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Asia
Queue jumpers dog Singapore’s vaccine rollout
Splash has unearthed many non-key workers who have jumped the queue for a Covid-19 vaccine in Singapore. Many citizens and…
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Environment
Ships born again with ‘smoothie’ fuel
In a 12-month trial, United European Car Carriers (UECC) replaced conventional fuel with biofuel onboard the 20-year-old, 140 m long…
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Environment
Number of installed scrubbers has doubled since last year’s global sulphur cap introduction
The price gap between low and high sulphur fuel oil has failed to hit the highs scrubber advocates would have…
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Operations
Blue sky thinking about game changing moonshots
I recently put out an all-points bulletin to PR firms to stop using the term ‘game changing’. Last week I…
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Renewables
Haldor Topsoe and Aquamarine to build green ammonia facility in Germany
Danish clean fuels provider Haldor Topsoe and private equity firm Aquamarine have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to…
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Dry Cargo
Dry bulk FFA prices rocket
Forward freight agreement deals done in the past 24 hours point towards a very bullish outlook for the dry bulk…
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Ports and Logistics
Brazilian ports get the digital twins treatment
Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operator in Brazil, has bought a minority stake in Docktech, an…
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Renewables
TechnipFMC pursues floating offshore wind market with new tie-up
Subsea giant TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under…
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Ports and Logistics
Port congestion reporting service launches
On the heels of its recent acquisition of Ocean Insights, project44 has debuted its free container port visibility reporting service,…
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Containers
ZIM bolsters its e-bill of lading investments
Israeli carrier ZIM is pushing its ambitions to ditch paper from bills off lading with a further investment in a…
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Containers
Container FFAs come of age
After many false dawns, container forward freight agreements (FFAs) are gaining traction during the current liner chaos being experienced around…
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Containers
Maersk sets new charter highs
Maersk has set new charter highs, taking – or extending – three 4,600 teu classic panamaxes controlled by V Ships…
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Tankers
Pistiolis doubles down on VLCC newbuilds
Evangelos Pistiolis-led Central Group has returned to South Korea for more VLCC newbuilds. Greek brokers Intermodal report the Greek owner…
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Containers
Cido makes boxship return
Cido Shipping has made a boxship return after a three and a half year hiatus with orders for two plus…
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Finance and Insurance
Four more Japanese banks sign up to the Poseidon Principles
Four more Asian financial institutions have signed up to the Poseidon Principles, a framework established in 2019 by leading banks…
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Renewables
North Star Renewables wins contract to deliver three vessels for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm
Aberdeen-based North Star Renewables has been awarded contracts worth an estimated £270m ($376m) to deliver three service operation vessels (SOVs)…
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Containers
Ordering spree shuffles liner rankings
The spate of boxships ordered over the past six months is seeing radical shifts in the global liner rankings. When…
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Tankers
Number of VLCCs idling off Singapore leaps
VLCC owners are slow steaming on ballast legs and idling tankers at key hubs, principally Singapore (see map below), as…
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Dry Cargo
Panama asks the IMO to resolve China’s coal carrier standoff with Australia
Panama, home to the world’s largest ship registry, has requested the collaboration of the secretary general of the International Maritime…
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Bunkering
Ardmore signs up to deliver methanol-to-hydrogen technology to shipping
New York-listed product tanker firm Ardmore Shipping is taking greater control of its own path in the future fuels debate,…
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