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Americas
International Seaways acquires two suezmax resales
New York-based International Seaways is buying two suezmax resales due for delivery from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries at the end…
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Containers
11 APM terminals have received no ships in the past 48 hours
Data provided by shipping software provider CargoSmart shows that nearly one in seven of APM Terminals port faculties around the…
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Europe
Back to the future for Maersk in the wake of Petya attack
Arguably one of the most sophisticated, IT savvy shipping companies in the world has had to work as if it…
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Finance and Insurance
Access to ship finance will become scarcer
Shipowners, already squeezed as the 10th anniversary of the shipping downturn approaches, should brace for less available capital in the…
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Asia
MOL wins Yamal LNG charter contracts
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a long-term charter contract for four 174,000 cu m LNG carriers for the…
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Asia
Busan pushes for ECA status
South Korea’s top port is planning an emissions control area (ECA) ahead of the 2020 mandated sulphur regulations coming into…
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Europe
Port of Antwerp trials blockchain
The Port of Antwerp is running a pilot blockchain project focused on logistics automation. The test, which aims to automate…
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Europe
Maersk makes contingencies in the wake of Petya ransomware attack
As of Wednesday evening Maersk Line said it was taking bookings via box platform INTTRA in the wake of Tuesday’s…
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Europe
New Thessaloniki owners vow to make port a junction for Southeast Europe
“A junction in Southeastern Europe”. That is how the new owners of Thessaloniki port in the northeast of Greece have…
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Europe
Maersk contains cyber attack, other lines hit
Maersk officials claim the cyber attack that hit it hard across the group’s global operations has been contained and a…
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Middle East
Qatar standoff risks becoming permanent
The economic and political sanctions imposed on Qatar earlier this month that have already reshaped regional trade in the Middle…
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Asia
US steps up roro price fixing indictments
An indictment of three shipping executives was unsealed in a US court in Baltimore yesterday. Anders Boman, Arild Iversen, and…
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Europe
ESL Shipping to test autonomous discharging on new bulk carriers
Equipment manufacturer MacGregor and ESL Shipping, a subsidiary of diverse Finnish conglomerate, Aspo, have agreed to jointly develop and test…
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Americas
DHT completes delivery of BW’s VLCCs
DHT Holdings has completed the delivery of the nine VLCCs acquired from the BW Group and the contracts for the…
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Europe
CMA CGM heads to the stars with new image
CMA CGM, the world’s third largest containerline, has unveiled a new futuristic look ahead of its 40th anniversary next year.…
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Europe
Maersk hit by giant cyber attack
Tuesday’s massive ransomware attack which spread across the world claimed a big shipping scalp in the form of Danish shipping…
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Europe
Hartmann in talks to restructure its anchor handling division
One of Germany’s largest shipowners is pushing ahead with dramatic changes to its business in the wake of slumping revenues.…
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Tech
Survey finds only 6% of seafarers can video call family when at sea
A survey of nearly 2,000 seafarers and shipping industry leaders by the maritime professionals’ trade union, Nautilus International has found…
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Europe
Greek owners stump up extra cash for state budget
The Union of Greek Shipowners decided yesterday at an extraordinary general meeting to extend the voluntary contribution its members pay…
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Asia
Boxship master lays the blame for deadly collision on USS Fitzgerald officers
The Philippine master of the NYK-chartered , which struck the starboard side of the US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald earlier…
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