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A shipbroker recently had to settle a negligence claim for $380,000 after failing to tell a charterer about a navigation restriction on a vessel, according to brokerage insurer ITIC.  The broker was arranging a charter party between shipowners and charterers, and the owners told him that...

China's Ministry of State Security claims to have seized multiple "special technical devices" built by foreign intelligence agencies for maritime spying near Chinese shores.  In a message on its WeChat account, the ministry said that it has discovered several types of seabed spying equipment planted by foreign...