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2 crew in coma medevaced from Taiwanese freighter
NIKOLAY TORKIN January 14, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/01/14/2-crew-in-coma-medevaced-from-tai...

Oil tanker sinks after collision with cargo ship
15 January 2018 https://tenplay.com.au/news/national/january-2018/oil-tanker-sinks-after...

The Panama-registered Sanchi tanker, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of ultra-light crude oil, caught alight on January 7 after it collided with a Chinese cargo ship.

Denmark highlights regulatory barriers on autonomous ships
12 January 2018 https://www.safety4sea.com/denmark-highlights-regulatory-barriers-on-aut...

Cerberus Bids Nearly $850 Million for a Once-Major Shipping Lender
Eyk Henning January 13, 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-12/cerberus-said-to-lead...

Cerberus Capital Management LP and J.C. Flowers & Co LLC are edging closer to acquiring HSH Nordbank AG after jointly offering more than 700 million euros ($850 million) for the once-stricken lender, according to people familiar with the matter.

Rescuers boarded Iranian tanker SANCHI: 2 bodies found, horror live
Mikhail Voytenko January 13, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/01/13/rescuers-boarded-iranian-tanker-s...

11 rescued, 2 missing after ship sinks in South China Sea
Zaihan Mohamed Yusof January 14, 2018 http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/11-rescued-2-missing-aft...

Vessels passing in the area are also receiving navigational alerts from MPA and have been told to look out for the two missing crew members.

Philippines, Indonesia agree to strengthen maritime patrols along porous borders
ELLIE ABEN | 10 January 2018 http://www.arabnews.com/node/1222446/world

Regulatory capture
BRENDA V. PIMENTEL January 13, 2018 http://www.manilatimes.net/regulatory-capture/373983/

THE new year saw another official of the Duterte administration sacked for excessive overseas trips, despite that official’s claims that attending various international meetings was necessary. Engr. Marcial Quirico Amaro 3rd was axed as chief of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina), apparently based of the complaint filed by the agency’s employees against its “absentee administrator.”

Chief Engineer of container ship died in accident in Dublin
Mikhail Voytenko January 12, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/01/12/chief-engineer-of-container-ship-...

China tanker fire: Bodies found as Sanchi burns, one week on
13 January 2018 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42673981

Salvage workers have managed to board a burning oil tanker off China's coast, recovering the bodies of two crewmen before smoke forced them to leave.

The Sanchi is still ablaze one week after a collision with a cargo ship.

The salvage team also recovered the ship's "black box" recording unit.