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Operations
Operation to find Gulf Livestock 1’s VDR on the cards
New Zealand’s minister of foreign affairs, Winston Peters, has backed calls to mount an operation to retrieve the voyage data…
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Containers
PIL’s owned box fleet ducks below 80 with latest trio of sales
Under pressure Pacific International Lines (PIL) from Singapore continues to divest itself of tonnage to help pay bills. The SS…
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Tankers
Burnt New Diamond VLCC patched up
The hole in one of the bunker compartments of the burnt out VLCC has been plugged, a deballasting operation concluded,…
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Ports and Logistics
Giant MSC boxship takes out crane at Valencia
A crane operator was injured yesterday when part of the arm of a crane fell into the waters of the…
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Environment
IEA predicts ammonia will eventually become shipping’s dominant fuel
The International Energy Agency has released a new long-term energy transition forecast, drilling down into individual industrial sectors, with ammonia…
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Operations
Families of the missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew urge authorities to resume search operation
Families of the missing crew on the sunk have urged authorities to resume their search and rescue operations. The Gulf…
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Environment
Salvors struggle to patch bunker leak on stricken VLCC off Sri Lanka
Salvors are still trying to patch a leak in one of the bunker compartments of the burnt VLCC. The New…
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Environment
MOL sets aside $9.4m to assist in Wakashio clean-up
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), the charterer of the ill-fated newcastlemax, has pledged Y1bn ($9.4m) to help in the clean-up in…
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Operations
MSC Gayane crewmember provides details about the largest cocaine bust in US history
A Montenegrin ship’s electrician pled guilty yesterday to narcotics conspiracy charges, becoming the third crewmember from the to admit their…
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Ports and Logistics
Another giant fire breaks out at Beirut port
Another noxious fire has broken out at Beirut port. Splash understands a warehouse containing oil and tyres at Beirut port…
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Operations
Flag states attacked for weak stance on crew change
The crew change crisis shows no sign of abating, still affecting some 600,000 seafarers either stranded at sea or waiting…
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Operations
Search for missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew ends
The search off southern Japan for the missing crew from the has been called off. The converted livestock carrier was…
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Tech
Windward’s new AI offering aims to root out ‘questionable business partners’
Shipping is often lambasted for its shady practices and lack of transparency. It’s an issue the shipping industry has long…
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Operations
Poor seamanship cited in Wakashio investigations
The Panama Maritime Authority has hit out at the level of seamanship onboard the Anglo-Eastern crew managed in the hours…
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Operations
Bunker spill detected from burnt VLCC off Sri Lanka
Adam Polemis’s New Shipping and his recently selected P&I Club are facing a sizeable bill for the ongoing operation to…
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Ports and Logistics
Cypriot shipping entrepreneur fights to clear his name from Beirut port blast
Charalambos Manoli, the Cypriot shipping entrepreneur, has hired a local communications consultancy to try and clear his name from links…
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Containers
Disparity in earnings on transpacific and Asia-Europe hits historic highs
In arguably the strangest, most difficult to predict period in the 64-year history of containerisation, the disparity in rates on…
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Europe
Visitors to Hamburg get a glimpse of what to expect at SMM next year
Today should have been the opening of SMM, the world’s largest shipping exhibition. With the spread of Covid-19, however, Hamburg…
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Operations
Fire reignites on laden VLCC off Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan authorities have spent the last 20 hours fighting to contain a reignited fire on the laden Panamanian-flagged VLCC…
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Containers
X-Press Feeders denies TransLiner speculation
The next round of consolidation within the feeder space may not be happening quite as fast as reported. X-Press Feeders,…
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