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Operations
Australia hands one-year ban to bulk carrier for ‘appalling’ treatment of seafarers
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier from Australian waters for one year, after finding…
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Tech
The Captain’s Table set for its biggest showcase to date
The Captain’s Table, shipping’s pre-eminent pitch competition, is set for its biggest showcase to date. The Hong Kong-based maritime startup…
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Operations
Panama Canal Authority sets the record straight on congestion figures
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has moved to highlight the real congestion numbers at both ends of the waterway amid…
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Operations
Tankers collide on the Suez Canal
A gas tanker collided with a product tanker last night on the Suez Canal with the giant 295 m long…
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Containers
ONE surpasses Evergreen in global liner rankings
The global liner rankings have seen another slight change, likely temporary, with Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) swapping places with…
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Americas
Zeaborn cops $2m fine in US oily bilge water case
The Singapore affiliate of Zeaborn Ship Management has been told to pay $2m in penalties after discarding oily bilge water…
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Bunkering
CORE POWER forms key shipping investor nucleus
The UK’s CORE POWER has built up a war chest of more than $100m and is gearing up to roll…
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Containers
China’s Newnew adds two more ships
Newnew Shipping, a Chinese liner primarily serving the Russian market, has bolstered its fleet. According to Alphaliner, Newnew, part of…
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Operations
Management shuffle at Synergy sees Unni take on chairman role
Rajesh Unni, founder and CEO of Singapore-based shipmanagement giant Synergy Marine Group, is stepping back from the day-to-day running of…
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Environment
Future Proof Shipping selects ship for hydrogen power conversion
Dutch line Future Proof Shipping has selected a second vessel to convert its engine from a diesel one to a…
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Greater China
China trials giant new canal
Trial operations have started on the Yangtze-Huaihe Grand Canal, China’s second longest canal linking two major rivers. The canal connects…
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Environment
Three shipowners take on new absolute zero emissions challenge
Three shipowners have accepted to take up the absolute zero emissions challenge posed by the Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association…
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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd shows interest in HMM takeover
Today is deadline day for interested parties to submit bids for HMM, South Korea’s flagship carrier. As well as four…
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Gas
China, the world’s largest LNG buyer, lays out plans to double import capacity
China, which has surpassed Japan as the world’s leading LNG importer, has laid out massive plans for further import terminal…
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Ports and Logistics
NYK buys into Indonesian car terminal
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has acquired a 25% stake in Patimban International Car Terminal, a car terminal operator based at…
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Africa
Nigeria creates standalone maritime ministry
Nigeria has established a maritime ministry, aware of the growing need to establish a greater domestic shipping infrastructure. The Marine…
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Greater China
Dry bulk’s malaise ever grander with demise of top Chinese property developer
From bad to worse. The sense of despondency that has set in among many dry bulk owners this year has…
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Europe
Boxship completes landmark voyage out of Ukraine paving way for other vessels to exit
The 9,400 teu dropped anchor off Istanbul this morning, completing a hugely significant voyage, becoming the first of some 60…
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Containers
Container freight futures return to Shanghai
For the first time since 2017, container freight futures are returning to the Shanghai market today, home to the world’s…
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Shipyards
Singapore yard worker faces jail sentence over corruption charges
A commercial executive who worked for Sembcorp Marine has appeared at a court in Singapore, charged with corruption offences. Balakrishnan…
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