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Americas
Biden pressured to fix US port congestion issues
America’s National Retail Federation (NRF) yesterday asked president Joe Biden to step in and help fix port congestion as retailers…
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Operations
X-Press Pearl captain arrested
The Russian master of the fire-ravaged 2,700 teu was arrested yesterday and granted bail later in the day. Sri Lanka…
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Operations
China comes in for particular criticism for its failure to repatriate bodies of dead crew
China is coming in for particular criticism as more and more cases emerge of dead seafarers and the impossibility of…
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Asia
NYK orders 12 LNG-fuelled car carriers
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is set to spend Y100bn ($912m) on 12 LNG-fuelled car carriers, according to Japanese newswire Nikkei.…
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Containers
Home Depot charters in ship to battle supply chain pitfalls
The enormous strains felt by retailers in the US, struggling to get stock on their shelves, has taken an extraordinary…
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Dry Cargo
Seeing a new peak Tor Olav Trøim launches dry bulk vehicle, Himalaya
Tor Olav Trøim is getting back into dry bulk, saying he sees similarities between today’s market and the supercycle days…
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Tankers
Oil demand to exceed 2019 levels by end of next year
By the end of 2022, oil demand should exceed 2019 levels, according to both the International Energy Agency (IEA) and…
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Operations
Asian ports refuse to repatriate another dead captain
Another terrible case of a failure to repatriate the dead body of a seafarer has emerged. The Romanian master of…
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Containers
Records tumble for listed liners
Listed global carriers recorded a combined $16.2bn in operating profits in the first quarter this year, with seven of the…
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Containers
Two Chinese carriers launch transpacific services
With rates in record territory the size of a ship on the main east-west trade lanes is no longer a…
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Asia
Thailand dusts off national shipping line plans
Thailand is dusting off old plans to create a national flagship carrier. The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) will conduct…
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Containers
Sri Lanka lodges $40m claim against X-Press Feeders
Sri Lankan authorities said over the weekend they will seek $40m in damages from the operator of the , a…
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Containers
More than 300 liners waiting for berth space, container congestion mapped globally
From Shekou to Seattle, Amsterdam to Auckland, containerships are backing up like never before in the 65-year history of the…
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Environment
MEPC delegates warned about growing threat of regional regulations
The first day of the 76th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the International Maritime Organization (IMO)…
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Operations
Shipping has a new association, the M7
Leaders of many of the world’s largest economies have descended upon Cornwall in southwest England this week for the annual…
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Gas
China surpassing Japan as the world’s top importer of LNG
China will pass Japan as the world’s largest importer of LNG in the coming months, new analysis from ICIS LNG…
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Tankers
Fairfield contracts Fukuoka for more chemical tankers
Fairfield Chemical Carriers (FCC) has concluded a contract with Japan’s Fukuoka Shipbuilding for the construction of two 26,300 dwt, dual…
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Ports and Logistics
LA becomes first port in the Western Hemisphere to handle 10m teu in a 12-month period
Los Angeles has become the first port in the Western Hemisphere to process 10m ten in a 12-month period. A…
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Operations
Russia makes plans to make Northern Sea Route a cheaper option than the Suez
Russia is determined to get far more traffic transiting its chilly northern shores. It has been a long held, strategic…
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Containers
Pearl River Delta jammed
The principle goods highway to the world’s consumers is jammed. In the wake of a Covid-19 outbreak at Yantian Port…
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