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Europe
French government urges cash-rich CMA CGM to help out as nation battles economic woes
Is the Macron, Saadé bromance on the rocks? Sensational, multi-billion euro record profits for CMA CGM are clashing with blanket…
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Environment
Switzerland, the world’s top commodity trading hub, debates its overall maritime carbon footprint
The government of Switzerland is formulating its international shipping strategy for the coming decades, including the adoption of a tonnage…
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Tankers
Drastically altered suezmax trading patterns in the spotlight
The massive changes in trading patterns for the world’s suezmax tanker in the wake of the war in Ukraine are…
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Environment
IACS Council launches safe decarbonisation panel
Meeting in London this week the IACS Council, featuring repesentatives from the world’s leading classification societies, held its 85th session…
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Containers
Competition authorities fail to see the high levels of concentration among liners: Global Shippers Forum
Current measures of competitiveness in the global liner shipping market are incomplete and therefore inaccurate and fail to take full…
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Europe
UNCTAD reports on how the war in Ukraine is hiking shipping costs worldwide
In a new report the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has detailed how the war in the…
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Containers
ONE cracks down on misdeclared box weights
Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE), the world’s 7th largest carrier, will fine clients that misdeclare the weight of their containers…
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Tankers
Buyers of Hunter VLCCs revealed
The buyers of this month’s most talked about tanker sales have been revealed. When Arne Fredly’s Hunter Group revealed it…
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Containers
Arctic Container Line launches first service
A new Scandinavian containerline has kicked off its first service. Arctic Container Line, based in Fonnes to the north of…
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Splash Extra
Sanctions debate gives pause for thought
As a Brit I’ve never really questioned whether sanctions work. My default mindset has always been pretty black and white…
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Dry Cargo
Europe’s renewed coal thirst props up capes
Capesize trading patterns have shifted dramatically in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 125 days ago. More coal is…
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Environment
Study claims green shipping would add just eight cents to a pair of Nikes
Running ships entirely on green hydrogen-based fuels would add less than €0.10 ($0.10.5) to the price of a pair of…
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Bunkering
Cross-industry risk assessments highlight the dangers and solutions of ammonia as a future fuel
Ammonia might be a frontrunner in the fuel of the future stakes, but it still has plenty of safety hurdles…
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Ports and Logistics
13 dead, hundreds injured following chlorine leak at Aqaba port
Thirteen people have died and 251 have been injured in a toxic gas leak from a container carrying 25 tonnes…
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Bunkering
CMA CGM partners with Shell for LNG supplies
Shell and French carrier CMA CGM have signed agreements today which include a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement,…
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Asia
Ley Hoon Quah receives France’s highest honour
Ley Hoon Quah, the chief executive of the Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore, has been awarded France’s highest…
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Tankers
VLCCs’ role as tanker bellwether questioned
VLCCs’ traditional role as the bellwether of the tanker market has been questioned by one of the sector’s most famous…
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Operations
Indian Register of Shipping lambasts western views on sanctions against Russia
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), the fastest growing classification society in the world this quarter, has sought to explain…
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Containers
Smart container fleet predicted to expand eight-fold over the next five years
The global telematics enabled container equipment fleet is forecast to grow eight-fold over the next five years and account for…
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Operations
New Inmarsat report highlights seafarer concerns in the digital era
A new report published by sat comm giant Inmarsat in association with UK consultancy Thetius makes clear the worries many…
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