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Missing tanker taken by pirates, owner confirms
17 January 2018 https://www.safety4sea.com/missing-tanker-taken-by-pirates-owner-confirms/

The tanker ‘MT Barrett’, that went missing earlier this week while anchored off Benin, West Africa, has been subject of a piracy attack in Gulf of Guinea, since Wednesday 10th January, the owner company Union Maritime confirmed in an official statement.

Navy rescues crew from burning vessel
17 January 2018 https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Navy-rescues-crew-fro...

The Eastern Naval Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Sunday, 14 January, 2018, rescued six crew members on board a vessel called MV Synagogue, which caught fire on the territorial waters of Ghana.

Top carriers consolidate control of container shipping
Greg Knowler | Jan 15, 2018 https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/trade-lanes/top-carriers-consolidate-c...

Container shipping is a giant inverted pyramid with the leading carriers controlling an increasingly greater share of the market.

Navy officers face criminal charges in deadly ship collisions
Dan LamotheThe Washington Post 17 Jan 2018 https://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/17/navy-officers-face-criminal-charg...

The charges stem from collisions involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain.

The Maritime Industry is slowly embracing technology, but some will be left behind!
15/01/2018 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-maritime-industry-is-slowly-embr...

Timely push for maritime sector
Jacqueline Woo Jan 17, 2018 http://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/timely-push-for-maritime-se...

The new road map to ready Singapore's maritime industry for the future comes with ambitious goals.

The Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map (ITM), launched last Friday, aims to grow the industry's value-add by $4.5 billion and create more than 5,000 good jobs by 2025.

Safeguarding Satellite Services in the Maritime Industry
Martin Coleman 2017-12-26 https://maritime-executive.com/article/safeguarding-satellite-services-i...

ReCAAP reports 19% increase in piracy incidents during 2017
16 January 2018 https://www.safety4sea.com/recaap-reports-19-increase-in-piracy-incident...

Source: ReCAAP

New reporting platform for human rights in maritime launched
16 January 2018 https://www.safety4sea.com/new-reporting-platform-for-human-rights-in-ma...

Human Rights at Sea announced a partnership with the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, with the launch of the new global platform for recording cases of maritime human rights abuses.

At least 1 killed in vessel collision in Myanmar's western state
Xinhua| 2018-01-16 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/16/c_136900053.htm

YANGON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed, one injured and four others went missing in a collision involving a cargo ship and a fishing vessel in Pauktaw township, Myanmar's western Rakhine state, said a release of the Home Affairs Ministry Tuesday.