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Cargill partners with NGOs to increase sustainability for ocean transports
Jennifer McKevitt Feb. 7, 2018

Perception of risk important for safe operations
7 February 2018 https://www.safety4sea.com/perception-of-risk-important-for-safe-operati...

While the vessel ‘Sultan Bey’ was on a voyage from Alexandroupoli, Greece to Marseilles, France, with 003 mt of wheat in bulk, a motorman was injured while he was cleaning the fuel oil vent overflow containment tray.

The incident

Cargo ship disabled, replaced by another to service French Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Erofey Schkvarkin February 7, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/02/07/cargo-ship-disabled-replaced-by-a...

JES yard sale falls through, former chairman jailed
Jason Jiang February 7th, 2018 http://splash247.com/jes-yard-sale-falls-former-chairman-jailed/

JES Holdings, the Singapore-listed platform of bankrupt Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industry, has announced that the company has failed to complete a deal to sell its shipbuilding business.

Misis ng seafarer lulong sa droga
Susan K February 07,2018 http://bandera.inquirer.net/176420/misis-ng-seafarer-lulong-sa-droga

DATING walang-wala ang mag-asawang Ronaldo at Elvira.

Madalas na pumapalya sila ng hapunan dahil sa kahirapan ng buhay. Apat ang anak nila at pawang maliliit pa.

Ito ang nagtulak kay Ronaldo na mag-aplay at sumakay ng barko. Mabilis naman siyang natanggap at nakaalis kaagad.

Ship freed from pirates off Africa coast, company says
VIVEK RAJ http://abcnews.go.com/International/ship-freed-pirates-off-africa-coast-...

NEW DELHI — Feb 6, 2018

The crew of an oil tanker that had been hijacked by pirates has regained control of the ship, Anglo-Eastern, a ship management company, said today.

Pirates hijacked the merchant vessel Marine Express, which was carrying about 14,900 tons of gas, last Thursday.

Nobody Thinks About Cargo Insurance — Until $1M Goes Up in Smoke
02.06.2018 http://www.supplychainbrain.com/nc/case-single-article/article/nobody-th...

Losing North American Routes: S. Korea's Share of Global Shipping Market Cut in Half
Michael Herh 6 February 2018 - http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/english/news/industry/20469-losing-north-...

Cosco Pakistan head gunned down in Karachi
Jason Jiang February 6th, 2018 http://splash247.com/cosco-pakistan-head-gunned-karachi/

A senior official from Cosco Shipping Line Pakistan was shot dead in his car in Karachi yesterday.

According to local authorities, the incident happened when Chen Zhu, managing director Cosco Shipping Line Pakistan and Ye Fan, a trainee at the company, were sitting in their car while going to shop for groceries at a local mall.

Study finds cleaner ship fuels will reduce childhood asthma by 3.6 percent globally
Karen B. Roberts February 6, 2018 https://phys.org/news/2018-02-cleaner-ship-fuels-childhood-asthma.html

Marine shipping fuels will get a whole lot cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires fuels to contain 80-86 percent less sulphur.