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Women occupy just 5% of maritime leadership roles
According to Spinnaker’s Maritime HR Association data, the proportion of male and female employees within the global shore-based workforce remained…
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What’s in store in the Year of the Ox?
The Lunar New Year is upon us. Something to look forward to, or should we just be relieved the old…
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Cyprus lays out how to get all seafarers vaccinated
The Cyprus shipping deputy ministry has formally proposed a practical, global approach to delivering Covid-19 vaccinations to seafarers in response…
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How high levels of sugar can impact seafarers’ behaviour and productivity
There were plenty of interesting takeaways from MCTC’s recent health and nutrition conference. Poor nutrition is not about how much…
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Gibson opens India office
E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers has officially opened its new office in Mumbai. The tanker specialists have been approved by local oil…
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Japanese sub hits cape while surfacing
A submarine from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force collided with a Hong Kong-flagged capesize yesterday, slightly injuring three on the sub.…
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Renewable methanol is ‘uniquely positioned’ to be a future-proof fuel
With the correct policy support, renewable methanol has the potential to grow from chemical building block to mainstream energy source,…
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RightShip debuts new Safety Score
Shipping risk management organisation RightShip debuted its new Safety Score and Platform yesterday. RightShip’s old Qi platform has been made…
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Fuel price spread at world’s top bunkering hubs now firmly in triple-digit territory
The price spread between low (VLSFO) and high (HSFO) sulphur fuel oil continues to widen across the world. Lorentzen &…
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China suspends crew changes for two shipmanagers
China’s Ministry of Transport has announced a decision to suspend the crew change operations for all the vessels of two…
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The oceans are becoming a large container terminal
Captain Javier Madiedo assesses why so many boxes are being lost at sea. We continually read, see and hear news…
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Bulk carrier detained at Antwerp’s Liberation Dock highlights continued crew change difficulties
The plight of the crew onboard the bulk carrier highlights both the ongoing crew change crisis and subsequent supply chain…
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China finally grants crew change for MSC bulker, coal carrier queue reducing
China has given crew change permission to a bulk carrier that has been waiting to unload Australian coal at Tangshan…
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Hamburg Süd appoints new CEO as Vespermann steps down
German shipping line Hamburg Süd has announced the appointment of Poul Hestbaek as its new CEO, replacing Arnt Vespermann who will leave…
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen pays $18m fine and closes Australian car carrier investigation
Norwegian car carrier operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has announced that the Federal Court of Australia has issued a fine of A$24m…
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Chemikalien Seetransport and Dr. Peters Group form shipmanagement joint venture
German companies Chemikalien Seetransport (CST) and Dr. Peters Group (DPG) have establish a joint venture called CST/DS Shipmanagement to conduct…
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Weekly Broker: Boxships in hot demand
The secondhand bulk S&P market has again seen a bullish week with plenty of en bloc deals completed despite a…
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Maritime employee survey launches
Halcyon Recruitment, Coracle Online and the Diversity Study Group are today launching their annual Maritime Employee Survey. Now in its…
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Maersk Essen tipped for swift service reintroduction
Maersk has given clients hope their delayed shipments on the 13,100 teu may get to Los Angeles within a couple…
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Iran allows crew of detained Korean tanker to head home
Iran has agreed to allow all bar one of the crew of the South Korean tanker to head home. The…
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