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Tech
Samsung Heavy’s autonomous journey takes another step forward
Samsung Heavy Industries revealed today a successful first demonstration of its new ship collision avoidance system. The shipbuilder’s remote autonomous…
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Containers
Ikea goes from flat-packed boxes to steel containers in bid to ease shipping crunch
The king of the flat-packed box has bought its own containers and become the latest major retailer to reveal it…
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Containers
Asian dry bulk owners take the lead in accepting containers on deck
Swire Bulk is among the confirmed first dry bulk owners to be actively moving containers on its dedicated fleet of…
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Tankers
Long wait for tanker demand to return to pre-pandemic levels
Tanker owners, suffering one of their worst years in a decade, will have to wait until the end of next…
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Ports and Logistics
SIPG opens Haifa terminal
Israel opened a new $1.7bn terminal at the Port of Haifa yesterday. Operated by Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), the…
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Asia
Former Malaysian Bulk Carriers chairman returns with LNG bunkering venture
Capt Ahmad Sufian Abdul Rashid, the former chairman of Malaysian Bulk Carriers, is back with a new gas bunkering venture.…
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Greater China
Chinese merger creates world’s third largest steel mill
Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation (Ansteel) is merging with Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) to create the world’s third…
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Containers
Star Bulk rules itself out of race to ship containers on bulkers
Petros Pappas-led Star Bulk has ruled itself out of the race to ship containers on bulk carriers. Container analysts at…
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Shipyards
Ship repair cluster to be developed in Russia’s Far East
As shipments grow in volume across the Arctic from Russia to Asia, led by LNG, there’s increased needs for a…
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Tech
RINA buys Logimatic Solutions
Italian class society RINA has announced its acquisition of Danish software firm, Logimatic Solutions. The move will add fleet management…
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Gas
MOL buys into Russian FSU project
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a letter of intent with Russia’s State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) for the…
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Containers
Asiatic Lloyd exercises options for more ammonia ready boxships
Singapore-based Asiatic Lloyd has exercised options for two 7,100 teu container ships at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) in China…
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Containers
Star Bulk’s ‘historic first’ shipment of 1,400 containers on a capesize
Both Braemar ACM and Alphaliner have identified Star Bulk of Greece as one of the first cape owners to receive…
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Environment
Revised data shows shipping’s increased emissions in the EU
Shipping’s carbon footprint is very much in the crosshairs of European regulators this year, an uncomfortable position that is likely…
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Environment
Climate activists call out Amazon’s ship pollution
Climate activists with the Ship It Zero coalition gathered near major American ports on Tuesday, as part of two separate…
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Environment
DNV’s unveils decarbonisation stairway model to help owners navigate newbuild dilemmas
Norwegian class society DNV has updated its maritime forecast to 2050, unveiling a new decarbonisation stairway model. The 80-page report…
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Containers
Cosco becomes first carrier to deploy a megamax on a regular transpacific loop
The 19,273 teu has shifted from Asia – Middle East routes to become the first megamax on a dedicated transpacific…
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Operations
Ocean Technologies Group acquires Compas
UK-based Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) announced today that it has aquired Compas, a crew management SaaS, introducing a third strand…
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Shipyards
CSBC eyes boxship leasing entry
Another Asian shipbuilder is readying to enter the leasing business. Taiwan’s CSBC Corp has unveiled a new containership leasing strategy…
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Operations
Insurer gives warning as desperate shippers seek bulk carriers to move containers
Leading exporters are chartering bulk carriers to move containers, something the UK P&I Club has warned carries a raft of…
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