they first need to quantify emissions and then identify measures to reduce port-related emissions in a cost-effective way.

Occupational injuries due to vibrating tools or machinery

Occupational injuries due to vibrating tools or machinery
Maritime Health | 16/05/18 https://safety4sea.com/cm-occupational-injuries-due-to-vibrating-tools-o...

Major fire rips through car carrier docked at Incheon

Major fire rips through car carrier docked at Incheon
Sam Chambers May 21st, 2018 https://splash247.com/major-fire-rips-through-car-carrier-docked-at-inch...

World’s Ship Owners Warn About a Fuel Risk to Global Trade

World’s Ship Owners Warn About a Fuel Risk to Global Trade
Alaric Nightingale May 21, 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-21/world-trade-safety-at...

Brent crude oil grabbed all the attention after spot prices hit $80 a barrel last week. And yet, almost unnoticed, a perhaps more important rally has occurred in the obscure world of forward prices, with some investors betting the "lower for longer" price mantra is all but over.

Stop Hong Kong’s shipping industry exodus to Singapore by spending reserves on loans and cutting profits tax, advisers say

Stop Hong Kong’s shipping industry exodus to Singapore by spending reserves on loans and cutting profits tax, advisers say
Su Xinqi 22 May, 2018 http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2147160/sto...

Task force set up by the government wants concessionary tax rate no higher than 8.25 per cent for firms in ship leasing management and supporting services

UAE commits to protecting seafarers in signing of historic memorandum with the ITF

UAE commits to protecting seafarers in signing of historic memorandum with the ITF
Sam Chambers May 18th, 2018 https://splash247.com/uae-commits-protecting-seafarers-signing-historic-...

'Suffering from anxiety': NSRI assists 23-year-old ill Pinoy seaman in Richards Bay

Sea rescuers go to aid of stricken yacht and ill Filipino sailor
20 May 2018 - https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-05-20-sea-rescuers-go...

The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Richards Bay crew had to evacuate an ill Filipino sailor from a vessel anchored offshore of the northern KwaZulu-Natal port on Sunday morning.

The evacuation comes just a day after the crew had to tow a stricken yacht into the port.

Ph should condemn China’s militarization of the South China Sea : Asserting PH sovereignty will mean trouble – Duterte

Asserting PH sovereignty will mean trouble – Duterte
May 21, 2018 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/167136/asserting-ph-sovereignty-will-me...

The Philippines should condemn China’s militarization of the South China Sea and strengthen its alliance with the United States for protection, a risk analyst said on Sunday.

Lawmakers and security experts have also been urging President Rodrigo Duterte to protest China’s military actions in the disputed waterway.

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