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Dry Cargo
First inbound ship for Ukraine seaport passes Rhodes
The first ship inbound for a Ukrainian seaport in many months passed Rhodes in southern Greece this morning en route…
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Containers
Transpacific leaderboard shake-up
The significant reshaping of the transpacific leaderboard during the pandemic has been charted in a new report from Linerlytica. Newcomers…
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Containers
Maersk adds another $7bn to revised full year earnings as liner records tumble
Liner CFOs are getting accustomed to using the shredder during the pandemic. Forecasts have tended to be way off, leading…
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Operations
Morale at sea on the rise post-covid
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published yesterday by The Mission to Seafarers, reveals that seafarer happiness levels are recovering,…
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Operations
Researchers develop new way to estimate wave resistance
Sea waves can impede the speed and performance, as well as increase the fuel consumption of ships travelling on the…
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Dry Cargo
First bulk carrier departs Odesa
The 29,292 dwt bulk carrier departed from the port of Odesa this morning, becoming the trial first vessel to transit…
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Tankers
Tanker asset prices ‘on a tear’
With shipping widely acknowledging that the tanker sector is finally in the ascendant after a dire 18 months, prices for…
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Ports and Logistics
Silos collapse at Beirut port
The northern part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed yesterday after a prolonged fire. The incident came just…
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Tankers
Pacific Carriers orders two product carriers in South Korea
Singapore-based Pacific Carriers has placed an order for a pair of 50,000 dwt MR tankers at K Shipbuilding in South…
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Containers
Container debris as Japanese boxship capsizes
Officials at the Japanese port of Tokuyama Shimomatsu Port have spent the past 24 hours fishing containers out of the…
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Dry Cargo
K Line seals significant charters with Indian steel mill
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has signed a series of landmark consecutive voyage charter agreements (CVCs) with one of…
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Bunkering
US moves ahead with LNG fuelling
Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered its first newbuild LNG-fuelled containership, the 2,525 teu , for Pasha Hawaii in the…
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Dry Cargo
First ship readies for departure from Ukrainian seaport of Chornomorsk
The 41,550 dwt bulk carrier (pictured above and below) is readying to depart Ukraine’s port of Chornomorsk today, the first…
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Dry Cargo
Deal reached to move Guinea’s giant iron ore project ahead
Rio Tinto’s Guinea subsidiary has formed a railway and port joint venture with Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) and the military…
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Gas
GTT makes advances on liquefied hydrogen carrier designs
The French company that has led world shipping in terms of LNG construction is now making advances into the liquefied…
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Containers
Long-term box rates have peaked: Xeneta
Xeneta has called out the peak for long-term contracted freight rates. The Scandinavian box freight rate platform has detected a…
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Dry Cargo
Shipping waits for answers out of the Black Sea
Preparations are still underway to get Ukrainian grain shipments exported across the Black Sea, but international shipping still has many…
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Operations
The 10 most in-demand shore-based professionals this year
Leading maritime recruitment firm Faststream has identified the 10 most in-demand shore-based professionals for 2022. “The maritime and shipping sectors…
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Dry Cargo
Navios Partners takes 36 bulkers from parent for $835m
Navios Maritime Partners is buying the 36-vessel dry bulk fleet from parent Navios Maritime Holdings for $835m, including the assumption…
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Shipyards
Hyundai Heavy aids Saudi yard in developing VLCCs
Saudi Arabian shipyard International Maritime Industries (IMI) has expanded its partnership with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) through a technical service…
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