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Dramatic boxship collision in Karachi caught on video
A video taken by a port worker has gone viral on social media, showing the remarkable moment when 8,000 teu…
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China Navigation provides Pacific islands with waste management solution
The China Navigation Company (CNCo) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have signed a memorandum of…
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Asian Bulk Logistics: Betting on Indonesian coal
As Indonesian authorities continue to mull forcing exports of commodities such as coal and palm oil to be carried on…
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DP World buys giant Mumbai warehousing company
Dubai terminal operator DP World and Indian sovereign wealth fund National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) are paying $400m to…
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Liner blockchain breakthroughs proliferate
Hong Kong company 300cubits has announced the completion of the first trial shipment in its smart contract deployed on the…
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Detained Varun Shipping tanker sold at auction
Shanghai Maritime Court has sold the 1997-built aframax tanker via an online auction on Taobao. The vessel was abandoned by…
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Aurora Tankers declares options on four MRs at GSI
Singapore’s Aurora Tankers, part of IMC Group, has declared options on four additional 55,000 dwt MR tankers at China’s Guangzhou…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Shipping anywhere from 30 to 500 years behind the technology curve
Shipping has been warned it’s nearer to Kodak than Uber in its slow adoption of technology. Delegates attending this week’s…
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Japan Coast Guard pushes negligent homicide charges over Fitzgerald collision
The Japan Coast Guard has recommended negligent homicide charges for the USS Fitzgerald’s officer of the deck and the second…
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First ships delivered featuring new Korean LNG containment system
Thursday saw the delivery of two revolutionary new LNG carriers that could help improve profitability at South Korea’s major three…
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Korea Line confirms VLCC order at Hyundai Heavy
South Korean shipping firm Korea Line has officially placed an order at compatriot yard Hyundai Heavy Industries for the construction…
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DSME secures orders for LNG carrier pair
South Korean shipbuilding major Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has announced today that it has secured a deal for…
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IMO defends its position on cyber
Discussion at yesterday’s Asia Pacific Maritime (APM) exhibition in Singapore that the International Maritime Organization could lose its legitimacy if…
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Asian Bulk Logistics plans to develop global bulk shipping fleet
Asian Bulk Logistics, a Jakarta-based integrated logistics and transportation service provider for the mining and commodities industry, has launched a…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Sentimentality gets in the way of the blowtorch
If owners can be rational for once then they can enjoy some good times in the coming couple of years.…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Dry bulk stars in alignment a cause for concern
The sense of optimism among the majority of speakers at yesterday’s high level Maritime CEO Forum dry bulk debate led…
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Call for regulatory sandbox to help shipping and IMO navigate digitalisation
Technology is outpacing the regulatory environment, which could put the future of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at risk, one…
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Singapore’s innovation drive
The Lion Republic is at the forefront of digital trials set to transform maritime as delegates attending today’s Asia Pacific…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Tanker market views split down the middle
Tanker market views were split down the middle at today’s Maritime CEO Forum held at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore.…
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GasLog returns to Samsung Heavy for new LNG carrier
LNG vessel owner GasLog has ordered a 180,000 cu m LNG carrier from South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries, its second order…
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