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Regulatory
Skou sees bunker tax hitting $450 per tonne
Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has put a dollar figure on what he’d like to see for…
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Ports and Logistics
PSA makes bold vessel arrival claims with latest investment
PSA unboXed, the start-up investor subsidiary of terminal operator PSA International, has invested in and partnered with global real-time supply…
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Containers
Charred remains of the X-Press Pearl sinking off Colombo
With white smoke still billowing from its foredeck, the 2,700 teu , not yet four months old, started to sink…
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Europe
Panos Laskaridis resigns from the Union of Greek Shipowners
Prominent shipowner Panos Laskaridis has fired off an angry letter in quitting the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) in the…
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Containers
MSC takes 1,102 teu sister ships
Mediterranean Shipping Co’s (MSC) remarkable secondhand tonnage buying spree is not over. Multiple broking sources link the Aponte family-controlled line…
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Operations
Erdogan vows to start construction of controversial Istanbul canal this month
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted construction of a long-planned canal linking the Black Sea and the Sea of…
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Gas
NYK and Yara join forces in ammonia shipping R&D project
Big names in Japanese maritime are joining forces with a top European fertilizer producer to explore the development of an…
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Gas
VLGC orderbook-to-fleet ratio has more than doubled since October
The VLGC orderbook-to-fleet ratio has more than doubled since October last year with analysts questioning whether there will be enough…
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Environment
China Nav comes out in favour of Marshall Islands’ carbon tax proposal, readies first sail-assisted newbuild
China Navigation is to sign for a revolutionary sail-assisted newbuild this month as part of a package of green measures…
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Containers
Boxships make alternate plans following Yantian Covid outbreak
A Covid-19 outbreak around Yantian Port has seen boxships weigh anchor in the South China Sea and others switch port…
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Tech
NYK and Mitsubishi launch decarbonisation startup accelerator programme
Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have launched a startup accelerator programme designed to promote efforts to decarbonise.…
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Dry Cargo
Algoma unveils new dry bulk carrier design
Algoma Central Corporation has exercised an option at China’s Yangzijiang Shipyard to build a dry bulk vessel with a new…
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Bunkering
Swedish firm presses ahead with e-methanol plant
Liquid Wind has closed its Series A funding round, securing €4M ($4.9m) in equity investment. Investors in the e-methanol facility…
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Tankers
Sanctions-busting tankers set for the scrapheap
Vintage ships moving sanctioned oil cargoes could head to be broken up as the Biden administration in the US looks…
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Containers
Ever Given compensation battle stretches into June
A court hearing was postponed on Saturday as the two sides in the ongoing saga in Egypt edge closer to…
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Containers
Sri Lanka readies to sue owners of the fire-struck X-Press Pearl
A criminal investigation is underway over the fire on the ship, with all crew set to be interviewed. Sri Lankan…
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Dry Cargo
Gautam Chellaram takes over from Vikrant Bhatia at KC Maritime
Vikrant Bhatia’s 13 years at the helm of KC Maritime comes to a close this evening. Tomorrow, the CEO role…
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Environment
Deadlock at IMO over short-term greenhouse gas measures
The Intersessional Working Group on Greenhouse Gases (ISWG-GHG) wrapped up at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Friday. No final…
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Operations
Nationwide seafarer vaccination programme launches in India
India’s Maritime Association of Shipowners Shipmanagers and Agents (MASSA) on Monday said it will launch a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive…
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Operations
Australia dishes out a record three-year ban to Aswan bulk carrier
Australian authorities have issued a record ban to the owners of Panama-flagged bulk carrier , preventing the vessel from entering…
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