Sam Chambers
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Straits Orient Lines acquires two container vessels
Straits Orient Lines Singapore, part of Transworld Group Singapore, is adding two ships to take its fleet to 12 ships.…
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Koreans target hydrogen standards
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has joined hands with class society…
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Shipping giant Eastern Pacific plumps for ammonia and methanol
Eastern Pacific Shipping, one of the world’s largest shipowners with 168 vessels in its fleet, has weighed in on the…
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BW gets into the vessel performance optimisation game
Shipowning giant BW Group and Miros are launching Miros Mocean, a joint venture vessel performance optimisation tool. BW Group and…
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Concern Abu Sayyaf might be targeting ships again
ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre, an Asian piracy monitoring organisation, today issued a warning based on information from the Philippine Coast…
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Israel identifies tanker it believes caused huge spill
Israel says it has identified the tanker it believes is responsible for the huge oil spill that has washed up…
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Court gives PIL rescue plan the green light
Pacific International Lines’s (PIL) proposed scheme of arrangement – a de facto debt workout – has been sanctioned by the…
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Inland boxship to be running on hydrogen by year-end
An inland container vessel will be running exclusively on hydrogen power by the end of this year. Future Proof Shipping…
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Israeli car carrier sets sail again after last Friday’s explosion
An Israeli car carrier that suffered an explosion off Muscat is back sailing, having left Dubai where it underwent repairs.…
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UK pushes ahead with freeports plan
Eight freeports will be established in England as part of the British finance minister’s annual budget unveiled yesterday. The first…
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‘We need to talk more about predicability rather than just visibility’: TPM
The Journal of Commerce-organised TPM, container shipping’s top event, closed its first virtual gathering yesterday, ending a week-long deep dive…
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Baltic Exchange adds new LNG-powered seaborne gas assessments
A new set of independent indices for the liquified natural gas (LNG) seaborne trade went live this week, based on…
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Hyundai Heavy developing LPG/CO2 carrier in partnership with Saudi Aramco
Hyundai Heavy Industries is developing ships capable of carrying CO2 and LPG at the same time in partnership with Saudi…
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Shipping needs to talk market-based measures: BIMCO
BIMCO, one of the world’s largest shipping associations, is encouraging states and the industry to start a dialogue on how…
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Maersk Eindhoven departs Yokohama
The 13,100 teu sailed yesterday from APM Terminals Yokohama with an estimated time of arrival of March 13 at the…
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Texas home to America’s first EU-compliant shipbreaking facility
America has a yard capable of scrapping ships to European Union standards. International Shipbreaking, part of the EMR Metal Recycling…
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Foresight, Exmar and GMS in the mix for Shipping Corp of India buy-out
Multiple Indian media outlets are reporting a host of local and overseas companies expressing an interest in taking over state-run…
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Container chaos will take through to Q3 to resolve: TPM
Shippers have been told they’ll need to wait through to the second half of the year before any semblance of…
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HMM orders VLCC trio
HMM, South Korea’s flagship line, has returned to compatriot yard Hyundai Heavy Industries for a series of VLCC orders. Allied…
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Iranian boxship refloated off Batam
In a delicate operation involving many vessels, the Iranian boxship was refloated today. The ship has been stuck in the…
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