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Containers
Freight forwarder claims new container alliances will frustrate shippers
With just over a week to go until container shipping’s big alliance shuffle an online freight forwarder has hit out…
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Tech
Shipping faces serious disruption unless it learns to embrace new technology: Wärtsilä
“Round the corner, coming at a pace we can’t yet predict, is a whole raft of new technology.” If shipping…
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Asia
Essar pushes forward fleet rejuvenation scheme
Shipbrokers will be knocking at the doors of one of India’s top private lines following today’s board meeting at Essar…
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Europe
Four bids expected for Thessaloniki port
Local Greek newspaper Kathimerini reports four bids are expected to be lodged this week to run Thessaloniki port. The Friday…
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Finance and Insurance
Shipping tycoons among the annual Hurun Global Rich List
Among the top 500 in the annual Hurun Global Rich List published earlier this month there’s a solid smattering of…
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Americas
FBI raids Box Club meeting
The FBI busted into a meeting of the Box Club in San Francisco last week and issued a number of…
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Tech
Shipping embraces digital transformation without necessarily knowing what it all means
Results from a survey carried out by Futurenautics Maritime in association with Ericsson, seen by Splash ahead of their release…
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Containers
New carrier aims to put Djibouti on the map
Djibouti Shipping Lines (DSL), a new carrier based out of the Horn of Africa, plans to launch in April a…
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Europe
Toisa gets cash collateral help
Toisa, a shipowning vehicle controlled by Greek magnate Gregory Callimanopulos, has received bankruptcy court approval for the use of cash…
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Regulatory
Marshall Islands surpasses Liberian flag
At the start of this century Bill Gallagher (pictured) and Clay Maitland, via their firm International Registries, Inc (IRI), parted…
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Americas
New York battles Oslo for over-the-counter deals
The New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX), which debuted the first digital forward freight contract for global container shipping, has announced…
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Asia
Moore Stephens stresses FSL Trust’s going concern issues
Having been tasked with auditing First Ship Lease Trust’s most recent annual accounts, Moore Stephens has found them to be…
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Asia
Aza gets first VLCC
Brokers report that up and coming private Indian tanker player Aza Shipping has taken its first VLCC. The company, founded…
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Piracy
Puntland anti-piracy boss fired over illegal fishing claims
The president of the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia Abdiweli Ali has sacked the head of anti-piracy operations in the…
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Asia
HSH Nordbank sets April 15 as deadline for Rickmers Maritime
Rickmers Maritime, the Singapore-based shipping trust, now has until April 15 to show lead creditor HSH Nordbank an acceptable, revised…
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Asia
Struggling Hyundai Heavy suspends work at another dock
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, has announced it will shutter another dock at its Ulsan flagship facility. Dock…
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Europe
CMA CGM and Sinokor in for Conti boxships
With German banks finally getting around to clearing out the nation’s ailing lines a trio of Conti ships have gone…
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Asia
EMAS Offshore admits it might struggle to carry on in wake of Ezra bankruptcy filing
The inevitable domino effect following Ezra Holdings bankruptcy filing in the US swung into full motion today with its Singapore-listed…
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Asia
Chow to retire after 36 years at Keppel
After 36 years at the company Chow Yew Yuen, 62, will retire from his position as CEO at Keppel Offshore…
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Piracy
NATO told to tackle illegal fishing or face more Somali hijackings
NATO forces are being urged to help stamp out illegal fishing off the Horn of Africa or risk witnessing repeated…
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