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V. Ships Greece: The world’s most important destination for managers
V.Ships is the largest third-party management company in Greece, managing a fleet of 69 vessels, comprising 30 containerships and 39…
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Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement looks to slash shipping emissions through behavioural science
Hamburg-based ship manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has stepped up its decarbonising efforts by exerting behavioural science and the latest…
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Crimson Polaris bow towed to Hachinohe Port
The bow of the NYK-operated wood chip carrier has been towed into Hachinohe Port as the work to remove the…
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Chip shortages send car carriers into reverse
Car carrier firms, having been hit very hard by the onset of the pandemic last year, are now facing up…
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Owners urged to carry out surveys outside of China as tough new quarantine measures come into place
Ship repair and general drydocking operations have become more tricky in China, where authorities are introducing many measures to halt…
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Navios bulker refloated, Maldives demands compensation for damaged reef
Navios Maritime Partners bulk carrier , which ran aground on a reef in the Maldives on August 19, was refloated…
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Denmark starts offering vaccines to seafarers
The Danish government has just announced that it will start offering vaccines for seafarers calling Danish ports or transiting Danish…
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Hurricane Ida shuts more than 95% of US Gulf oil production facilities
Hurricane Ida crashed into the Louisiana coastline on Sunday afternoon as a Category 4 storm near Port Fourchon forcing several…
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Beijing demands tanker owners detail what they’re carrying onboard as they enter Chinese waters
Tanker owners coming near to China have more paperwork to complete. China is flexing its muscle in the South China…
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Navios Amaryllis captain accused of negligent behaviour in grounding off Maldives
The captain of the Navios Maritime Partners supramax bulker that ran aground on a reef in the Maldives last Thursday…
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Shipping urged to share information on abandoned fishing nets
Another sea pollution mapping initiative is launching with a specific focus on so called ghost nets, the thousands of square…
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Saving the planet while ignoring two thirds of it
Bestselling author Ian Urbina, the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a Washington DC-based non-profit journalism organisation, writes for Splash today.…
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Study finds offshore drilling rigs open to cyber attacks
An increase in remote monitoring and autonomous control, the internet of things and digitalisation has made offshore drilling rigs much…
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Crowley, MMA partner to train offshore wind labour force
Crowley Maritime Corporation and Massachusetts Maritime Academy have joined forces to create a labour force training and development program for…
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Rio Tinto resumes operations in South Africa
Mining giant Rio Tinto has commenced the process of restarting operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa as…
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Alibaba unit sets up China to South Korea ocean freight service
Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba, is setting up a direct sea freight route between China and South Korea,…
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Armed robbers at work at Manila anchorage
Armed robbery incidents at an anchorage in the capital of the Philippines are proliferating. The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating…
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Panama Canal maintenance set to cause delays
A maintenance period at the Panama Canal’s Miraflores locks tentatively scheduled for August 29 to September 10 will likely cause…
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InterManager members double onboard oxygen provision after life-threatening incidents
Shipmanagers have pledged to go above and beyond international maritime regulatory requirements in their onboard provision of medical oxygen –…
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Value of the global merchant fleet hits a new all-time high
The total value of the global merchant fleet has hit a new all-time high on the back of this year’s…
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