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Containers
Maersk’s place in liner shipping post-divorce
Maersk’s role on the main east-west tradelanes looks set to be as a lesser player once the dissolution of the…
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Tankers
‘Inevitable owners’ market’: McQuilling issues bullish five-year tanker forecast
McQuilling Services has just released the 26th anniversary edition of its keenly read five-year tanker outlook. The 168-page report provides…
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Environment
Zero emission vessel competition launched in the UK
The UK government has set aside £77m ($93m) to invest in green maritime technology. A government release issued today stated:…
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Environment
Scottish sail project readies for testing
The Scottish government has detailed today a new round of £1.35m($1.63m) funding for Dumfries-based Smart Green Shipping with the Di…
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Tankers
Jaldhi Overseas back at Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding
In the product tanker sector, Clarksons Research reports Singaporean owner Jaldhi Overseas has returned to Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding, ordering four 50,000…
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Asia
Car carrier blaze off Vietnam
Another car carrier caught fire over the weekend, the latest in a series of incidents that are spooking seafarers and…
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Offshore
Maersk Broker appoints head of offshore and renewables
Nicolaj Støvlbæk has joined Maersk Broker as head of offshore and renewables. Støvlbæk worked at Noble Corporation last year briefly…
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Dry Cargo
Grain exports out of Ukraine set to accelerate this month
After grain shipments out of Ukraine’s three export ports on the Black Sea slumped to a four-month low in January,…
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Tankers
De Stoop compares Frontline battle to divorce proceedings
At yesterday’s Q4 conference call with analysts, Hugo de Stoop, the under pressure CEO of Euronav, compared the ongoing arbitration…
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Containers
PIL creates partnership with Philippine carrier
The Philippines has a liner entrant offering regular international services with news that Manila-headquartered IRIS Lines has teamed with Singapore’s…
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Dry Cargo
Robert Perri takes the helm at OceanPal
Greek dry bulk player OceanPal has appointed Robert Perri as its new CEO. Perri replaces Eleftherios Papatrifon who had headed…
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Shipyards
Gas cylinder explosion injures eight in Vietnam
A gas cylinder exploded in a cargo bay of a bulk carrier being repaired in northern Vietnam yesterday, an accident…
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Containers
India seen as one of the year’s fastest growing box destinations
India, the fastest growing major economy in the world, is seeing ever greater volumes of large boxships visiting its shores,…
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Containers
Liners now in the red on a mark-to-market basis
On a mark-to-market basis, most liners are operating in the red, according to analysis from investment bank Jefferies. Mark-to-market is…
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Dry Cargo
Australian coal heading to Chinese ports for first time since 2020
Data from shipping platform Sea/ shows a total of six bulk carriers loaded with Australian coal have discharged or are…
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Asia
Thousands of ships set to be hit by India’s age restrictions
Greek data firm MarineTraffic has provided some details of the ramifications of the upcoming Indian ban on older ships. New…
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Tankers
Takeover saga dominates Euronav quarterlies
Euronav published its fourth quarter results today with a conference call from Antwerp due early this afternoon. The very solid…
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Greater China
Chery takes over Samjin Shipbuilding
Chery Automobile has taken over a second shipyard as it rapidly builds up its own fleet of car carriers. Chery,…
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Gas
Accident report published from maiden voyage of the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier
The difficulties of shipping liquefied hydrogen have been highlighted in a new report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which…
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Shipyards
Hyundai Samho wins $2.05bn order for 12 methanol-fuelled boxships
February is starting in the shipbuilding world in the same fashion as many months prior – with an avalanche of…
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