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Rallying call to government

November 9th, 20150 Hong Kong’s shipping community reveal their wishlist to get the territory back up on the maritime map. In compiling our debut Hong Kong magazine Splash sent out a...

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Shipping’s technological conundrum

November 5th, 20153 Patrik Wheater reports from this week’s Shipping and Offshore CSR Forum in London. Some interesting sessions at this week’s Shipping and Offshore CSR Forum in...

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Not bombproof

November 5th, 20150 In the wake of the Tianjin explosions, Jason Jiang looks at China’s hazardous cargo sector. On August 12, Tianjin Port International Logistics Center suffered...

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Giant leap for unmanned kinds?

November 4th, 20151 Katherine Si charts China’s efforts to build autonomous ships. The debate surrounding autonomous ships is hot right now, brought up at seemingly every conference,...

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Chinese grain imperatives

October 29th, 20150 SinoShip's Mark Downing on China’s quest for food security. Roughly a tenth of seaborne dry bulk goods is composed of grain destined as food, feed or industrial...

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Beijing pushes for consolidation to combat slumping figures

October 28th, 20150 The ports sector is following a host of other industries in China by being coerced to join forces, writes Katherine Si. Whatever the sector shipping is going through...

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Human factor competencies for the future mariner

October 26th, 20152 Captain Pradeep Chawla from Anglo-Eastern Univan on skillsets needed for 21st century seafarers. The last two decades have been extremely fast paced with respect to...

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Shipping’s smarter path: Stopford

October 21st, 20153 In the concluding part of his rallying call for shipping to use technology more wisely, Dr Martin Stopford from Clarkson Research identifies ways ahead. Yesterday I...

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Shipping’s need to get smart: Stopford

October 20th, 20151 In the first of two-part special Dr Martin Stopford from Clarkson Research provides a condensed maritime history, arguing that the future of the industry is very much in...

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Northern shipping routes: opportunity and risk

October 15th, 20150 Dimitris Nikoleris from Synectics on the potential Arctic shipping revolution. Figures from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) suggest that traffic using...

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Red tape, green wash and chequered flags

October 6th, 20150 Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance suggests shipping can learn from Formula One. The law is an ass. Sometimes, maybe. Governments regulate for the...

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Petty-wise, pound foolish: Are breaches of ISPS Code minimally significant?

September 29th, 201512 Maritime consultant Thomas Timlen explains why the downplaying breaches of international maritime security measures can have globally catastrophic consequences. I...

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Three shipping champions emerge in Italy

September 22nd, 20150 Nicola Capuzzo was among 3,000 guests at last Friday’s Shipbrokers and Shipagents Dinner held in Genoa. The Italian shipping industry is on a rollercoaster like all...

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A seasonal fall

September 9th, 20150 Ship finance expert Paul Slater is not at all optimistic about the shipping markets. As shipowners and investors return from their vacations the recent turmoil in the...

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Online or cut off?

September 4th, 20150 Should broadband be available to all at sea? Seafarers have their say. Poor connectivity is the single largest factor disincentivising the best and brightest youth...

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LNG not shipping’s green panacea, as IEA warns of ‘huge disruption’ over looming 2020 sulphur cap
A report out this week suggests LNG is not the panacea for shipping’s fuel concerns now that... Apr 19th, 2018 inEnvironment
Sinokor to take over 30 feeder boxships from Vroon
South Korean owner Sinokor Merchant Marine is taking over a fleet of 30 feeder containerships from... Apr 19th, 2018 inContainers
Weekly Broker: En bloc deals dominate
Activities in the secondhand bulker sale and purchase market kept up a steady trend this week after... Apr 19th, 2018 inOperations
Grindrod completes historic sale of its bunker division
South African transport giant Grindrod has sold its bunker subsidiary, Unicorn Bunker Services, for... Apr 19th, 2018 inBunkering
Lessons for effective and sustainable safety communications in the logistics industry
Des McGowan from Insync ponders whether we should focus on safety compliance or safety... Apr 19th, 2018 inContributions
International Transport Forum calls for greater, more harmonised use of port-based incentives
Port-based financial incentives to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions currently remain... Apr 18th, 2018 inEnvironment

Oldendorff halts Guyana business because of US sanctions on Russian aluminum firm

New Italian line launched

CMA CGM takes 25% stake in CEVA Logistics

RINA Services CEO Michele Francioni resigns

Mexico slaps 30-month ban on Odebrecht because of corrupt dealings with Pemex

Oldendorff halts Guyana business because of US sanctions on Russian aluminum firm

Ben Ognibene returns with new tanker platform Concord Maritime

Rowan Companies awarded contracts for drillship and jackup pair

Egypt to keep ports open 24 hours a day

S’hail Shipping secures $19.2m loan from Qatar Development Bank

Gulf Marine Services secures long-term vessel contract

Bahrain reveals its biggest oil find

Vinalines continues to offload vessels

Sinokor to take over 30 feeder boxships from Vroon

EMAS Offshore gets Oslo Børs reprieve

Explosion rocks offshore survey vessel off Malaysia, one missing

Court to auction Hanjin stake in Chinese yard

Key Noble shareholder attacks top management

Chinese owner thrives on Germ growth

China to lift foreign ownership restrictions for shipbuilding

HK flag service upgrade required