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Shipping faces demands to cut CO2
Roger Harrabin 31 March 2018 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43584963

A battle is under way to force the global shipping industry to play its part in tackling climate change.

A meeting of the International Maritime Organisation in London next week will face demands for shipping to radically reduce its CO2 emissions.

If shipping doesn't clean up, it could contribute almost a fifth of the global total of CO2 by 2050.

Indian shipping industry may hit foreign shores to fight slump
Rouhan Sharma | March 31, 2018 http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/indian-shipping-industry-may-hi...

China gives go-head for two largest shipbuilders to merge: Bloomberg
Reuters Staff March 30, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-shipbuilding/china-gives-go-hea...

Mumbai man, who went to Malaysia for Merchant Navy job, dies after months of torture
Suraj Ojha Mar 28, 2018 https://www.mid-day.com/articles/chembur-man-who-went-to-malaysia-for-me...

Chembur youth, who landed in Malaysia for Merchant Navy job, dies after months of torture; his friend still stuck there with no work

Ship chemical spill disaster averted: Shanghai maritime authorities
March 29, 2018 http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ship-chemical-spill-d...

Shanghai's maritime authorities said on Thursday they have contained a leak from a cargo ship and averted a possible disaster in the city.

China's COSCO Shipping says demand to remain buoyant in 2018
Reuters March 29, 2018 https://www.nasdaq.com/article/chinas-cosco-shipping-says-demand-to-rema...

SHANGHAI, March 29 (Reuters) - COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd, said it expects further growth in container shipping demand thanks to a continued recovery in global trade, after reporting it had swung to a net profit of 2.7 billion yuan ($429.42 million) for 2017.

S. Korea’s maritime industry shrinks in 2016: data
30/03/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/s-koreas-maritime-industry-shrinks-...

South Korea’s maritime industry was scaled down in 2016 due mainly to a contraction in the shipbuilding and shipping businesses, the maritime ministry said Thursday.

Malta: Maritime industry has vast untapped opportunities
29/03/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/malta-maritime-industry-has-vast-un...

This feature has no pretence to be a professional economic analysis of the contribution which the Maltese maritime industry makes to Malta’s gross domestic product. I hope that in the near future the Malta Maritime Forum will be able to undertake such a study which is essential to raise awareness about this industry.

Samsung Ningbo sends workers on compulsory vacation
Jason Jiang March 28th, 2018 http://splash247.com/samsung-ningbo-sends-workers-compulsory-vacation/

Samsung Ningbo, the Chinese yard owned by South Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries, has implemented a compulsory vacation plan with its employees due to a lack of new orders.

Liabilities of employer when seafarer suffers work-related injury
Dennis Gorecho - March 25, 2018 https://www.panaynews.net/liabilities-of-employer-when-seafarer-suffers-...

THE LIABILITIES of the employer when the seafarer suffers work-related injury or illness during the term of his contract include medical treatment apart from disability benefits and sickness allowance.