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Singaporean Tanker Suspected of Sanctions-Busting
2018-01-24 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/singaporean-tanker-suspected-...

I, Pirate: A cyber story in the maritime industry: Aybars Oruc discusses how shipping must get to grips with cyber attacks.
January 24th 2018 http://splash247.com/pirate-cyber-story-maritime-industry/

I, Robot – the 2004 film adapted from the short story by American author Isaac Asimov – has an interesting scene. Two detectives are talking, and we are hearing this dialogue:

I guess we’re gonna miss the good old days.

What good old days?

When people were killed by other people.

German freighter troubled in Med Jan 24 Update
Mikhail Voytenko January 24, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/01/24/german-freighter-troubled-in-med-...

General cargo ship DIANA is still aground as of evening Jan 24, according to latest local news. Salvors understood to wait for weather improvement. Initial news from local and other sources weren’t correct, the ship drifted aground, not drifted around after grounding.

Shipping groups issue guidance in response to Yemen conflict
Jamey Bergman 24 Jan 2018 http://www.lngworldshipping.com/news/view,shipping-groups-issue-guidance...

A coalition of shipping industry bodies have published new security recommendations in response to threats to mariners including mines and water-borne improvised explosive devices, linked to the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

Catching the tide in sea transport
25/01/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/catching-the-tide-in-sea-transport/

Assessing Skills in the Maritime Industry
Goldberg, Murray January 23, 2018 https://www.marinelink.com/news/assessing-maritime433223

Never easy, but always a critically important task.

Export-Import Bank vows to push restructuring maritime industry
Kim Yoo-chul 2018-01-24 https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2018/01/488_242998.html

The head of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said the export credit agency will continue pushing ahead with its plans to further restructure the ailing shipbuilding and shipping industries.

Conference to consider seafarer wellbeing
January 23, 2018 https://nautilusint.org/en/what-we-say/nautilus-news/conference-to-consi...

Shipping companies need to prioritise crew wellness to prevent disasters like the loss of the US-flagged ro-ro containership El Faro, the head of a major maritime charity has claimed.

Questions for MARINA on Quezon ferry tragedy
Jarius Bondoc January 24, 2018 - http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2018/01/24/1780708/questions-marina-quez...

The ferry Mercraft-3 sank off the coast of Real, Quezon, four mornings before last Christmas. Five passengers perished, and 11 others severely were injured. The report of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) is as dramatic as it is anesthesized:

Probe on foreign cargo ship that sank off North Samar begins
Joey A. Gabieta - January 23, 2018 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/163565/probe-foreign-cargo-ship-sank-o...

TACLOBAN CITY-A composite team has started its investigation on the foreign cargo ship that sank in the waters off Northern Samar after it had been salvaged and towed to a port here.