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Asia
Car carrier blaze off Vietnam
Another car carrier caught fire over the weekend, the latest in a series of incidents that are spooking seafarers and…
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Offshore
Maersk Broker appoints head of offshore and renewables
Nicolaj Støvlbæk has joined Maersk Broker as head of offshore and renewables. Støvlbæk worked at Noble Corporation last year briefly…
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Dry Cargo
Grain exports out of Ukraine set to accelerate this month
After grain shipments out of Ukraine’s three export ports on the Black Sea slumped to a four-month low in January,…
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Tankers
De Stoop compares Frontline battle to divorce proceedings
At yesterday’s Q4 conference call with analysts, Hugo de Stoop, the under pressure CEO of Euronav, compared the ongoing arbitration…
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Containers
PIL creates partnership with Philippine carrier
The Philippines has a liner entrant offering regular international services with news that Manila-headquartered IRIS Lines has teamed with Singapore’s…
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Dry Cargo
Robert Perri takes the helm at OceanPal
Greek dry bulk player OceanPal has appointed Robert Perri as its new CEO. Perri replaces Eleftherios Papatrifon who had headed…
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Shipyards
Gas cylinder explosion injures eight in Vietnam
A gas cylinder exploded in a cargo bay of a bulk carrier being repaired in northern Vietnam yesterday, an accident…
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Containers
India seen as one of the year’s fastest growing box destinations
India, the fastest growing major economy in the world, is seeing ever greater volumes of large boxships visiting its shores,…
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Containers
Liners now in the red on a mark-to-market basis
On a mark-to-market basis, most liners are operating in the red, according to analysis from investment bank Jefferies. Mark-to-market is…
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Dry Cargo
Australian coal heading to Chinese ports for first time since 2020
Data from shipping platform Sea/ shows a total of six bulk carriers loaded with Australian coal have discharged or are…
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Asia
Thousands of ships set to be hit by India’s age restrictions
Greek data firm MarineTraffic has provided some details of the ramifications of the upcoming Indian ban on older ships. New…
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Tankers
Takeover saga dominates Euronav quarterlies
Euronav published its fourth quarter results today with a conference call from Antwerp due early this afternoon. The very solid…
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Greater China
Chery takes over Samjin Shipbuilding
Chery Automobile has taken over a second shipyard as it rapidly builds up its own fleet of car carriers. Chery,…
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Gas
Accident report published from maiden voyage of the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier
The difficulties of shipping liquefied hydrogen have been highlighted in a new report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which…
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Shipyards
Hyundai Samho wins $2.05bn order for 12 methanol-fuelled boxships
February is starting in the shipbuilding world in the same fashion as many months prior – with an avalanche of…
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Containers
New liner company readies to launch from Florida
The United States has a new containerline. On Friday, Florida-based Oceanus Line will launch a service linking the US with…
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Finance and Insurance
2023 tipped to be a top year for owners seeking to finance their fleets
Shipowners this year have one of the best opportunities in recent memory to finance their fleets, according to a new…
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Tech
Standardised Noon Report data format launched
A standardised vessel dataset (SVD) for Noon Reports has been launched by the Smart Maritime Council, a cross-industry membership group,…
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Dry Cargo
Bocimar to operate world’s first ammonia-powered newcastlemaxes
Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed an agreement on the development of…
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Tankers
Looming Russian products ban has analysts divided
Sunday marks the start of the European Union’s ban on Russian refined product imports, two months on from a similar…
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