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Tankers
April sees tanker orders rain in
Tanker orders are picking up, but remain unlikely to affect fleet fundamentals until after 2026, according to new analysis from…
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Middle East
Iranians seize tanker belonging to Chinese leasing company
The US Navy reported yesterday that Iran seized the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker in the Gulf of Oman, 40 nautical miles…
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Operations
Arctic shipping’s foggy future
As the Arctic warms and loses sea ice, trans-Arctic shipping has increased, reducing travel time and costs for international trade,…
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Tankers
TCC orders first newbuilds since 2018
Hong Kong’s Tai Chong Cheang (TCC Group) has signed for two LR2 tankers at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, marking its first…
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Ports and Logistics
Philippines gets its first LNG import terminal
The Philippines’ first LNG import terminal is offloading its first cargo. ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and…
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Tankers
Change at the top of Tankers International
VLCC pool Tankers International has announced the appointment of Charlie Grey as CEO, replacing Jonathan Lee, who will become chairman.…
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Gas
French collaborate on large hydrogen carrier development
The French brains behind the development of large LNG carriers are now gearing up to offer large liquid hydrogen carriers.…
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Operations
RightShip unveils RightSTORE
Risk management platform RightShip has unveiled RightSTORE, an online store selling its data. “RightSTORE is the key to the proverbial…
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Asia
Eight top class societies collaborate with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore to help resolve key shipping issues
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and eight top classification societies have signed a letter of intent (LOI)…
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Shipyards
Splash Extra: Who’s to blame for shipping’s slow innovation towards decarbonisation?
A talking point across multiple events at Singapore Maritime Week has been owners hitting out at shipyards for their failure…
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Containers
Global conro fleet fades away
Conros – ships that carry containers, vehicles and other rolling cargo – are an endangered and ageing vessel species. Italy’s…
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Ports and Logistics
Singapore to create drone port
Singapore wants to set up a drone port for the delivery of ship supplies and will launch a call for…
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Dry Cargo
Zodiac cape hits reef in Indonesia
Zodiac Maritime’s 2014-built capesize bulk carrier hit a reef in the Seram Sea in eastern Indonesia yesterday. The ship was…
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Containers
Container made out of composite on show at Sea Asia
Attendees of this week’s Sea Asia exhibition in Singapore are able to get a glimpse of the Unit One, a…
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Americas
New American shipbroker launches
Two American dry cargo shipbrokers have quit the Stamford office of Simpson Spence Young (SSY) to go it alone. Caleb…
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Operations
Maersk Tankers starts offering voyage management services
Commercial manager Maersk Tankers is expanding its services to shipowners with a new voyage management service. The first customer is…
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Splash Extra
How consolidation in maritime tech will play out
At the start of the year we predicted consolidation within the maritime tech space. What we could not have predicted…
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Tankers
HMM to enter the ammonia trades
South Korean flagship HMM is looking to enter the ammonia trades. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with…
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Containers
Samsung Electronics files case against SM Line over ‘staggering’ D&D charges
Shipper complaints continue to rain in at the Federal Maritime Commission in Washington DC. The latest to file, for the…
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Gas
Øystein Kalleklev to become CEO of Avance Gas
The decision has been taken at Avance Gas to switch Øystein Kalleklev from his role as executive chairman to take…
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