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‘Sod globalisation, protect the citizens’
Carl Martin Faannessen, managing director of Manila-based Noatun Maritime, is very worried about what vaccine passports will mean to the…
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Shocking four-year plight of solitary Syrian at sea makes headlines
Tomorrow the general cargo ship will head for auction, potentially bringing an end to a tragic near four-year saga for…
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Increased travel restrictions risk a flare-up of the crew change crisis
A number of shipping bodies are concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are…
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From pipeline to pipe dream: why there’s no such thing as shipping carbon-neutral LNG
There’s been a lot of talk about carbon-neutral LNG in recent weeks. It’s all fake news, argues Wijnand Stoefs, shipping…
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Queue jumpers dog Singapore’s vaccine rollout
Splash has unearthed many non-key workers who have jumped the queue for a Covid-19 vaccine in Singapore. Many citizens and…
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Ships born again with ‘smoothie’ fuel
In a 12-month trial, United European Car Carriers (UECC) replaced conventional fuel with biofuel onboard the 20-year-old, 140 m long…
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Tsakos to join Cargill-Maersk Tankers MR tanker pool
Greek owner Tsakos Group is set to join the Cargill-Maersk Tankers joint MR pool this month, entering three vessels. The…
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Blue sky thinking about game changing moonshots
I recently put out an all-points bulletin to PR firms to stop using the term ‘game changing’. Last week I…
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Weekly Broker: Bulker scramble
Everyone in shipping is looking on enviously at the dry bulk sector. After so many false dawns over the past…
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HNA Group commences restructuring
HNA Group, one of the largest conglomerates in China, has commenced a massive bankruptcy restructuring process involving 321 subsidiaries. The…
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Rebranding shipping: We owe it to our very own VIPs
Gina Panayiotou, founder of the Oceans Arena, on how the industry needs to ensure its heart is in the right…
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Panama asks the IMO to resolve China’s coal carrier standoff with Australia
Panama, home to the world’s largest ship registry, has requested the collaboration of the secretary general of the International Maritime…
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SFL offloads stake in ADS Maritime
John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation has sold its stake in ADS Maritime to a unit controlled by ADS chairman Bjørn Tore Larsen.…
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Opening the silos: data-sharing is key in port call collaboration
Change of industry mindset needed for ship voyage optimisation to curb costly port congestion and cut emissions, industry forum is…
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Seafarers UK rebrands
Seafarers UK has become The Seafarers’ Charity as it drives a more international outlook. It has also launched a new…
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Bulk carriers collide in Greece
Two dry bulk carriers collided 10 nautical miles west from the Greek island of Kithira in the southern Peloponnese early…
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Could wind propulsion fund the full decarbonisation of shipping?
Gavin Allwright, secretary at the International Windship Association, has seen a lot of speculation and discussion around the costs and…
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This ‘moonshot’ isn’t rocket science
Andrew Craig-Bennett is not happy with Wednesday’s $5bn R&D submission to the IMO by shipowning interests. “Da mihi castitatem et…
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Corrosion costing shipping up to $80bn a year
Corrosion on ships costs the industry up to $80bn a year, something that could be smoothed over via the use…
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K Line working with Nokia to bridge shipping’s 10-year sat comms gap
Shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has a barrage of news out today including details of Japan’s first climate…
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