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Industry Negotiates Seafarer Wage Rise, Dockers' Rights
MarEx 2018-02-24 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/industry-negotiates-seafarer-...

The International Bargaining Forum (IBF), shipping’s largest industrial relations collective, concluded final negotiations for a 2019-2022 IBF Framework Agreement on February 22.

'It's barbaric': Ship could be detained for days
Tegan Annett 26th Feb 2018 https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/its-barbaric-ship-could-be-det...

A SEAFARER on board a ship detained in Gladstone was sent home to India because he was too distraught to return to the vessel.

The man was one of 26 crewmen on board the Tintomara when it was detained in Gladstone on Friday by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

PPR 5: Review of IMO guidelines for EGCS creates debate
24/02/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ppr-5-review-of-imo-guidelines-for-e...

The International Maritime Organization has agreed to update the 2015 Guidelines for exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS Guidelines) to clarify a number of issues, and it is proving challenging to strike a balance amid fears the review could make the guidelines overly stringent and thereby discourage uptake of the technology.

US seeks UN ban on 33 ships, 27 firms over North Korea smuggling
25 Feb 2018 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-seeks-un-ban-on-33-ships--...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States is seeking to have the United Nations ban 33 vessels from ports worldwide and blacklist 27 shipping businesses for helping North Korea circumvent sanctions.

Two cargo ships collide off of Finland's southern coast
25.2.2018 https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/two_cargo_ships_collide_off_of_finlan...

A cargo ship got stuck in the ice off of Finland's coastal city of Porvoo on Sunday, causing the cargo ship sailing behind it to crash into it. The latter vessel incurred a hole in its hull, but there were no further injuries to the crew or the surroundings.

Cargo ship confiscated for calling sanctioned Crimea ports to be handed over to Ukraine Navy
24 February 2018 https://economics.unian.info/10020104-cargo-ship-confiscated-for-calling...

Sky Moon was detained by Ukraine's coast patrol on the Danube in late 2016

Large vessels are fishing 55 percent of world’s oceans
Agence France-Presse / February 23, 2018 http://technology.inquirer.net/72882/large-vessels-fishing-55-percent-wo...

More than half the world’s oceans are being fished by large commercial vessels, particularly from China, according to the first view from space of global fishing practices published Thursday.

Overbilling demurrage charges: Council seals Cosco premises
Chris Agabi | Feb 23 2018 https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/overbilling-demurrage-charges-council-seal...

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement Division, has recovered $23,000.00 from Cosco Shipping Company as overbilling demurrage charges for Sunflag Steel Limited, in Lagos.

Tanker repels pirate attack 160 miles off Somali coast
http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=28443:tank...

FEBRUARY 23, 2018 — EU NAVFOR reports that at 0030 today, local time, the 50,000 dwt Singapore flagged chemical tanker Leopard Sun was attacked by two skiffs 160 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia.

Lorient. Deficiencies Settled, the Cargo Ship Lita Can Sail
February 23, 2018 http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/lorient-deficiencies-settled-cargo-sh...

The technical counter-visit of cargo ship Lita, in Lorient, ended positively this Thursday. As for seafarers’ salaries, the ITF union is still demanding evidence.

Thirteen technical deficiencies were noted against the cargo Lita during its inspection, Monday, by the center of safety of the ships of Lorient.