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Environment
K Line pursues CO2 capture project
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) will trial the world’s first marine-specific carbon capture equipment onboard one of…
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Operations
Floatels deployed as Singapore finally eases crew change stance
From tomorrow Singapore will finally address its crew change commitments, deploying three floatels as dedicated crew facilitation centres at its…
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Environment
Scrubber manufacturer seeks green new pastures with start-up competition
Scandinavian scrubber manufacturer Yara Marine has launched a corporate accelerator program. Yara Marine X is a start-up competition with a…
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Environment
Island-wide protest planned as Mauritius PM feels the heat from the Wakashio disaster
A protest march is planned across the island of Mauritius tomorrow at midday as locals react with anger to the…
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Ports and Logistics
Adani forced to pay $77m over its ‘exploitative’ actions Down Under
Australia’s Supreme Court has ruled Adani must pay a total of A$106m ($77.4m) to four companies over the Indian miner’s…
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Environment
Ships and trucks targeted in California’s latest pollution directives
Ships and trucks are at the centre of California’s latest pollution-cutting measures. The state’s Air Resources Board brought in new…
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Operations
Crew change credentials of the Philippines analysed
News carried earlier this week that the Philippines is trying to position itself as one of the world’s top crew…
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Shipyards
US places sanctions on the world’s largest shipbuilder
China Shipbuilding Group is among 24 Chinese companies and individuals to be blacklisted by the United States for its role…
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Environment
Hydrogen leading the way in new global zero emission study
The Getting to Zero Coalition has started mapping some of the many zero emission pilots and demonstration projects going on…
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Offshore
Nordic Maritime hit with $31m American fine
America’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a $31.43m fine on Singapore-based Nordic Maritime and its chairman, Morten…
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Operations
Charterers playing ‘pass the parcel’ with crew changes
Charterers are now discriminating against ships which have long-serving crew onboard rather than risk their cargo being delayed by crew…
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Operations
Digital health document created to alleviate crew change crunch
Swiss-based track and trace specialist SICPA, in partnership with Hong Kong’s Crew Assist, has developed an urgently needed tech solution…
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Containers
Inactive boxship fleet dips below 1m teu for the first time this year, charter market booming
The inactive containership fleet has dipped below the 1m teu mark for the first time this year, as carriers resumed…
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Operations
Philippine Coast Guard to pursue criminal case against AM Nomikos
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has said it will continue to pursue charges against the owner and crew of Vienna…
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Splash Extra
30 years on from OPA90
August marks 30 years since the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA90) came into force on the back of the…
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Operations
Philippines positions itself as the ‘crew change capital of the world’
The Philippines is trying to position itself as a crew change hub, adding three more ports along with Manila where…
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Containers
London tipped to land ZIM IPO
Israeli container shipping company ZIM is considering an overseas initial public offering, Israeli news website Globes reported yesterday. The carrier…
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Containers
Capacity discipline positions carriers for multi-billion dollar profitable year
Analysts at Copenhagen-based Sea-Intelligence have re-evaluated their liner profitability projections for 2020 on the back of the many positive interim…
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Operations
Report links Cypriot shipping magnate to Beirut disaster
An in-depth investigation involving 10 news organisations including Germany’s highly respected Der Spiegel has suggested the owner of the ship…
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Operations
Front three-quarters of the Wakashio bulk carrier now sitting on the floor of the Indian Ocean
The front three-quarters of the giant bulk carrier are now sitting on the floor of the Indian Ocean some 25…
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