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Terminal Operators Seek Changes to Los Angeles Clean Air Plan

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), a non-profit group that represents West Coast terminal operators and shipowners, has called for changes to the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) put forward by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Container Ships Need Better Fire-Fighting Systems, Insurance Group Says

The International Union of Marine Insurance has called for better fire-fighting systems on board container ships, citing its concern that current provisions are insufficient given the growing size of container vessels and a recent spate of fires on board ships.

Global Port Throughput Maintains Upward Trend

Shanghai International Shipping Institute recently published its Global Port Development Report for the second quarter of 2017, saying that cargo throughputs at major ports around the world continued to rise.

Ship Emissions Make Thunderstorms More Intense, Study Says

A new study mapping lightning around the globe finds lightning strokes occur nearly twice as often directly above heavily-trafficked shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea than they do in areas of the ocean adjacent to shipping lanes that have similar climates.

New Government Partnership to Boost Traceable Fishing

The United States Agency for International Development's Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) and Inmarsat have advanced communication technology to improve fisheries catch documentation and traceability.

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'Amazon Effect' Sparks Deals for Software-Tracking Firms

A growing number of companies are paying to track in real time everything from truckloads of pork chops to shipping containers full of exercise equipment.

Hyundai Merchant Marine Looks to Arctic Route

Hyundai Merchant Marine, South Korea's largest container carrier, says it's planning to sail the Northern Sea Route by 2020.

Looking Ahead: The Bunkering Market After 2020

Alok Sharma, head of commercial at Glencore subsidiary Inatech, recently spoke with The Maritime Executive about the outlook for bunkering. Inatech provides software solutions to both bunker suppliers and bunker buyers - giving it a perspective on both sides of the market.

Cyberattack Cost Maersk $300M and Disrupted Operations for Two Weeks

A June cyberattack that snarled shipping terminal operations worldwide - and briefly shut down the Port of Los Angeles' largest cargo terminal - has cost the Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk $200m to $300m, the company says.

New Robot Containers Could Ship Aquaculture Products

A group of Norwegian graduates have spent their summer developing smart "robot containers" with cooling systems that can sail to ports without any human interaction.

Coast Guard Prints Spare Parts While at Sea

The U.S. Coast Guard is developing the use of 3-D printers to create spare parts on board its ships.

Hanjin Shipping Says Bankruptcy Claims Top $10Bn

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co., which roiled global trade and temporarily marooned more than half a million cargo containers when it filed for bankruptcy, says it has raised only a fraction of what it needs to repay creditors, whose claims total about $10.5bn.

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