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Dry Cargo
Shipping reacts to Japan’s decision to shut 100 coal power plants
News yesterday that the Japanese government is looking to shutter 100 out of its 140 remaining coal-fired power stations has…
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Environment
Pathway for ports to become renewable energy hubs outlined
Ports can become renewable energy hubs, increasing their electricity generating capacity more than tenfold in the next 30 years, thanks…
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Operations
Manila creates dedicated ‘green lane’ for seafarers
The government in the Philippines, the world’s top crewing hub, is creating a green lane for seafarers to finally speed…
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Shipyards
Coronavirus strikes Damen Galati Shipyard
A coronavirus outbreak has spread across Damen Galati Shipyard in Romania with 41 cases registered in the last nine days.…
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Environment
Sohmen-Pao to co-chair Singapore decarbonisation panel
Andreas Sohmen-Pao will chair another body in Singapore as the Southeast Asian republic looks to influence shipping’s decarbonisation debate. Supported…
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Piracy
Abu Sayyaf restarts kidnap-for-ransom at sea campaign
The Philippine Coast Guard is warning a faction of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is hunting vessels in Southeast Asia…
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Environment
British start-up attempts to bring steam power back to shipping
A British start-up called Steamology is trying to bring steam power back to shipping. However, the key difference for this…
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Operations
Cases of suicide at sea leap as details of key crew change summit emerge
July 9 is the date for the UK-convened summit on crew changes, which will engage stakeholders from across the world,…
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Shipyards
Alang coronavirus scare sparks concern of another demo closure
Shipbreaking, which had only recently gradually emerged from lockdown, risks being put back on hold as news emerges of four…
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Tankers
Product tanker valuations nosedive
While product tanker earnings soared in the first half of 2020, sale and purchase activity in the sector has slowed…
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Containers
MSC debuts Instant Quote
Joining the likes of ZIM, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM and Evergreen, MSC today unveiled its own instant spot booking system.…
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Containers
CMA CGM imposes Cape Town emergency coronavirus congestion surcharge
Starting today, French container shipping giant CMA CGM is imposing an emergency congestion surcharge for calls at Cape Town, a…
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Environment
DNV GL claims world has passed peak CO2 emissions
Covid-19 has hastened the decline in global carbon dioxide emissions – with 2019 set to be the year of peak…
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Ports and Logistics
Green light for new 10m teu port north of Mumbai
Mumbai, home to India’s busiest port, is slated to get another satellite port later this decade to alleviate congestion concerns.…
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Tech
Nautilus Labs forms partnership to shift datasets from ship to shore
The American shipping artificial intelligence leader Nautilus Labs has teamed with fuel consumption specialist Insatech Marine to jointly deliver end-to-end instrumentation and…
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Environment
World’s first zero emission bulk carrier moves a step closer
A lucrative long-term shipping contract is up for grabs to shift grain and raw materials domestically for two large companies…
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Shipyards
Ship repair prices to soar as lockdown eases
Shipping lines are warned today prices for ship repair operations could double in the coming months as a huge backlog…
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Shipyards
STX to slash workforce as orders dry up
Korean shipyard STX Offshore & Shipbuilding announced yesterday its intention to slash jobs through a voluntary retirement plan as its…
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Environment
Norway to fund world’s first full-scale testing of ammonia-fuelled four-stroke engine
The world’s first long term, full-scale testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine will commence…
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Tech
Samsung Heavy goes all in on fuel cells
Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to design and develop fuel cell-powered…
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