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Containers
Brand consolidation accelerates across the liner universe
Yesterday’s annual culling of brands at AP Moller-Maersk has garnered plenty of discussion of what the news means in terms…
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Regulatory
Lawsuit filed over Höegh Xiamen blaze
A Florida law firm, Pajcic & Pajcic, filed a lawsuit yesterday on behalf of 10 Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department…
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Operations
Wakashio disaster takes another tragic turn with sinking of a tug
The Wakashio disaster in Mauritius took another tragic turn last night when a number of port authority employees died after…
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Containers
Safmarine and Damco brands go in latest Maersk reshuffle
In further sweeping changes at A.P. Moller-Maersk, Damco will disappear as an NVOCC, while the Safmarine brand, the African shipping…
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Tech
Norway finds a new autonomous shipping champion
With one landmark Norwegian autonomous shipping project hitting the skids this year, a new pioneering maritime vision has emerged from…
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Offshore
Water ingress reported on Venezuelan FSO
Water ingress has been reported on an ageing FSO off Venezuela which is carrying 173,000 tons of oil onboard. Eudis…
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Tech
ZIM branches out with new cyber security offering
Israeli carrier ZIM is branching out with a new revenue stream, debuting today ZKCyberStar, a cyber security consulting company created…
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Asia
Hin Leong fraud case steps up as judicial managers seek to recover $3.5bn
The founder of Hin Leong Trading, OK Lim, and his two children, are being sued by the company’s judicial manager,…
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Containers
Classic panamaxes roar back
Almost destroyed as a financially viable shipping segment four years ago, classic panamax boxships are back in the big time.…
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Tankers
Stolt Tankers seals quintuple chemical tanker acquisition
Oslo-listed Stolt-Nielsen announced today that subsidiary Stolt Tankers has agreed to acquire five chemical tankers from Chemical Transportation Group (CTG)…
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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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