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Over the last year, global business sector has reached a new and important turning point in the struggle to manage cyber risk. Marsh & McLennan Companies issued the 2018 edition of the MMC Cyber Risk Handbook, providing insights on the shifting cyber threat environment, emerging global regulatory trends, and best practices in the journey to cyber resiliency.

ClassNK has issued latest technical information referring to periodical survey in advance of survey window, explaining that with entry into force of  the BWM Convention, IOPP and/or BWM Certificate may be de-harmonized from Harmonized System of Survey and Certification.

EMSA issued a study on the two hazardous substances, PFOS and HBCDD, included in the annexes of regulation (EU) 1257/2013 on ship recycling, aiming to close knowledge gaps regarding requirements in EU Ship Recycling regulation.

The position of Europe in the maritime technology industry as whole is only a virtual one, whilst there is no clear targeted European shipbuilding policy in place, to offer an integrated approach to the international competition, according to a new study funded by the European Commission.

After two years of marked decline, average vessel operating costs stabilised in 2017 as pressure on owners was lifted by a nascent recovery across most cargo shipping markets. Trends in ship operating costs are related to developments in the wider shipping market, external cost pressures notwithstanding, Drewry explained.

Although tonnage supply growth in the crude tanker market is expected to be low next year after surging in 2017, this will not be enough to push tonnage utilisation rates higher as demand growth is expected to be sluggish, Drewry notes. A slowdown in global oil demand growth and a likely decline in China’s stocking activity will keep growth in the crude oil trade moderate next year.

On July 14, 2016, the towing vessel 'The Admiral' was moored alongside barges in the La Quinta Channel, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Texas, when its starboard main engine oversped and then exploded, resulting in the death of a crewmember.

In the latest issue of its Safety Digest, UK MAIB describes how a deck officer lost his life after falling from a container bay hold hatch cover. UK MAIB provides a description of what happened and important lessons learned to prevent similar accidents in the future.

IEA released its World Energy Outlook 2017, on 14 November, which includes a detailed focus on natural gas. It also addresses matters regarding the environmental case for gas and the issue of methane emissions from oil and gas operations.

The US Coast Guard says that the Arctic Navigational Safety Information System is currently under development, seeking to offer a reliable means of providing critical navigational safety information such as hazards, chart corrections and weather to Arctic mariners via digital means.