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Asia
Port Klang hit hard by alliance changes
The Malaysian government’s dramatic plans to massively ramp capacity at its ports, especially Port Klang, now look questionable as the…
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Europe
Bunkering platform launches with Richard Hext among its investors
In the space of just two weeks a couple of bunker broking platforms have launched in London. First came BunkerEx…
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Americas
JP Morgan takes another two capes on subjects
In what Clarkson Research is describing as a “headline deal” JP Morgan has take on two modern sister capes subjects…
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Asia
India takes steps to address abandoned seafarers
Amid continued, almost daily reports of crew abandonment worldwide, India’s directorate general of shipping has set up a call line…
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Europe
Oil spotted in Saronic Gulf as 45-year-old tanker sinks
Authorities around the Saronic Gulf to the south of Piraeus in Greece spent Sunday trying to contain what could be…
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Europe
Danish maritime summit goes global
The team behind the Danish Maritime Forum, a high level gathering that met for three consecutive years in Copenhagen to…
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Europe
Bertram Rickmers taps Zeaborn to keep shipping ambitions alive
Bertram Rickmers has found a way to keep his shipping ambitions alive. The famous Hamburg owner has teamed up with…
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Asia
Maritime noose around North Korea tightens
The maritime noose around the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is tightening in the wake of a series…
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Asia
Desperate Nam Cheong chairman throws his own money into the pot
With the grim prospect of liquidation being banded around, leading Malaysian shipbuilder Nam Cheong’s executive chairman has stepped into the…
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Europe
Management shuffle at Bourbon
Proving once again that loyal seafarers can come ashore and rise to the very top of shipping organisations, Bourbon has…
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Operations
Study maps correlation between busy shipping lanes and more intense thunderstorms
A study led by scientists at the University of Washington claims ship emissions bring more intense lightning and thunderstorms above…
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Bunkering
85% of refiners struggling with looming 2020 sulphur cap
Refiners around the world are struggling to come to terms with impending sulphur cap rules on ship fuel, the International…
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Asia
Six injured as poorly loaded cargo tilts ship onto berth
Six men were injured yesterday when a Vietnamese general cargo ship tilted to starboard while being loaded at Visakhapatnam Port…
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Asia
Malaysians congratulated for quick piracy response
Masafumi Kuroki, executive director, at the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)…
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Americas
Congress prepares to hear damning report into US Navy training standards
The dire state of the US Navy’s training set up has been laid bare in a damning report from the…
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Environment
Shipping braces for a bill of up to $100bn as ballast water regulation comes into force
Tomorrow sees the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention finally come into force, something that could cost shipping as much as $100bn,…
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Asia
HMM completes its first blockchain pilot voyage
South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has become the latest containerline to highlight its foray into blockchain. The company revealed…
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Europe
Braemar buys Hamburg financier
Braemar Shipping Services continues to diversify its business suite. Best known as a shipbroker, Braemar has today revealed it has…
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Asia
Mercator Lines to be wound up
The bust Singapore dry bulk offshoot of India’s Mercator Group will be no more come Friday. Mercator Lines (Singapore) went…
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Europe
New IACS chairman promises to gear class up for the digital era
Speaking at a press conference in London on Wednesday, the new chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS),…
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