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We had no idea, says shipping company manager about vessel seized for North Korean oil delivery: Business associate of Lighthouse Winmore’s mainland Chinese owner says crew of impounded vessel is safe in South Korea
02 January, 2018 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2126524/shippin...

Ships Demolition Market in 2017: Bigger Ships Got Scrapped at Higher Prices, With Tankers the Preferred Candidates
03/01/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ships-demolition-market-in-2017-bigg...

Chinese ship sets Yangtze record
2018/1/2 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1083034.shtml

A China-made ocean-going container ship has set the record for the largest vessel to sail on China's Yangtze River.

The ship is 400 meters long and has a capacity of 20,000 TEUs. "The ship's safe cruise on the busy waterway of the Yangtze River signifies the water transport capacity of the Yangtze River deep-water channel," said Hua Xi, an official with the Yangtze River Maritime Safety Administration.

More than 500 passengers stranded in Bicol, northern Mindanao ports
January 3, 2018 http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/638403/more-than-500-passeng...

Over 500 passengers were stranded at ports of Bicol in southern Luzon and Northern Mindanao on Wednesday due to inclement weather from Tropical Depression Agaton.

Ice trapping ships, seaway closure delayed
January 2, 2018 http://www.cornwallnewswatch.com/2018/01/02/ice-trapping-ships-seaway-cl...

CORNWALL – A combination to ship traffic in the St. Lawrence Seaway and a ship that ran aground has delayed the closing of the seaway for several days.

The seaway was supposed to close on Dec. 31, 2017.

Captain’s overconfidence and poor crew training sank El Faro, NTSB says
January 2, 2018 https://luxoraleader.com/captains-overconfidence-and-poor-crew-training-...

WASHINGTON – The sinking of the U.S. freighter El Faro in 2015 with the loss of 33 lives came after an overconfident captain set the ship and its poorly trained crew on a collision course with a hurricane, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its final report on Tuesday.

North Korean cargo ship collided with Russian freighter, Vladivostok
NIKOLAY TORKIN January 1, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/01/01/north-korean-cargo-ship-collided-...

2,000 stranded in Visayas, Mindanao ports due to storm
Faye Orellana - January 02, 2018 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/956813/breaking-news-sea-travel-agaton-stra...

More than 2,000 people were barred from traveling by sea as Tropical Depression “Agaton” prevailed over much of the country.

As of 4 a.m. of Tuesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported that 2,308 passengers were stranded in ports in the Visayas and Mindanao due to bad weather.

Seafarer shore leave gets extra protection from 1 January 2018 - IMO
2018 January 1 http://www.en.portnews.ru/news/251471/

NYK releases partial findings in study on avoiding collisions
2018 January 1 http://www.en.portnews.ru/news/251473/

NYK and NYK Group companies MTI Co. Ltd. and Japan Marine Science Inc. released partial findings of a study on collision risk judgement and the autonomous operation of vessels, NYK said in its press release.