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Americas
Cranes move into place to remove Baltimore bridge debris
Cranes are being brought into place by barges as the authorities in Baltimore turn their attention to reopening the port,…
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Greater China
Chinese property scene remains cause for concern for capesize owners
Persistent gloomy headlines about the Chinese property sector continue to give otherwise bullish capesize owners pause for thought. In late…
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Shipyards
Korea’s top shipbuilder teams with Germany’s largest semiconductor manufacturer
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), which oversees South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai, is looking at every form of…
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Americas
Insurers brace for record payouts from Baltimore bridge disaster
Records look set to be broken in terms of shipping insurance payouts following Tuesday’s ship allision in Baltimore which saw…
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Tankers
Sanctions see Russian tanker fleet in ballast
There is now clear data to show that sanctions are hurting Russian seaborne exports of crude. As of a month…
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Containers
MSC moves to take over Genoese newspaper group
Cash-rich Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has followed in the footsteps of CMA CGM by getting into the media business. The…
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Environment
Green shipping corridor initiatives mushroom
In the months since member states agreed at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to turbocharge shipping’s…
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Tankers
Hafnia presses ahead with New York listing plans
Hafnia, the world’s largest product tanker owner, has publicly filed a registration statement for a New York listing to go…
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Tech
MOL invests in American marine battery developer
MOL PLUS, the investment arm of Japan’s largest shipowner, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), is buying into Fleetzero, an American developer…
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Americas
Dali crew hailed as ‘heroes’ as details emerge of deadly Baltimore bridge smash
The president of the United States yesterday hailed the rapid actions of those onboard the ill-fated Dali containership in the…
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Finance and Insurance
New shipbuilding risk cover launched at Lloyd’s
A new shipbuilding risk cover has been launched at Lloyd’s of London. The Builders’ Risk Consortium has been formed by…
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Dry Cargo
Pacific Basin readies new propeller coating across its giant fleet
Hong Kong dry bulk giant Pacific Basin has decided to apply a sustainable graphene-based propeller coating, XGIT-PROP, across its entire…
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Splash Extra
Reining in black swans
Are we, the media, guilty of using the term black swan a tad too much? One encyclopaedia describes a black…
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Containers
ONE unveils plans to join the 3m teu club
With more than one new containership delivering every single day this year, the avalanche of box newbuilds shows no sign…
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Ports and Logistics
Life sentence for ex-head of SIPG
The former head of Shanghai International Port Group. (SIPG), and China’s ex-footballing supremo, was handed a life sentence today for…
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Tech
Pan Ocean VLOC slashes fuel bill via use of autonomous navigation
Avikus, the autonomous navigation in-house start-up developed by South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai, unveiled results from further recent trials,…
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Europe
Eni, Fincantieri and RINA join forces to aid shipping’s path towards net zero
Three well-known names in Italian maritime are joining forces to develop joint initiatives for the energy transition. Energy major Eni…
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Middle East
Rumours of Houthi truce with China and Russia fall flat with latest tanker attack
Putting paid to reports last week that Chinese and Russian ships were to be given safe passage through the Red…
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Environment
Global greenhouse gas levy likely in 2027
The 81st meeting of the Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) wrapped up at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) last week…
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Middle East
Chinese and Russians reportedly given safe passage through the Red Sea by the Houthis
Bloomberg is reporting that Yemen’s Houthis will not target Chinese and Russian ships passing through the Red Sea and Gulf…
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