Readers’ Picks of the Week ( 8-12th of Dec)

December 14, 2014

World’s Largest Containership Starts Maiden Voyage
	19,100 TEU CSCL Globe, the world’s largest container ship and the first in a series of five same-sized ships ordered by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) in May 2013…Read more

MPHRP Outraged by Court Decision to Compensate Pirates
	Decision of the European Court of Human Rights is repugnant and insulting to all seafarers who have survived piracy attacks, the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) said in…Read more

Vietnamese Crew Member Killed in Pirate Attack
	A crew member of a Vietnamese tanker VP Asphalt 2 has been killed by pirates in a hijacking attack on Sunday afternoon off the eastern coast of Malaysia.…Read more

VIDEO: Intelligent Ship Bridges
	German shipbuilder Meyer Werft floated out the first 120-meter megablock of the future Norwegian Escape cruise ship on 5th December 2014.…Read more

VIDEO: Intelligent Ship Bridges
	VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Rolls-Royce today unveiled their latest vision of Ship Intelligence – a futuristic ship’s bridge concept which could become reality by 2025.…Read more