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New transformation roadmap, tech to propel Singapore’s maritime industry
07 Mar 2018 Kevin Kwang https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/maritime-industry-transfo...

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore will launch the Maritime Transformation Programme “over the next few months”.

Ex-Maersk executives bring blockchain and cryptocurrency to shipping
Sanne Wass Fintech / 13-03-18 / https://www.gtreview.com/news/fintech/ex-maersk-executives-bring-blockch...

A new platform powered by blockchain technology and cryptocurrency could help save the shipping industry US$5.7bn annually.

European Shipowners greatly concerned about the proposed US steel and aluminium tariffs
14/03/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/european-shipowners-greatly-concern...

European shipowners disagree with the US President Trump’s decision to impose additional duties on imports of certain steel and aluminium products into the United States.

Norsepower: Why European Ships Are Switching Back To Sails
Oliver Smith Mar 12, 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliversmith/2018/03/12/norsepower-why-europ...

There’s something strange happening in Europe’s €145bn shipping industry.

A technology from the 1920s is making a turbulent comeback, as tanker ships from global shipping giants like Maersk are once again embracing huge sails and wind power.

Remains of three missing crew found onboard Maersk Honam
Sam Chambers March 13th, 2018 http://splash247.com/remains-three-missing-crew-found-onboard-maersk-honam/

Salvors have found the human remains of three of the four missing crewmembers onboard the fire stricken 15,000 teu Maersk Honam boxship. Maersk said it now assumed that the missing fourth seafarer was also dead taking the death toll to five from the huge fire that ripped through the bow of the one-year-old ship last week.

Shape up or ship out? What lies ahead for shipping crews in the wake of technological change
Clyde & Co LLP March 12 2018 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b3255e93-86b0-4c0b-8375-2...

Europe sails towards electrified shipping fleets
12/03/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/europe-sails-towards-electrified-sh...

Hong Kong shipping group OOIL wary of a Trump trade war
MAYUKO TANI March 12, 2018 https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Hong-Kong-shipping-group-OOIL...

Beijing regulators yet to sign off on Cosco's buyout deal

Singapore will remain world's top bunkering hub post 2020: Maersk executive
Rajesh Nair 12 Mar 2018 https://www.platts.com/latest-news/shipping/singapore/singapore-will-rem...

Singapore will continue to be the world's largest ship refueling destination going into 2020 and beyond, Maersk regional trading head Peter Beekhuis said Friday at the S&P Global Platts Asian Refining Summit in Singapore.

Libyan army seizes foreign ship entering eastern military zone
Xinhua 2018-03-12 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/12/c_137032301.htm

TRIPOLI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Libya's eastern-based army, led by General Khalifa Haftar, seized a foreign ship that entered a banned military zone in eastern Libya, a spokesman said on Sunday.