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- Somali pirates hijack vessel in protected corridor
- A merchant vessel was yesterday seized by pirates while it was sailing west through the internationally recognised transit corridor through the Gulf of Aden.
- Patjens to pioneer LNG as fuel for boxships
- German owner Reederei Stefan Patjens is to convert the first large deep sea containership to use LNG as fuel, it emerged at SMM in Hamburg.
- Labour Convention would benefit mariners: MUA
- The international Maritime Labour Convention will help prevent exploitation of workers, the Maritime Union of Australia’s assistant national secretary Warren Smith says.
- Mariners persecuted, lawyer claims
- Mariners world-wide are being imprisoned for pollution accidents as governments seek to be seen politically strong, barrister Linda Howlett from the International Chamber of Shipping says.
- Owners gear up for ECDIS deadline
- Shipowners are buying electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) as the first of the rolling deadlines for installation approaches.
