Sam Chambers

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.

Containers
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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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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Containers
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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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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Containers
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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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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Environment
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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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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Europe
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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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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Operations
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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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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Dry Cargo
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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Timber Exchange launches, chopping down inefficiencies in the logs trade
Centersource, a timber trade and technology company has launched Timber Exchange, a marketplace and digital toolset for forwarders, sawmills, and…
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Containers
Sam ChambersDecember 2, 2020
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ONE suffers another box spill on the transpacific
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has suffered another serious box spill on a stormy transpacific crossing. The Japanese liner has advised…
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Operations
Sam ChambersDecember 1, 2020
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Covid-19 sees vessel operating costs rise at their fastest pace in over a decade
Vessel operating costs have risen at their fastest pace in over a decade this year, on higher insurance cover premiums…
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Operations
Sam ChambersDecember 1, 2020
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Shipmanagement’s future post-Covid
How the shipmanagement industry is changing during and post-Covid dominated much of the discussion at Capital Link’s Hong Kong Maritime…
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Operations
Sam ChambersDecember 1, 2020
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Deliver seafarers home for Christmas campaign launches
It’s the first of the month, advent calendars are being opened, Christmas trees decorated and presents bought. However, there are…
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Bunkering
Sam ChambersDecember 1, 2020
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BHP taps Shell to fuel its LNG-powered newcastlemaxes
Miner BHP has awarded its first LNG supply agreement for five LNG-fuelled newcastlemax bulk carriers, which will transport iron ore…
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Environment
Sam ChambersNovember 30, 2020
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22 months on, locals still wait for $40m payout from the Solomon Trader disaster
Economic losses from the bunker spill from last year’s most high profile dry bulk casualty, the , could be as…
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Environment
Sam ChambersNovember 30, 2020
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More than a quarter of all tonnage under construction will use alternative fuels
Clarkson Research Services has provided its subscribers with a snapshot of the amount of ships – both trading today and…
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Tankers
Sam ChambersNovember 30, 2020
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Images emerge of hull damage from Saudi mine blast
Images have emerged of the damage done to the , an aframax belonging to George Economou’s TMS Tankers, which was…
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Europe
Sam ChambersNovember 30, 2020
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Norwegian shipowner handed jail sentence in landmark demolition ruling
A Norwegian shipowner was handed a six-month jail sentence on Friday for illegally sending his ship to a scrapyard in…
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Operations
Sam ChambersNovember 30, 2020
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Technomar boxship refloated and heading for repairs
The boxship has been refloated and disentangled from the Iranian wreck it crashed into eight days ago. The 5,576 teu…
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Shipyards
Sam ChambersNovember 30, 2020
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DSME cops $14m fine over mistreatment of subcontractors
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) was been fined KRW15.3bn ($13.8m) in the latest instance of Korean yards mistreating subcontractors.…
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Operations
Sam ChambersNovember 30, 2020
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Rotor sail partnership launches to take technology mainstream
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has taken a significant step in addressing what it believes to be one of the most significant…
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Operations
Sam ChambersNovember 27, 2020
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Map details rising incidents of crew abandonment
Cases of crew abandonment are on the rise again, albeit the world has been given far greater transparency on where…
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