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What Will 2018 Bring to the Ship Recycling Industry?
Nikos Mikelis 01/07/2018 https://maritime-executive.com/article/what-will-2018-bring-to-the-ship-...

2025 maritime industry and trade development plan approved
07/01/2018 http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/193370/2025-maritime-industry-...

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has approved a plan to develop Vietnam’s maritime industry and trade to 2025, with a vision to 2035.

Methodology for VLCC/FPSO/FLNG as part of a Marine RCM Programme
08/01/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/a-revolutionary-new-risk-based-inspe...

Tanker and ship collision near Shanghai leaves 32 missing
7 January 2018 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42594249

Thirty-two people are missing after an oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off China's east coast on Saturday evening.

The Sanchi tanker, a Panama-registered vessel carrying 136,000 tonnes of Iranian oil, caught fire after the crash.

China's Ministry of Transport said the missing people are its crew - 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis.

MOL boss warns disruptive innovations will reshape shipping
Sam Chambers January 4th 2018 http://splash247.com/mol-boss-warns-disruptive-innovations-will-reshape-...

Shipping should not shy away from opportunities brought around by the so-called sharing economy with the leader of Japan’s largest line vowing to be at the forefront of disruptive innovations likely to sweep through the industry.

Injured sailors landed in Bermuda
Jan 6, 2018 http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20180106/injured-sailors-landed...

Two injured seamen were this afternoon transferred from their ship to Bermuda for hospital treatment after their cargo vessel was hit by a rogue wave.

North Korea keeps sneaking in oil with ship-to-ship transfers
Bloomberg News - January 7, 2018 https://businessmirror.com.ph/north-korea-keeps-sneaking-in-oil-with-shi...

Donald J. Trump’s desire to squeeze Kim Jong Un’s regime risks being undermined by the furtive maneuvers of oil tankers at sea.

Lite Shipping files marine protest for last Friday’s ‘collision’ with cargo ship
7 Jan 2018 http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2018/01/07/lite-shipping-files...

THE management of Lite Shipping Corp. filed a marine protest before the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) against a cargo ship that bumped the rear portion of mv Lite Ferry 20.

Chaplains work together to support sick seafarer
https://www.sailors-society.org/about-us/press-room/diosdado?platform=ho...

Chaplain Nic Tuban visiting Diosdado in hospital
A seafarer, who was told he could not go to sea because of a heart condition, has been given an emergency welfare grant by Sailors’ Society.

Orkney Ferries officers vote for industrial action: Orkney Ferries could face service disruption.
4 Jan 2018 https://www.orcadian.co.uk/orkney-ferries-officers-vote-industrial-action/

Members of the maritime union Nautilus International have voted by a massive majority in favour of taking industrial action in the latest stage of a long-running pay dispute with Orkney Ferries.