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China has launched extensive safety inspections on companies handling dangerous goods in the vicinity of Tianjin Port.
This is seen as showing its determination to clamp down on companies storing hazardous materials improperly in the aftermath of the deadly explosions in August.
State media

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has said that Europe should trust class society judgements on ship recycling yards or risk putting off big players from signing up to international standards.
ECSA was commenting on the latest certifications of compliance issued by ClassNK to

Container shipping companies in South Korea should widen their horizons beyond just shipping in order to capitalise on opportunities created by new technologies, said Yoo Ki-june, minister of oceans and fisheries.
The minister, who has stated that emerging industries will be the growth engine of

The global economy is heading for a period of prolonged weakness and of great uncertainty, the Danish Maritime Forum was warned on 7 October.
Weak economic growth means challenges on the economic front will create potential for social unrest and 65 of the 175 countries in a survey emerged as suffering