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Environment
Baking powder rises as new green remedy for shipping
Sodium bicarbonate, a substance best known for its baking qualities, has emerged as a new scrubber solution. London-based SodaFlexx has…
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Gas
GTT unveils cheaper triple tank gas design
Paris-headquartered GTT, the world’s dominant LNG containment system manufacturer, is coming up with new solutions as it faces competition in…
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Splash Extra
Shipping’s fast-approaching demographic time-bomb
There is a potentially epic demographic time-bomb coming shipping’s way that far too few of us are discussing regardless of…
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Europe
Ice-class ‘crunch’ coming as Russian winter approaches
Analysts at BRS are predicting a “crunch” on ice-class tonnage as Russia’s winter approaches, something that could drive premiums for…
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Environment
ICS proposes new green fuel fund and reward system
The next gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is weeks away and…
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Environment
Pacific nations double down on their green demands
As is customary in the run up to any gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the International…
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Operations
New survey highlights the harassment and discrimination women face at sea
Results from a large shipping survey have laid bare the severe gender-based discrimination against women, as well as detailing onboard…
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Dry Cargo
The Little Bulker children’s book launches
On Thursday this week the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) will host the launch of a new book…
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Europe
Russia rushes to fix tanker fleet with six weeks to go until EU crude ban starts
With six weeks to go until Europe’s ban on Russian crude kicks in, the scale of the global tanker fleet…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC buys Italian towage operator
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has agreed to acquire 100% of the share capital of Rimorchiatori Mediterranei, a towage operator active…
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Ports and Logistics
Another two-week strike starts at Liverpool port
Liverpool dockworkers are downing tools for another two weeks from today as a bitter pay dispute between Peel Ports and…
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Tankers
Euronav confirms double suezmax order
Euronav has confirmed a tanker order first covered by Splash a fortnight ago. The Belgian tanker giant has booked a…
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Operations
NYK developing onboard waste-to-energy solution
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will work with LPG distributor Astomos Energy on a project to convert organic material onboard ships…
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Dry Cargo
Tonne-miles up as coal sourced from further afield
Sourcing coal from further afield is pushing up the tonne-mile picture for dry bulk. While global coal trade volumes have…
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Operations
Columbia Shipmanagement and Marlow Navigation call off merger
Two Cypriot managers have ditched their nuptials after a lengthy five-year engagement, though they say they will remain friends. Columbia…
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Tankers
Scorpio Tankers exercises purchase options on eight ships
Scorpio Tankers has exercised purchase options on eight ships and the repayment of a credit facility. The company has given…
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Finance and Insurance
KKR comes in with $200m credit facility for Flexport Capital
Flexport Capital, the trade financing arm of digital forwarder Flexport, has secured a credit facility of up to $200m from…
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Containers
NACKS promotes ammonia-powered boxship
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Chinese shipyard Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) approval in principle (AiP) for an ammonia-fuelled…
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Containers
Inactive boxship levels hit two-year high
Inactive tonnage as a percentage of the overall container fleet is now at its highest level in two years, according…
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Environment
Call for Baltic scrubber ban
Yesterday Splash carried studies from NASA suggesting the global sulphur cap had improved atmospheric conditions. However, the controversial International Maritime…
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