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Operations
Seafarers innocent collateral damage in Ukraine conflict
The director-general of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, today condemned “the unprovoked and unjustifiable attack by the Russian…
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Operations
NATO warns on the risk of mines in the Black Sea
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has warned shipping of the risk of mines in the Black Sea as the…
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Europe
Seafarer killed after missile strikes Bangladeshi bulker in Ukraine
A Bangladeshi sailor was killed yesterday evening after a missile struck Bangladesh Shipping Corporation’s bulker in Ukrainian waters. The ship…
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Operations
Governments still hiding behind force majeure rules to deny critically ill seafarers medical access
Governments continue to hide behind force majeure rules to deny critically ill seafarers medical access ashore, something lobby group the…
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Bunkering
NYK showcases ammonia-fuelled concept designs
Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Elomatic Oy, a Finnish maritime consulting and engineering firm, have completed the…
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Regulatory
EU ship recycling rules need ‘major surgery’, not a ‘band-aid’
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation needs “major surgery”, but the current proposals offer little more than a sticking plaster, Gudrun…
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Europe
Shipping shuns Russia
A host of top container lines – with the notable exception of China’s COSCO – have suspended taking bookings to…
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Operations
Crews asked to extend contracts as Ukraine crisis takes its toll at sea
The crew change crisis is set to worsen with the first week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine showing little…
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Containers
Containership orderbook closes in on all-time highs
The containership orderbook is about to hit an all-time high, elbowing out most other ship types, bar LNG, to take…
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Ports and Logistics
Thessaloniki readies to handle megamaxes
Greece’s second largest container port, Thessaloniki, will spend EUR150m ($166.7m) developing its container terminal at Pier 6. A 513 m…
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Gas
Koreans in for more LNG carriers
The LNG orderbook to fleet ratio – the highest among all shipping segments – continues to swell with Korean yards…
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Containers
Biden’s State of the Union address today will target global liners
At today’s State of the Union address, president Joe Biden will take a swipe at the global liner industry in…
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Europe
Putin out of pocket as taps are turned off
The global energy markets have been redrawn dramatically in the space of less than a week since Russia invaded Ukraine…
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Bunkering
US urged to lead shipping’s nuclear charge
A new report from UK-based marine atomic developer CORE POWER urges the US to take the lead when it comes…
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Environment
New IPCC report carries significant ramifications for shipping
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its Working Group II report on climate impacts, adaptation…
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Operations
UN bodies unite to reiterate crew change protocols
Four United Nations’ organisations have called for continued global collaboration to address the crew change crisis. In a joint statement…
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Operations
Geneva Declaration launched to safeguard human rights at sea
The Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea has been launched today to define and defend the human rights of…
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Environment
MSC and COSCO sued over last year’s Californian pipeline spill
American pipeline owner Amplify Energy Corp is suing Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and COSCO over a big oil spill off…
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Operations
Seafarers under increased threat as two bulk carriers are detained by Russian forces
Concern is growing for the wellbeing of thousands of seafarers, both at sea and ashore, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
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Containers
Transfar takes 4,600 teu boxship for $200,000 a day
Money is no object to the Singapore-registered, Alibaba-linked Transfar Shipping – getting box tonnage, whatever the costs is the priority…
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