Sam Chambers

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.

Containers
Sam ChambersNovember 17, 2020
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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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Operations
Sam ChambersNovember 17, 2020
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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Containers
Sam ChambersNovember 17, 2020
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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Asia
Sam ChambersNovember 17, 2020
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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Operations
Sam ChambersNovember 17, 2020
#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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Europe
Sam ChambersNovember 17, 2020
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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Containers
Sam ChambersNovember 16, 2020
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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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Environment
Sam ChambersNovember 16, 2020
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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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Containers
Sam ChambersNovember 16, 2020
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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Americas
Sam ChambersNovember 16, 2020
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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Offshore Wind
Sam ChambersNovember 16, 2020
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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Containers
Sam ChambersNovember 13, 2020
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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Containers
Sam ChambersNovember 13, 2020
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
Sam ChambersNovember 13, 2020
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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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Shipyards
Sam ChambersNovember 13, 2020
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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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Dry Cargo
Sam ChambersNovember 12, 2020
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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Operations
Sam ChambersNovember 12, 2020
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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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Operations
Sam ChambersNovember 12, 2020
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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Containers
Sam ChambersNovember 11, 2020
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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Gas
Sam ChambersNovember 11, 2020
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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