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Operations
Safety checklist published for the transportation of lithium-ion batteries
Insurers UK P&I Club and TT Club have teamed up with scientific consultants, Brookes Bell, and issued a 21-page white…
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Bunkering
ZeroNorth buys bunker platform Prosmar
Technology company ZeroNorth has acquired online platform Prosmar Bunkering. The deal sees ZeroNorth acquire Prosmar’s Bunker Dashboard solution and Bunker…
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Dry Cargo
Tug attack darkens prospects for Black Sea grain shipments
Monday saw convoys of ships carrying Ukrainian grain depart for voyages across the Black Sea, but the security situation along…
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Regulatory
Rules on ship carbon intensity and rating system enter into force
Amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI enter into force today, the…
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Europe
Montenegrin lynchpin apprehended in MSC cocaine case
The ongoing fallout from Mediterranean Shipping Co’s cocaine shipments involving Montenegrin mafia continue to make spectacular headlines. An indictment was…
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Europe
Gram Car Carriers pays $49m for 2010-built vessel
Oslo-listed Gram Car Carriers (GCC) is spending $49m to buy the 5,000 ceu, 2010-built vessel from F. Laeisz. The firm…
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Finance and Insurance
Joakim Hannisdahl debuts Gersemi Asset Management
After his sudden departure from Cleaves Securities a month ago, Joakim Hannisdahl, one of Norway’s best known shipping investors, has…
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Shipyards
DSME unveils its own gas fuel tank
The Koreans have developed their own LNG fuel containment system with a units installed on a giant boxship and two…
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Shipyards
New yard slated for Dalian
Dalian, China’s northeastern shipbuilding powerhouse, is set to get another big shipyard. Construction of the RMB20bn ($2.76bn) new yard will…
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Containers
16,000 teu CMA CGM ship makes size record in Indonesia
With Southeast Asia increasingly forecast to take a greater slice of manufacturing away from China, liner trades are upgrading their…
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Containers
Spectre of boxship lay-ups returns
With multiple capacity levers deemed insufficient to halt the severe decline in container freight rates, the spectre of ship lay-ups…
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Tankers
Laden VLCC aground near Singapore gas pipeline
A very delicate refloating operation is required in Indonesian waters where a laden VLCC has run aground in the busy…
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Greater China
Stanley Ryan appointed chairman of Pacific Basin
Hong Kong-listed Pacific Basin has appointed Stanley Ryan as its next chairman, replacing long-term chair David Turnbull. Ryan, already a…
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Asia
MOL taps water as new business stream
Shipping’s thirst for alphabet soup shows no sign of relenting with another ship acronym unveiled today.Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s…
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Asia
Namsung Shipping branches out into offshore wind, eyes liquefied hydrogen
South Korea’s oldest private shipping line is branching out from its container base. Namsung Shipping, best know as an intra-Asia…
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Bunkering
IEA sees ammonia winning shipping’s future fuel race
Ammonia will be shipping’s dominant fuel by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted. In the World Energy Outlook…
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Ports and Logistics
PIL debuts intermodal offerings
Singapore’s largest containerline is moving beyond its port-to-port roots. Pacific International Lines (PIL) today debuted PIL Intermodal Services, offering train,…
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Shipyards
Hyundai Heavy’s Gunsan yard reopens
A ceremony to partially reopen Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Gunsan, 179 km southwest of Seoul, took place today, with…
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Ports and Logistics
Third box terminal to be built at Baltimore
A former steel mill will be converted into a new container terminal at Baltimore on the US east coast. Tradepoint…
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Dry Cargo
Pacific Basin readies methanol-fuelled bulker orders in Japan
One of Hong Kong’s largest shipowners has come out in favour of methanol in the future fuel debate. Pacific Basin,…
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