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Africa
Ethiopia eyes Berbera as primary port
Landlocked Ethiopia is looking at Berbera rather than Djibouti as its primary port for exports and imports. Abiy Ahmed, the country’s prime…
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Containers
Maersk picks Guangzhou Wenchong for next series of methanol-fuelled ships
Maersk has picked a yard in southern China to build its next raft of methanol-fuelled ships. Alphaliner is reporting Guangzhou…
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Europe
Ship hits mine in the Black Sea
A mine destroyed a general cargo ship in the Black Sea on Wednesday with the vessel’s captain reacting fast to…
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Greater China
Former Chinese shipbuilding supremo jailed for 13 years
Hu Wenming, the ex-chairman of state-run China Shipbuilding Industry Co (CSIC), has been handed a 13-year jail sentence as well…
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Containers
Italian liner files for liquidation
Genoa-based liner Kalypso Compagnia di Navigazione has filed for liquidation. Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas crippled the Italian containerline. A…
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Operations
Wilhelmsen and MPC Capital acquire Zeaborn Ship Management
Wilhelmsen Ship Management and MPC Capital have agreed to acquire 100 % of the company Zeaborn Ship Management. The acquisition…
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Middle East
Red Sea impasse remains despite creation of international naval coalition
The global shipping industry has welcomed news of a US-led naval coalition to ease tensions in the Red Sea, but…
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Containers
Harim Group selected to take over HMM
Harim Group, along with a local private equity partner, has been selected by state creditors as the winning party to…
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Regulatory
New EU oil cap sanction rules announced
The European Union has unveiled its 12th package of sanctions against Russia, with tankers very much included in the set…
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Dry Cargo
MOL orders five newcastlemaxes
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has ordered five LNG-fuelled newcastlemaxes, split between Nihon Shipyard on home soil and CSSC Qingdao…
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Middle East
US to lead naval escort operation in the Red Sea
The US is deploying naval assets to the Red Sea as trade between Asia and Europe slows following multiple attacks…
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Operations
Bulgaria readies to start negotiating ransoms with Somali pirates
To add to the instability in the region, Somali pirates are back hunting targets while Houthis to the north in…
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Contributions
Splash Annual Review: Can everyone please calm down?
The newbie, aspiring writer comes to China and feels like he or she could write a 1,000-page epic. After a…
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Operations
Daily transits at the Panama Canal to increase next month
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will increase daily transits to 24 starting in January following solid amounts of rain over…
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Europe
EU ETS costs laid bare
With two weeks until its implementation, analysts at Clarksons Research have produced data to show the costs of the European…
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Europe
Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey to clear Black Sea mines
Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria aim to sign a deal next month on a joint plan to clear mines floating in…
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Middle East
Red Sea traffic comes to a halt for many seeking naval assistance
Shipping is in crisis with its two most famous canals crippled, one by the climate crisis and the other by…
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Middle East
Red Sea latest: Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd ships attacked, Navibulgar bulk carrier boarded
It has been another perilous 24 hours for vessels transiting the Red Sea with two boxships attacked and one bulk…
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Operations
InterManager calls for action following eight deaths in enclosed spaces in seven days
With eight deaths in the space of one week in enclosed spaces on ships, InterManager, the global shipmanager association, has…
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Finance and Insurance
MOL to issue shipping’s first blue bonds
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will become the first shipowner in the world to issue blue bonds next month. All…
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