Sam Chambers
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‘Chinese authorities say there needs to be a rates ceiling’: Saadé
Rodolphe Saadé, chairman of CMA CGM, the world’s fourth largest containerline, has discussed the pressure liners are coming under from…
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Australia sets date to get seafarers back to their pre-Covid-19 contracts
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has announced that from 28 February 2021 the interim Covid arrangements which have permitted…
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PIL defaults on notes payment
Under pressure Pacific International Lines (PIL) told the Singapore Exchange on Monday it would not pay back S$60m ($44.6m) of…
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Venkatraman Sheshashayee returns to maritime
A well-known name in Singapore shipping circles has been enticed back into the sector. Venkatraman Sheshashayee, former head of Jaya…
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#SeafarersDeliveringChristmas campaign launches
To support seafarers this Christmas in what has been an exceptionally challenging year, a group of maritime organisations are collaborating…
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Baltic Exchange takes to the skies
The Baltic Exchange yesterday launched weekly air freight indices in the lastest diversification of the London institution owned by the…
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MSC tipped to overtake Maersk at the top of the liner rankings
Maersk, the world’s largest containerline for the past quarter century, could soon lose its top spot on the global liner…
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Contentious MEPC 75 kicks off
This week’s delayed 75th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) – to be held virtually by the International…
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Zodiac Maritime orders six 15,000 teu ships at DSME
Eyal Ofer-led Zodiac Maritime is widely tipped as the European owner behind a series of boxship orders at Daewoo Shipbuilding…
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Seafarers’ Welfare Board established in Canada
On Friday, Canada’s minister of transport, Marc Garneau, in collaboration with the Canadian marine community, announced the establishment of the…
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Renewables forecast to overhaul natural gas in 2023 and coal the following year
Renewables are forecast to overhaul natural gas in terms of global power generating capacity by as soon as 2023 and…
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Seoul summons liners as red-hot transpacific market worries exporters
With transpacific freight rates hitting extraordinary highs and shippers struggling to find slots on crowded boxships, the South Korean government…
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PIL warns of liquidation risk
SS Teo-led Pacific International Lines (PIL) has detailed how it intends to restructure and carry on business, urging noteholders to…
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Tech solution developed to resolve the crew change crunch
A Hong Kong maritime consultancy has developed technology it believes can ensure safe crew changes through the pandemic. Captain Milutin…
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Trump takes aim at China’s largest shipbuilder
Outgoing president Donald Trump took another swipe at China’s fast growing military industrial complex yesterday, issuing an executive order banning…
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Abu Dhabi buys into Louis Dreyfus
ADQ, a state-run Abu Dhabi holding company, is buying an indirect 45% stake in Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), one of…
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IMO will list all ports where crew change is possible
Among the outcomes from the virtual meeting this week of the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) delegates…
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UNCTAD gives its take on shipping in the post-pandemic era
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued its Review of Maritime Transport 2020 report. Contained in…
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Acute container shortages roil global supply chains
Container surcharges are piling in as global supply chains shudder from an extraordinary shortage of available forty foot boxes in…
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Synergy touts its FSU credentials
Rajesh Unni-led Synergy Group has a new string to its bow. The Singapore shipmanager is now an FSU operator, having…
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