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The General manager of Society of Gas a a Marine fuel issued a statement, stressing that there have been many significant, positive announcements for the gas-fueled shipping industry this year, which is anticipated also in 2018.

NYK and NYK Group companies MTI Co. Ltd., as well as Japan Marine Science Inc., released partial findings of a study on collision risk judgement and the autonomous operation of vessels, on 26 December.

In the past year, the stage has been set for a push in the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel beyond the tipping point, as in 2017 around 11% of all new build contracts were LNG-fueled ships, said The Netherlands-based Titan LNG. 

Recently, the US Coast Guard completed a blog series regarding ballast water. In these series, USCG focuses extensively on compliance and enforcement of the US ballast water regulations. The blog-series consisted of five articles, each dealing with a different issue.

In its latest issue paper, Oceans Beyond Piracy, touch upon the issue of  privately contracted armed maritime security, saying that the use of armed guards as a security solution at sea is characterized by private security companies providing armed protection for assets. 

Norwegian shipping company Torvald Klaveness, released a report in which it says that global industrial production growth will accelerate at the fastest rate since March 2011. This shows that the demand for raw materials will remain strong and robust during the following years.

UK-based Penetration testing experts Pen Test Partners said that there is possibility hackers to deliberately cause an imbalance of cargo without the crew being aware by manipulating the loading data of its hull stress monitoring systems (HSMS).

CLIA released the 2018 State of the Cruise Industry Outlook, offering an in-depth look at the cruise industry’s overall global economic impact, as well as the trends affecting cruise travel in 2018. Current data shows cruise travel is steadily on the rise with a projected 27.2 million passengers expected to set sail in 2018.

The vessel, the name of which is not yet identified, was boarded by six pirates from a small boat, while underway, around 32 nautical miles South of Brass, Nigeria, on 14 December, according to data provided by IMB Piracy Reporting Centre.

While making fast to Thorco Crystal, the tug Arafura Sea Delta was affected by hydrodynamic interaction forces and subsequently collided with the ship. Arafura Sea Delta was one of two tugs assigned to assist Thorco Crystal’s berthing. The tugs collided about 2 nautical miles west of Humbug Point Wharf, Weipa, Queensland.