Asia
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Asian crewing nations make official commitment to the fair treatment of seafarers
A regional meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations has highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a…
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K Line sets out to become the world’s top capesize operator
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has set out to become the world’s largest capesize operator, in the process reducing…
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Mitsubishi to fold Diamond Star Shipping in Singapore
Japanese trading house giant Mitsubishi Corporation will fold its Singapore-based, 2011-founded dry bulk subsidiary Diamond Star Shipping into a newly…
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Call to establish Admiralty Court in Manila to counter ‘floating coffins’
United Filipino Seafarers (UFS), a Manila-based crew advocacy group, has called on the government to establish an Admiralty Court. The…
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China Navigation moves towards low carbon ships
China Navigation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fiji’s University of the South Pacific (USP) to conduct feasibility studies…
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Handy bulker hit by fire off Indonesia
A fire erupted on the 1984-built handy bulker off Indonesia on Saturday and 22 crewmembers have been evacuated from the…
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Keppel awarded product barge upgrade contract
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a S$30m ($21.7m) contract from KrisEnergy for the modification and upgrading of a…
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Rio Tinto and Cargill behind landmark blockchain iron ore shipment
BNP Paribas and HSBC Singapore have successfully completed Singapore’s first fully digitised end-to-end letter of credit transaction between two different…
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Standard Club seals huge China breakthrough with Ping An tie-up
The Standard Club Asia is teaming with China’s second largest insurer, Ping An, to collaborate on underwriting P&I risks for…
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China and Myanmar move ahead with Kyaukpyu port development
China and Myanmar finally signed an agreement on Thursday to proceed with a slimmed down port project at Kyaukpyu on…
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Vietnam’s HTK Shipping eying supramaxes
A week since Vietnam’s fastest growing owner has added its first open hatch handysize vessel, HTK Shipping has raised its…
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Shipowners are not helping their cause by not scrapping ships: Khalid Hashim
Dry bulk owners have been urged to scrap more ships or face extreme volatility. Writing in Precious Shipping’s third quarter…
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German yards support Japan’s WTO threat to Korean builders
German shipbuilders have come out in support of Japan’s attack on South Korea’s decision to subsidise its shipyards. Japan is…
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Rallying call to fix shipping’s gender imbalance
At a high profile event in Manila yesterday the Philippines’ first ever female chief engineer issued a stark reminder to…
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Calls for comprehensive STCW revision grow
The rapid evolution of technology is not being followed by the development of maritime personnel competence, and the current International…
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Rates for LNG carriers soar into record territory
Rates for LNG carriers have soared to record highs of $200,000 a day this week with plenty of analysts suggesting…
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Japan ready to take Korean yard subsidies issue to the WTO
Japan is readying once again to go to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over what it sees as South Korea’s…
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Aframax tanker pool launched
Reederei Nord and Singapore’s Synergy Group, on behalf of Japan’s Nissen Kaiun, have officially launched N2Tankers, a new aframax tanker…
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Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes the lead on autonomous shipping
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has entered into two agreements that it claims will set the tone for the operational and…
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Esben Poulsson says STCW is no longer fit for purpose
Esben Poulsson, the chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has called today for changes to be made to…
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