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Operations
InterManager seals deal for 1m Johnson & Johnson shots, seeks government approval
InterManager, the association for third party managers, has come good on its vow at the end of last month to…
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Environment
325,000 dwt giant bulker gets the wind rotor treatment, Vale keen on further sail investments
The largest ship to date has had wind propulsion kit fixed to its deck. Pan Ocean’s 325,000 dwt very large…
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Ports and Logistics
Biden urged to create nationwide information sharing system to avoid future port congestion
Calls are growing in the US for federal funding to create transparent data to align supply chain movements in a…
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Tankers
Baltic under pressure to update tanker TCE methodology to better reflect raft of environmental add-ons on today’s ships
The Baltic Exchange is facing calls to to update its time charter equivalent (TCE) methodology to better reflect the raft…
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Dry Cargo
Diligent readies for next chapter with recruitment drive
Greece’s Diligent Holdings has sold the first ship it bought in creating its fleet nine years ago. It forms part…
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Shipyards
Japan’s parliament passes package of shipbuilding measures
The Diet, Japan’s parliament, today passed a number of bills aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of local shipbuilders against rivals…
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Shipyards
$1.4bn sought to revitalise UK shipbuilding
With the government under Boris Johnson making repeated statements and photo ops on its keeness to bolster the UK’s shipbuilding…
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Operations
Vaccination roadmap launched to quicken seafarer jab rollout
As the US, Netherlands and other nations begin to roll out vaccines to all seafarers, the International Chamber of Shipping…
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Operations
Egypt details plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal
Egypt has this week announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where the containership…
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Shipyards
Hyundai Mipo to spearhead Korean efforts to develop CO2 carriers
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) is pressing ahead with plans to commercialise ships capable of transporting carbon dioxide. To this end,…
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Gas
KSS Line inks VLGC contracts with Hyundai Heavy
Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea has won an order from compatriot KSS Line to build two dual-fuelled VLGCs. The…
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Operations
Australian-first Covid vaccinations for foreign seafarers in Port Botany
In an Australian-first, New South Wales Health will provide Covid-19 vaccinations to a small number of foreign seafarers onboard vessels…
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Containers
KMTC enters the Africa market
South Korean intra-Asia specialist Korea Marine Transport Co (KMTC) is branching out with a new service to East Africa starting…
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Containers
Sweden’s first inland shipping shuttle service gets underway
Scandinavian countries are pressing ahead with ever greater numbers of inland container services as governments push for the movement of…
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Containers
MSC’s pipeline of new tonnage approaches 1m teu with first LNG-ready ships
Alphaliner has confirmed widely reported news that Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has become the latest carrier to commit to LNG-fuelled…
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Containers
‘If MSC ends up having more capacity than we do, that’s not the end of the world’: Skou talks up profitability over market share
Next month will mark five years since Søren Skou took the helm at Maersk. Yesterday he gave investors and reporters…
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Gas
MOL and Kawasaki Heavy come onboard Singapore liquefied hydrogen project
Keppel Data Centres, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Linde Gas Singapore, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Vopak LNG have entered into a…
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Bunkering
Demonstration shows ease of methanol bunkering by barge
Waterfront Shipping, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, has demonstrated the ease of barge-to-ship bunkering as part of the launch…
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Containers
Ocean Network Express debuts digital booking platform
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the Japanese containerline, is trialling a digital freight booking platform created by Descartes Systems, becoming the…
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Dry Cargo
Miners scramble for ships amid ‘ferrous frenzy’, cape FFA traders in supercycle mode
Iron ore prices have reached an all-time high, with China’s domestic steel product prices also soaring to figures never seen…
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