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Manila, Singapore seafarer safe corridor preparations progress
Singaporean authorities have green lighted hotel conditions in Manila as seafarer safe corridor preparations between the Philippines and the key…
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Danish Ship Finance discusses stranded assets and peak seaborne trade volumes in new report
Danish Ship Finance has released its latest shipping market review. The 69-slide presentation, led by Christopher Rex, has a strong…
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Insurers brace for big bill as ONE reveals 1,900 boxes lost at sea
Cargo insurers of the 14,000 teu are bracing for a big bill with Ocean Network Express (ONE) confirming that this…
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Growing taste for exotic fruits drives reefer trades
Growth in the reefer shipping trade this year has been largely driven by soaring demand for proteins into swine flu-ravaged…
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Drones come to the rescue in Covid battle at sea
Panagiotis Galanis reports on the the first transportation of rapid Covid tests for seafarers using drones. The ancient Greek poet…
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Atlantic Bulk Carriers offloads its last panamax
Greek dry bulk owner Atlantic Bulk Carriers has sold its last panamax bulker according to brokers. Both Allied and Intermodal…
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England and Wales to ban livestock shipments
Livestock exports of animals bound for slaughter from England and Wales will be banned under new government plans released yesterday.…
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Orange orders new cable ship
Orange Marine, a subsidiary of telecoms giant Orange, is contracting Colombo Dockyard and Vard to build a new cable ship.…
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Equinor eyes offshore wind expansion in Brazil
Norway’s Equinor is looking at opportunities in the offshore wind sector in Brazil, the company’s chief executive Anders Opedal said…
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Sime Darby exits China ports scene
Diverse Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby is exiting the port business in China, selling its stakes in three river ports in…
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Electromagnetic Geoservices awarded survey in Gulf of Mexico
Norwegian seismic specialist Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a letter of award for a 3D CSEM and magnetotelluric multi-client survey…
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Soren Toft starts as CEO at MSC
Soren Toft starts today as CEO at the world’s second largest containerline, Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), nearly 13 months…
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Logistics giant DSV charters three MPPs amid super tight slot availability to launch Denmark – China route
The incredible tightness of available slots on almost all tradelanes has forced one of the world’s largest logistics operators to…
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Urgently needed empty containers are sitting at depots for 45 days on average
Global supply chains have been rocked in the last couple of months by the acute shortage of available empty containers,…
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UN calls for seafarers to be designated as key workers to resolve crew change crisis
The United Nations General Assembly has called on UN member states to designate seafarers as key workers and implement measures…
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World leaders commit to drive shipping decarbonisation plans ahead
Leaders of Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Palau and Portugal have committed today…
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PCL fined $12m in US pollution case
Singapore-based Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL), controlled by tycoon Robert Kuok, was sentenced in a US federal court after pleading guilty…
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Scorpio Bulkers sell-off hits 20 ships as ultramax pair sold to M/Maritime
Monaco’s Scorpio Bulkers has announced the sale of 2016-built ultramax bulkers SBI Poseidon and SBI Apollo. The Japanese-built pair, built…
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Greek shipping minister in intensive care with coronavirus
Greece’s shipping and island policy minister has been moved into an intensive care unit (ICU) as effects from the coronavirus…
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Vega Reederei teams with Indian shipmanager
German owner Vega Reederei has teamed with a recently formed Indian shipmanager to create a new shipmanagement venture with grand…
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