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Greater China
COSCO forms European car carrier pact
COSCO Shipping Car Carriers has signed has a strategic cooperation agreement with Germany’s PWL Shipping as it prepares to ramp…
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Shipyards
Samsung Heavy seeks Chinese help to churn out massive orderbook
Samsung Heavy Industries, a Korean yard with an enormous backlog of vessels to build, is contracting work out to Chinese…
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Shipyards
Hanjin Subic yard gear up for sale
Ahead of potential new tenants moving in, much of the old kit from Hanjin Subic shipyard is being auctioned off…
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Tech
ZIM invests in vehicle inspection start-up
Israeli carrier ZIM has invested in Spinframe, a company which has developed vehicle inspection systems based on artificial intelligence (AI),…
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Bunkering
Bunker craft operator banned in Singapore
Another bunker name has been struck off the approved list in Singapore. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)…
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Finance and Insurance
AI and automated ships pose new challenges in casualty liability
Artificial Intelligence and the advent of automated ships will pose difficult questions in determining liability under the Hague Rules for…
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Operations
Belgium gets a glimpse of autonomous shipping future
Two of a series of 10 pioneering inland barges have been christened this week in Antwerp, giving shipping a glimpse…
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Shipyards
HSG Sungdong makes strides in offshore wind
A Korean shipyard has taken a big step forwards in the offshore wind sector. HSG Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…
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Containers
MSC becomes first carrier to have a 5m slot fleet
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is ready to surpass another milestone in its rapid growth spurt that has seen it top…
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Containers
Podium switch? CMA CGM tipped to edge past Maersk in the liner rankings
China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is being tipped as the winner for the next round of ship orders from Maersk and CMA…
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Tankers
Shareholders await to hear what direction Euronav will take under new management
Euronav’s annual general meeting kicks off this morning in Antwerp with shareholders keen to hear about the direction the tanker…
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Shipyards
15,000 ships to be scrapped by 2032: BIMCO
The long-awaited flood of ship scrap candidates could top most projections, new analysis from BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping organisation,…
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Dry Cargo
ADM signs up for pioneering barge along the Rhine
American commodities giant Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) has signed a pioneering charter agreement to use a very low-emissions ship in European waters,…
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Europe
Wreck removal taking longer than planned in Gibraltar
The tricky removal of the wrecked bulk carrier from waters off Gibraltar will take longer than forecast. Salvors had been…
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Tankers
Tanker orders pick up
Having slumped to generational lows, the tanker orderbook is finally building up, but analysts remain convinced the sector is still…
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Tech
Japanese make ammonia engine breakthroughs
The Japanese are making notable strides in developing ammonia propulsion. NYK Line, IHI Power Systems, Nihon Shipyard, Japan Engine Corporation,…
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Middle East
AD Ports to form NVOCC
Dubai-listed logistics company Aramex has signed a joint venture agreement with Abu Dhabi’s fast expanding AD Ports Group to create…
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Greater China
Zodiac Maritime adds more car carriers at CIMC Raffles
Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime has recently increased its car carrier orderbook at CIMC Raffles in China by an additional two…
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Europe
Norwegian sailor sentenced in tanker collision case
A Norwegian watch officer was found guilty yesterday and sentenced to a two-month suspended jail sentence for negligence leading up…
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Dry Cargo
New study finds ammonia-powered capes will be ready to depart from Australia within five years
A new study from the West Australia – East Asia Iron Ore Green Corridor Consortium suggests ships powered by clean…
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