Operations
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d’Amico: The challenge of decarbonisation
Paolo d’Amico, chief executive officer of d’Amico International Shipping and d’Amico Società di Navigazione group, has no doubt what is…
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Excessive working hours onboard in the spotlight
The Mission to Seafarers has published the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report for the first quarter of 2021. The report…
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Höegh unveils world’s largest car carrier design, set to be zero-carbon ready on delivery in 2023
Norway’s Höegh Autoliners is stepping up its decarbonisation game with a new zero carbon ready vessel set to enter service…
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French pioneering sail-powered boxship
Zéphyr & Borée, a young French company specialising in carbon-free transport, has embarked on a new ambitious project to develop…
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Seadrill seals drillship contract with Equinor in Brazil
John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has secured a contract with Equinor for the utilisation of the 2014-built West Saturn drillship on the…
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Fujairah prohibits crew changes for seafarers with recent travel to India
Fujairah has become the latest in line to ban crew change from vessels arriving from India as Covid crisis intensifies…
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Archer taking over Deepwell from Moreld
Norwegian offshore service provider Archer has signed an offer letter with industrial group Moreld laying out principle terms to acquire…
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Force majeure declared at Total’s Mozambique LNG
French energy group Total has declared force majeure at Mozambique LNG due to unstable situation in the north of the…
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World’s leading shipowners give their verdict on how industry will decarbonise
It’s a veritable who’s who of the biggest, most famous names in shipping for the first issue of Maritime CEO…
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How shipping firms ought to focus on crews’ wellbeing
The mental and physical wellbeing of crewmembers at sea and on dry land should be one of the key priorities…
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UK government urged to build demonstration ship using retrofitted sails
The UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has a new report out containing recommendations for Boris Johnson and the International…
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Nuclear power proponents heartened by Biden’s GHG targets
Nuclear power lobbyists are hopeful of big breakthroughs following president Joe Biden’s new greenhouse gas cut targets announced yesterday, combined…
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Singapore bans seafarers with recent India travel history
Singapore, one of the world’s most important crew change hubs, has banned all seafarers who have been in India up…
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Seafarer heads home, ending four years on abandoned ship
Seafarer Mohammad Aisha boarded an airplane last night to return to his native Syria, ending a four-year battle where he…
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What the Ever Given can tell us about mental health at sea
Captain Lee Clarke from Tapiit Live on one of the overlooked aspects stemming from last month’s Suez blockage. Thirty days…
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BP calls up Reach Subsea for Trinidad & Tobago work
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has been awarded a call-off contract under the frame agreement with BP for IMR and construction…
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Covid-infected LPG carrier leaves Vanuatu
Vanuatu authorities have released BW Epic Kosan-owned LPG carrier Inge Kosan with 11 of the 14 crewmembers reported positive for…
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DNV awards first merchant vessel with a SILENT-E notation
Classification society DNV has announced that ONEX Peace, an aframax tanker – built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and delivered…
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MAN roleplays shipping’s potentially imminent fossil fuel-free future
MAN, the giant European manufacturer responsible for nearly one in every two engines in the global merchant fleet, has run…
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New value chain analysis from ABS clarifies the future fuels debate
American class society ABS has published a 76-page lifecycle, or value chain, analysis of the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of…
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