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Environment
Debate starts in Canada about legislating shipping emission targets
Canada is the latest nation to start holding a national discussion on whether to take shipping emission regulations into its…
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Containers
Maersk to ship American Covid-19 vaccine around the world
Maersk has sealed a deal with COVAXX to ship the American pharmaceutical firm’s Covid-19 vaccine around the world when and…
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Tankers
Total taps Hafnia and Viken for LNG-fuelled aframax newbuilds
Total has tapped Hafnia and Viken Shipping to charter LNG-fuelled newbuild tankers, the latest sign of energy majors forcing through…
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Tech
Five finalists ready to battle for the Captain’s Table trophy
The Captain’s Table, one of shipping’s pre-eminent pitch competitions, has announced the top five startups who will compete in the…
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Splash Extra
Wind sector gathers pace
In skimming this month’s Splash headlines to create the Review section overleaf there is a clear trend emerging - bluechip…
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Operations
Latest seafarer poll paints grim picture of life onboard during the pandemic
Seafarers continue to face a bleak future in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest Seafarers Happiness…
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Operations
Maersk Launceston boxship collides with Greek minesweeper off Piraeus
The 4,533 teu collided with a Greek navy minehunter off Piraeus at 7.30 am local time this morning. While the…
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Gas
Iino Kaiun Kaisha orders a DSME VLGC newbuild
Japan’s Iino Kaiun Kaisha has headed overseas for its latest ship order. The Tokyo-headquartered firm has signed with South Korea’s…
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Environment
Mixed reaction to IMO’s latest green deliberations
Shipping has had a mixed reaction to last week’s Intersessional Working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships at…
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Finance and Insurance
France and South Korea top maritime state aid handouts during Covid-19
Governments have been dishing out billions of dollars in shipping aid packages during the Covid-19 pandemic with very few strings…
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Containers
Numbers don’t add up on the record-breaking transpacific
Sea-Intelligence, a leading container shipping analyst, is warning the record rates seen on the transpacific are unlikely to last much…
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Environment
IMO member states agree to unambitious green targets
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed on Friday after a week-long online meeting to make an existing target legally binding:…
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Dry Cargo
Hamburg Bulk Carriers aims to increase size of fleet
Contrary to some broking reports and a story carried on this site earlier this week, Hamburg Bulk Carriers (HBC) is…
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Dry Cargo
Hamburg Bulk Carriers aims to increase size of fleet
Contrary to some broking reports and a story carried on this site earlier this week, Hamburg Bulk Carriers (HBC) is…
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Regulatory
Washington debates copying EU’s MRV regulation
The United States is looking at copying the European Union’s path to carbon pricing on shipping. The House Natural Resources…
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Environment
Up to 30 nations threaten to walk away from IMO’s emissions meet-up
It’s been an especially fractious week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as debate rages on how best to improve…
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Operations
New Zealand cracks down on livestock shipping
New Zealand is cracking down on how animals are exported overseas in the wake of last month’s sinking of the…
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Gas
NYK buys out Total’s share in LNG shipmanagment venture
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has bought out the French LNG shipmanagement joint venture it has with energy major Total. Based…
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Containers
ZIM heads to the UAE
In another landmark moment in the reshaping of ties in the Middle East, Israeli carrier ZIM will start calling at…
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Environment
Hyundai Mipo debuts 20,000 cu m liquefied hydrogen carrier design
Class society Korean Register has approved Hyundai Mipo Dockyard’s design plans for a 20,000 cu m liquefied hydrogen carrier with…
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