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Cargill partners with four NGOs to boost accountability across shipping
Sam Chambers February 6th, 2018 http://splash247.com/cargill-partners-four-ngos-boost-accountability-acr...

Futureproofing the maritime industry at the Asia Pacific Maritime 2018
06/02/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/futureproofing-the-maritime-industry...

Marina accredits Leyte school as assessment center
Elmer Recuerdo - February 4, 2018 https://businessmirror.com.ph/marina-accredits-leyte-school-as-assessmen...

Inspectors caught Carnival crew hiding dirty conditions. It’s their third ship to fail.
Chabeli Herrera January 16, 2018 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article19498435...

Updated January 20, 2018 09:57 PM

Aboard the Carnival Vista, Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, crew members hid trolleys of potentially hazardous food, equipment and dirty dishware from sanitation inspectors.

Oil tanker with 22 Indian crew missing in Gulf of Guinea since Friday
EDWARD MCALLISTER AND RAJENDRA JADHAV, Reuters February 5, 2018 http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/world/642151/oil-tanker-with-22-indi...

DAKAR/MUMBAI - A ship carrying 22 Indian crew and 13,500 tons of gasoline is missing in the Gulf of Guinea after contact was lost in Benin on Friday, the company and India's minister of external affairs said on Sunday.

Cargo Ship Sinks near Prvić Island after Collision with Jadrolinija's Passenger Ship
Nikolina Demark 2 FEb 2018 https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/25185-cargo-ship-sinks-near-prvi...

A cargo ship named Plavi Jadran and Jadrolinija's passenger ship Tijat collided on Wednesday around 18:30 near Prvić island, reports Morski.hr on February 2, 2018. The collision caused enough damage for the cargo ship to sink soon thereafter.

Fears grow of another pirate attack on a product tanker anchored off Benin
Sam Chambers February 2nd, 2018 http://splash247.com/fears-grow-another-pirate-attack-product-tanker-anc...

Anglo-Eastern, managers of the 45,989 dwt oil products tanker Marine Express, report that contact has been lost with the vessel which was at the Cotonou Anchorage in Benin.

Cargo ship grounded by storm in Istanbul
February 04 2018 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cambodian-cargo-ship-grounded-by-storm-...

A cargo ship was pushed ashore by severe storms on the evening of Feb. 3 in Istanbul’s Zeytinburnu coast, Doğan News Agency reported.

Government doubles financial support to train UK maritime cadets
Gavin van Marle 02/02/2018 https://theloadstar.co.uk/government-doubles-financial-support-train-uk-...

The UK government has announced a £15m “funding boost” to train an extra 400 seafarer cadets annually.

The move doubles Whitehall funding for young people to £30m a year through its Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) programme,

Ships dumping noxious palm oil off British coast without legal consequences
Wil Crisp 3 February 2018

Ships are regularly dumping large quantities of noxious palm oil off the coast of Britain without legal consequences, the The Telegraph has learned.

During 2016 and 2017 seven instances of palm oil contaminating British waters were documented by satellites operated by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).