Editor’s Picks
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Europe
IMO urged to tackle cyber security issues
London: The roundtable of international shipping associations comprising BIMCO, ICS, Intercargo and INTERTANKO are developing standards and guidelines to address…
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Gas
Another Avance Gas VLGC is sent to dry-dock for inspection
London: A second brand-new Avance Gas VLGC is to be sent for dry-docking after its sister ship experienced technical difficulties…
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Contributions
Austerity drive
A year ago we were in a very different setting. Oil was hovering comfortably above $100 per barrel, new vessels…
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Asia
Shippers are demanding greater transparency from shipowners
Singapore: The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry focused on uniting commercial growth with…
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Americas
Another grounded vessel on the Delaware
San Francisco: In the second accident on its waters in the past fortnight, a bulker ran aground yesterday on the…
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Europe
Bergen Group offloads rig yard
Oslo: Bergen Group has decided to divest the company’s rig-service activity at Hanøytangen. Sale agreements have been concluded with Semco…
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Contributions
Contrasting sentiments
Dagfinn Lunde experiences a resurgent US economy and a downcast shipping mood while attending this year’s CMA. I have recently…
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Middle East
Qatar Navigation in talks with UACC on tanker merger
Doha: Another tanker giant is forming in the Middle East with news Qatar Navigation (Milaha) has opened talks with United…
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Europe
Visentini Giovanni Trasporti Fluviomarittimi: More roro orders coming
Milan: Italian shipowner Giovanni Visentini has just taken delivery of the first of four handymax bulk carrier newbuildings in China…
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Asia
Chinese seafarer kills two colleagues
Manila: In a horrific attack, a Chinese seafarer killed two of his colleagues with a knife, and injured another crewmember…
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Americas
14 seafarers rushed to hospital with serious food poisoning
San Francisco: Having eaten a tropical fish that they had caught in international waters 14 of 19 crewmembers onboard the…
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Dry Cargo
D’Amico Group: Cousins take the cover of latest Maritime CEO magazine
Rome: Today sees the launch of the latest issue of Maritime CEO magazine. On the cover are the cousins who…
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Americas
Lawyers challenge Genco’s Baltic acquisition
New York: Law firm Brodsky & Smith is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Baltic Trading for…
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Containers
TransAtlantic gets new name and new CEO
Stockholm: Swedish shipowner Rederi AB TransAtlantic has changed its name this week to Viking Supply Ships, and also appointed Christian…
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Gas
Oversupply of LNG carriers causes lowest rates in five years
London: A slew of LNG carrier deliveries in 2014 has helped spot rates for LNG carriers fall to the lowest…
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Americas
Embers of Ultracargo fire flicker back to life
Sao Paulo: And on the seventh day … it almost rested but not quite. The fire that has been burning…
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Environment
World Ocean Council: Leadership and collaboration key to saving the seas
Honolulu: “The key to a sustainable ocean – and sustainable ocean business – is leadership and collaboration by a group…
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Middle East
Bahri inks $667m oil shipping deal with S-Oil
Dubai: National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has signed an agreement with South Korea’s S-Oil Corp to ship crude…
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Asia
Bumi Armada to slash workforce as offshore slump bites
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian offshore operator Bumi Armada is set to make organisational changes as it struggles to cope with poor…
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Americas
Seadrill to cut dozens of jobs after losing BP offshore rig contract
Houston: Seadrill Americas, part of one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, will lay off a swathe of staff…
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