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Regulatory discussions continued at CMA Shipping Tuesday with the second annual Executive Briefing Session on the Maritime Labor Convention: Six Months In.

Regulatory issues have been at the forefront of dialogue at CMA Shipping 2014, which kicked off yesterday.

Registries including the Marshall Islands, Liberia, Dominica, Panama, Antigua, Jamaica and Vanuatu will congregate at Shipping 2014 this week in Stamford, CT.

Moore Stephens has submitted a request to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) regarding the process in which "the written-down values of vessels are calculated under the UK tonnage tax rules, which it considers are not realistic in terms of their interaction with the capital allowances regime."

A spokesperson for the firm issued the following release:

The Cayman Islands will host its 2nd Annual Cayman Islands Shipping Summit this week, titled "Cayman - the crossroads to the Americas."

The event website reports:

The Merchant Shipping Directorate of Malta has issued a notice announcing its plans to increase the minimum wage for seafarers effective 1 January 2015.

Minimum Basic Wage

Merchant Shipping Notice 108 Rev 1

The Liberian Registry has introduced an application for mobile devices in what appears to be a growing trend in the maritime industry.

A spokesperson for the flag issued the following release:

Foreign shipowners plan to speak up about recent Bangladeshi cabotage restrictions.

TradeWinds reports:

United Arab Emirates based classification society Tasneef hopes to become a member of the Interational Association of Classification Societies (IACS) in a step toward developing the UAE as a maritime hub.

TradeWinds reports: