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Professor questions several aspects of Maersk and IBM's blockchain project
SØREN PICO 24.01.18 https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article10238318.ece

Despite massive exposure, it is far from certain that Maersk and IBM will win the digitalization race in the shipping sector, says Shipping Professor Roar Os Ådland. Blockchain is at best at a beta stage, he tells ShippingWatch.

Japan reports suspicious contact between North Korean ship, Dominica-registered oil tanker
Jan 24, 2018 http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-reports-suspicious-cont...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan has reported a suspected sanctions breach to the UN Security Council after observing an apparent cargo transfer between a Dominica-registered oil tanker and a North Korean ship, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday (Jan 24).

Cybersecurity In The Maritime Industry
29/01/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cybersecurity-in-the-maritime-industry/

German container ship collided with trawler, Peru Update 3 dead VIDEO
Mikhail Voytenko January 26, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/01/25/german-container-ship-collided-wi...

Marina probes fastcraft incident
Teresa D. Ellera January 27, 2018 http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/local-news/2018/01/27/marina-probes-fa...

THE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has started an investigation on the incident involving Ocean Jet 7 fastcraft which hit the apron of Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco) port, resulting to the injury of 40 passengers last Wednesday.

Cargo ship aground in Kolding Fjord, Denmark
Erofey Schkvark January 27, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/01/27/cargo-ship-sank-in-flores-sea-20-...

Philippines joins elite 20,000 teu club
Sam Chambers Jan 26th 2018 http://splash247.com/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/HHIC-Phil-6jtalsaynaxi...

The Philippines yesterday celebrated another step towards the elite of shipbuilding with the delivery of its first 20,000 teu class boxship.

China says it agrees to joint tanker collision probe with Panama, Iran, Hong Kong
Reuters Staff January 25, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-shipping-accident/china-says-it...

Crewmembers escape burning towboat on Lower Mississippi
Jan 25, 2018 http://www.professionalmariner.com/Web-Bulletin-2018/Crewmembers-escape-...

The following is the text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard:

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Coast Guard and local agencies are continuing to monitor the situation at mile marker 390 on the Lower Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., on Friday.

Seafarers finally return home after 17 months in Ajman, UAE
26 January 2018 received via email

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is pleased to announce that the eleven crew of the Panamanian flagged 'Agean Princess' have finally been able to return home to India and Myanmar, after a dispute between their ships operator and owner saw them held in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, for 17 months. However, the crew are still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid wages.