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Is dual fuel the newbuild new normal?
Is dual fuel the newbuild new normal? That’s one of eight questions posed in the latest MarPoll, our quarterly survey…
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Car carrier suffers multiple explosions, makes for Dubai
A car carrier that suffered a series of explosions off Muscat on Friday docked in Dubai yesterday with top Israeli…
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Ocean Technologies Group: Resilience and reliability
For the last couple of decades Manish Singh has extolled the positive effects of consolidation for shipping. As the CEO…
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48 ships with Australian coal still stranded off China’s coastline
The number of coal carriers stranded off China with banned Australian coal has ducked under the 50 mark, but still…
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Unions demand worldwide seafarer vaccination programme
The Nautilus Federation, a group of 22 trade unions representing seafarers and inland waterways workers, has issued a statement calling…
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Stolt tanker remains in hot water in Korea
Seventeen months on from a very high profile explosion in the southeast of South Korea and the ship in question…
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Predictive emissions index launches
Greece’s METIS Cyberspace Technology has refined its cloud-based data acquisition and ship performance reporting solution to offer shipping’s first tool…
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Cosco sets up car carrier joint venture with SAIC Anji Logistics
Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers, a unit of Cosco Shipping Group, has announced plans to set up a joint venture with…
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Weekly Broker: Dry bulk spending up by 151% in February
A general firming in charter rates across the bulker sector has led to positivity across the markets. Supramax rates skyrocketed…
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Wärtsilä and Ocean Technologies Group partner to offer smart learning tech
Simulation and training solutions specialist Wärtsilä Voyage has teamed up with rapidly growing Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) to offer a…
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Inmarsat appoints former Nokia head as new CEO
Satellite communications service provider Inmarsat has announced the appointment of Rajeev Suri as the company’s new CEO from March 1,…
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Splash Extra: The coming supercycle?
Mentions of supercycles in the media have leapt by 400% over the past month as commodity prices have jumped. Speculation…
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen to reactivate another three vessels
Norwegian car carrier operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has decided to reactivate another three vessels that are currently in cold layup. The…
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Grimaldi orders six con-ro ships at Hyundai Mipo
Naples-based Grimaldi Group announced a new order signed with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (Ulsan) for six new G5 series roro multipurpose…
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The Coalition for the Energy of the Future makes headway
Shipping’s biggest names are joining many different future fuel associations. One making some headway is the Coalition for the Energy…
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Lloyd’s Register unveils new marine & offshore leadership team
Lloyd’s Register (LR) chief executive officer Nick Brown has unveiled his new leadership team for the classification society’s marine &…
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Explosion onboard CSSC Shipping bulker near Gibraltar injures four
An explosion erupted onboard a Hong Kong-flagged capesize bulk carrier at Gibraltar Port on Friday, resulting in the injury of four…
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Engine oil pressure cited in Maersk Eindhoven accident
Maersk has provided further details of its latest box spill mishap. The 13,100 teu experienced a loss of engine propulsion…
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Wakashio master: ‘I was under the influence of alcohol’
Further bombshells have been unearthed in the ongoing court proceedings looking into the grounding off Mauritius. Senior personnel including the…
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Eleven new cases of crew abandonment in opening weeks of 2021
While this week has seen some hard fought crew abandonment cases come to a merciful close there’s no sign that…
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