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Manila creates dedicated ‘green lane’ for seafarers
The government in the Philippines, the world’s top crewing hub, is creating a green lane for seafarers to finally speed…
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Weekly Broker: Contrasting fortunes
The dry bulk S&P market maintained a healthy volume of transactions for yet another week with increasing interests across all…
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British start-up attempts to bring steam power back to shipping
A British start-up called Steamology is trying to bring steam power back to shipping. However, the key difference for this…
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Cases of suicide at sea leap as details of key crew change summit emerge
July 9 is the date for the UK-convened summit on crew changes, which will engage stakeholders from across the world,…
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Why algorithms beat experts (even in shipping)
Though many of us like to think we know a bit about wine, there are only a few hundred true…
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DNV GL claims world has passed peak CO2 emissions
Covid-19 has hastened the decline in global carbon dioxide emissions – with 2019 set to be the year of peak…
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Nautilus Labs forms partnership to shift datasets from ship to shore
The American shipping artificial intelligence leader Nautilus Labs has teamed with fuel consumption specialist Insatech Marine to jointly deliver end-to-end instrumentation and…
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Norwegian flag to allow bareboat charter registration and deregistration
In a bid to become more competitive, the Norwegian Maritime Authority has announced that it is making regulatory amendments to allow…
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StormGeo: ‘We want to get everyone looking at the shipping universe from the same perspective’
StormGeo, a Bergen-based weather intelligence provider, has plans to establish a shared platform with ports, ships, shippers all sharing the…
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Norsepower to install tiltable rotor sails on Sea-Cargo vessel
Finnish auxiliary wind propulsion system provider Norsepower has entered into an agreement with Sea-Cargo, a logistics provider in the North…
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Australia cracks down on crew changes
Australia is cracking down on ships where seafarers are working beyond their original contract lengths. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority…
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Captain Harry Subramaniam, India’s great seafarer mentor, dies from Covid-19
One of the most influential people in Indian seafarer training circles died early today from Covid-19. Tributes have been paid…
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BIMCO launches Covid-19 crew change clause
International shipping association BIMCO has launched a special Covid-19 crew change clause for time charter parties. The new clause is…
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Dutch Safety Board delivers MSC Zoe verdict
The Dutch Safety Board yesterday urged large containerships to avoid using a shipping channel through an environmentally sensitive, shallow sea…
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Class NK’s Fujiwara becomes IACS chair
Class NK’s Koichi Fujiwara has been elected as the next chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), taking…
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Ocean Technologies Group takes over Marlins
Rapidly growing Ocean Technologies Group has added maritime English testing to its array of learning products, buying Marlins from V.Group. …
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European consortium bids to fast track commercial pathway to climate neutral methanol
A consortium of European maritime research and technology firms have launched the FASTWATER project to demonstrate the feasibility of retrofit…
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UK to convene international crew change summit
Marking the International Day of the Seafarer, the UK government has today announced it will host the first international summit…
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Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping opens in Copenhagen
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping was opened today in Copenhagen, featuring some of the biggest names…
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The nurse who decided to go to sea
Women working at sea are a rarity. A woman captaining a merchant ship rarer still. So with today marking the…
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