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Consultants say expanded Panama Canal fraught with safety risks that could undermine economic benefits
Risk management consultants PGI Intelligence have compiled a report on the Panama Canal’s new locks that says safety concerns resulting…
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Homeland subcommittee hears apocalyptic fears about nuclear terrorists using US ports
US ports are not being protected enough against the threat of possible nuclear attack by terrorists, said the chair of…
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Boskalis to shed 650 jobs and 24 vessels
Royal Boskalis Westminster says it will make 650 employees redundant around the world and will take 24 vessels out of…
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Lloyd’s Register launches guidance for autonomous ship design
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched guidance that sets out six different autonomy levels (AL) that will form the basis for…
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Ports could benefit if UK eases sulphur regulations post-Brexit, says IBIA
Ports in Gibraltar and on the UK’s west coast may benefit if the UK eases regulations on sulphur emissions from…
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US issues strict new regulations on Arctic drilling
The US Department of Interior (DOI) has released new, stricter rules governing any future oil drilling activity in the US…
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Swiber faces $4.76m in claims
Singapore’s Swiber Holdings is facing outstanding letters of demand for a combined $4.76m from unidentified claimants. The Singapore-listed group is…
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ICS and ECSA reject proposed EU ship recycling licences
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) say ship recycling licences proposed by the…
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Shipbuilding output at least 30% above underlying demand: Stopford
News today that Beijing is looking to slimline its shipbuilding capacity further has been welcomed by one of the world’s…
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DSME accounting fraud: Senior management were paid bonuses totalling $420m
Investigators have revealed senior management paid out massive bonuses to each other during the period of acute accounting fraud from…
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Beijing to tighten shipyard regulation, reduce white list
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a bulletin asking for opinions on proposed new regulations for…
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V.Group: ‘Shipmanagers more relevant than ever’
“Shipmanagers are more relevant than ever right now,” argues the head of the world’s largest shipmanagement company in an exclusive…
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Pirate attack on a suezmax indicates possible ‘change of tactics’ in the Gulf of Guinea
The suezmax tanker Bouboulina was hit by pirates yesterday morning in the Gulf of Guinea to the southwest of the…
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Primorsk fleet sale approved
A bankruptcy judge in New York yesterday approved the $215m sale of Primorsk International Shipping fleet of nine ice class…
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Shareholders fight FMC Technologies
Scott+Scott, a US shareholder and consumer rights litigation firm, is investigating oil service equipment firm FMC Technologies. On March 28…
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BW Offshore awarded FPSO contract extension
BW Offshore has announced that CNR International (Cote D’Ivoire) has exercised the option to extend the fixed term on the…
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Prosafe amends and extends contract with Petrobras
Prosafe has announced that it has signed contract amendments and an extension with Petrobras Netherlands. The semi-submersible accommodation vessel Safe…
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Keppel secures new marine projects
Keppel Offshore & Marine has announced that its subsidiary yard Keppel Shipyard has secured four contracts worth a total of…
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Crew released after two years of detention in Nigeria
Eleven Indian seafarers have been reunited with their families after being imprisoned in Nigeria for two years. The tanker Maro…
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Complex challenges of mastering efficient shipping
Alexander Buchmann, CEO and founder of Hanseaticsoft, on the future of fleet management. Fleet management is a highly complex process,…
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