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Containers
Dutch boxship blaze off Latvia
The crew of a Dutch-registered 1,349 teu containership called Escape have been evacuated after a fire ripped through the vessel…
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Operations
Top carriers join forces to investigate scourge of fires at sea
Some of the world’s biggest carriers are joining forces with the world’s first industrial safety technology accelerator to launch a…
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Regulatory
Pressure grows to reclassify plastic pellets as hazardous substances
Pressure is growing on International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states to to classify plastic pellets as hazardous substances. Just weeks…
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Bunkering
MOL redefines poop deck in alternative fuel search
Cattle manure. Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) exhaustive search for alternative fuels has now gone to the farm. Japan’s largest shipowner…
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Gas
UK hydrogen project moves ahead
A consortium led by zero-emission vessel provider ACUA Ocean in partnership with zero-emission infrastructure provider Unitrove has won a £3.8m…
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Splash Extra
The future fuel race is over for this decade
The problem with writing editorials is that they can come to look extremely misplaced predictions rather quickly. Not that that…
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Containers
Containership newbuild avalanche to start in earnest from next month
The containership newbuild avalanche starts in earnest from next month, a record volume of new steel hulls hitting the water…
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Containers
Ports in China and America point to container shipping’s current malaise
Air is becoming one of the largest products inside the world’s containers as rates slump and consumer demand falters. In…
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Tankers
Cash buyer Wirana enters shipowning with double VLCC swoop
Cash buyers in the ship recycling sector are well aware of the fortunes to be made by extending the trading…
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Europe
Ukrainian seafarers now back in labour force
Ukrainian seafarers have largely returned to international shipping thereby restoring balance in crew availability, reports Danica Crewing Specialists on the…
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Dry Cargo
Vafias sells two bulk carriers to spin-off
Imperial Petroleum is buying two Japanese-built handysize bulk carriers from its CEO, Harry Vafias. The ships, built in 2012 and…
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Tankers
Tanker bull-run breaks records
Tankers have gone from multi-decade lows to near historical highs over the past 12 months, with a number of records…
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Ports and Logistics
Three months to get Iskenderun terminal operations back to normal
Management at LimakPort Iskenderun, the Turkish container terminal badly battered in this month’s mega earthquake, have said it will take…
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Containers
Supermarket sweep: Lidl grows box offerings
At a time when many new entrants to container shipping are pulling back amid loss making freight rates, one German…
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Containers
ONE taps Sony to develop fleet-wide smart container solution
Following Hapag-Lloyd’s decision last year to equip all its containers with tracking devices, Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) has reached…
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Containers
CMA CGM looks to add more windshields to its fleet
Officials at CMA CGM have confirmed they will look to install bow windshields on other ships, if tests on a…
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Containers
Liquidators appointed to oversee demise of fledgling Australian containerline
Stand by… The future of shipping is coming! A bold statement on the homepage of the short-lived Focus Container Line,…
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Containers
MSC adds another 10 newbuilds in China
An order for 10 dual-fuel 11,500 teu ships by Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has been confirmed in China. China International…
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Bunkering
Carisbrooke Shipping to trial hydrogen engine onboard
Carisbrooke Shipping has partnered with Carnot whose consortium has been awarded £2.3m ($2.75m) to develop a zero-emission 50kW hydrogen auxiliary…
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Regulatory
Portugal ratifies Hong Kong Convention on Ship Recycling
The Portuguese government has ratified the Hong Kong International Convention on Ship Recycling, transposing it into national law. Portugal’s action…
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