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.

Dry Cargo
Sam ChambersJanuary 26, 2021
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Coal carrier queue eases off northern China
Chinese buyers of Australian coal are finding new markets to sell their banned substances, helping ease the ship queues in…
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Operations
Sam ChambersJanuary 26, 2021
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Maritime stakeholder initiative launches to resolve the crew change crisis
More than 300 companies and organisations have joined forces to help resolve the crew change crisis. The Neptune Declaration on…
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Operations
Sam ChambersJanuary 26, 2021
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Quarantining like criminals in a prison camp: Seafarers Happiness Index
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published yesterday by The Mission to Seafarers, reveals both the ongoing struggles of the…
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Ports and Logistics
Sam ChambersJanuary 26, 2021
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Nicolas Sartini takes leadership role at Yilport
Two months since quitting CMA CGM, Nicolas Sartini has reemerged as the co-CEO of a company with close ties to…
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Finance and Insurance
Sam ChambersJanuary 26, 2021
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Arrow, BRS, Maersk Broker and SSY sign up to alternative financing platform
A new business avenue has opened up for some of the world’s largest shipbrokers. Alternative maritime finance platform Infinity Maritime…
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Ports and Logistics
Sam ChambersJanuary 26, 2021
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DP World invests in Angola
DP World, the UAE-based terminal operator, has signed a 20-year contract to invest $190m modernising Angloa’s multipurpose terminal at the…
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Ports and Logistics
Sam ChambersJanuary 25, 2021
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Congested LA and Long Beach ports battle major Covid outbreak
California’s main two boxports, already suffering extreme congestion (see MarineTraffic map created today below), are having to fight a severe…
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Tankers
Sam ChambersJanuary 25, 2021
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Indonesia seizes two tankers conducting Iranian oil transfer
Indonesia’s coast guard arrested the Iranian-flagged Horse and the Panamanian-flagged Freya tankers on Sunday over suspected illegal fuel transfers. The…
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Ports and Logistics
Sam ChambersJanuary 25, 2021
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Dalian port suffers dramatic 42% decline in box volumes
The Chinese Ministry of Transport released full year figures at the end of last week for the country’s 24 largest…
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Containers
Sam ChambersJanuary 25, 2021
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MSC trials alternative HFO
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest containerline, will trial emulsified synthetic heavy fuel oil on its ships this…
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Offshore
Sam ChambersJanuary 25, 2021
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Vantage Drilling sends nine-year-old drillship for scrap
A host of hugely expensive drillships contracted for up to $750m each with Korean yards around the time of the…
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Containers
Sam ChambersJanuary 25, 2021
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Hong Kong boxship chokepoint partially lifted
A chokepoint to liner shipping in southern China is being lifted partially later this week. Vessel height restrictions for ships…
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Tech
Sam ChambersJanuary 25, 2021
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Koreans develop innovative wing-sail
Class society DNV GL has awarded an approval in principle (AIP) to Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the parent…
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Containers
Sam ChambersJanuary 22, 2021
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Storm-hit Maersk Essen reroutes to Mexico
The 13,100 teu boxship has rerouted to Mexico instead of its intended destination of Los Angeles. The ship became the…
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Europe
Sam ChambersJanuary 22, 2021
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Nobu Su’s bid to leave the UK quashed
Nobu Su’s bid to leave the UK has been rejected by a court in London this week with the Taiwanese…
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Containers
Sam ChambersJanuary 22, 2021
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New entrant on the Asia-Europe tradelane
There’s set to be a new entrant on the booming Asia – Europe container tradelane. China United Lines (CU Lines),…
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Tech
Sam ChambersJanuary 22, 2021
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World Bank targets maritime digitalisation
A new report by the World Bank and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) shows that better digital…
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Offshore Wind
Sam ChambersJanuary 22, 2021
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Europe piles in with massive offshore wind orders as prices drop
Pareto Securities is predicting offshore wind costs will become lower than onshore wind and solar by 2030, something not lost…
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Containers
Sam ChambersJanuary 21, 2021
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750 boxes fall off Maersk ship during another Pacific storm
Maersk has confirmed another case of bad weather in the Pacific has knocked hundreds of boxes from one its ships.…
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Bunkering
Sam ChambersJanuary 21, 2021
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Solid oxide fuel cell developments proliferate
Shipping is moving inexorably closer to major fuel cell breakthroughs. Class society ABS has just granted approval in principle (AIP)…
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Coal carrier queue eases off northern China
January 26, 2021
Maritime stakeholder initiative launches to resolve the crew change crisis
January 26, 2021
Quarantining like criminals in a prison camp: Seafarers Happiness Index
January 26, 2021
Nicolas Sartini takes leadership role at Yilport
January 26, 2021
Arrow, BRS, Maersk Broker and SSY sign up to alternative financing platform
January 26, 2021

37% of all boxes are rolled over
January 19, 2021
Storm-hit Maersk Essen reroutes to Mexico
January 22, 2021
Crews ships to the rescue
January 20, 2021
Elon Musk’s SpaceX buys Valaris rigs to build floating launchpads
January 20, 2021
750 boxes fall off Maersk ship during another Pacific storm
January 21, 2021

Patrik
That awkward moment someone boasts big change and doesn`t ev...
John
Another shipowner asking for 200M in seed money to expand sh...
Ben
6%? With news coming in every day that we need to cut emissi...
Mike Halloran
Yes, a fuel that was very successful during Maersk trial and...
Carolyn Graham
Of course this would mean increasing the manning levels when...

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