Operations
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Equinor’s FPSO hit by fire at Norwegian yard
A fire broke out on Wednesday at Equinor’s floating production vessel Johan Castberg, which is currently docked at Aker Solutions’…
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JP Morgan snaps up railcar lease firm InStar
Institutional investors, advised by JP Morgan’s Global Transportation group, have acquired the US-based freight railcar leasing company InStar from Sightway…
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Spat between Canadian maritime unions goes public
An ugly spat between two maritime trade unions in Canada has gone public. The president of the International Longshore Workers’…
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Tons of Russian timber wash ashore
A big clear-up is underway at a remote Russian village in the far east of the country after many tons…
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SK Shipping and Sinokor sign up for autonomous technology
South Korean shipowners SK Shipping and Sinokor Merchant Marine are taking autonomous shipping to the next level, investing in advanced…
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Food at sea: changing menus
Marine Catering Training Consultancy (MCTC) CEO Christian Ioannou reflects on how the industry has evolved over the past decade as…
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Louisiana oil spill as tank platform collapses
An oil tank platform collapsed at the Hilcorp Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana, on Monday, spilling thousands of…
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Singapore authorities arrest 10 men for illegal MGO transaction
Ten men have been arrested in Singapore for their suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil (MGO).…
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Maersk Project Logistics to launch with acquisition of Martin Bencher Group
Cash-rich A.P. Moller – Maersk has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company for…
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Informa sells Lloyd’s List
Events organiser Informa has finally found a buyer to take its maritime intelligence side of the business off its hands.…
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Ships tread carefully along the Taiwan Strait
Ships have been warned to tread carefully when entering one of the world’s busiest waterways, the scene this week of…
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Campaign to check on STCW compliance will commence in September
A new concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) has been announced by the Paris and Tokyo MOUs (Memoranda of Understandings), specifically focusing…
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Innovation competition launches to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion
Thome, Hafnia, Anglo American, RightShip, Rio Tinto, and Wilhelmsen have joined forces to launch the Maritime Diversity, Equity & Inclusion…
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MOL initiates joint study on marine fuel
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced the launch of a joint study on bunker fuel with the country’s National…
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World Maritime University seeks seafarer opinion on working hours
The World Maritime University (WMU) is calling all seafarers to participate in a survey on hours of work/rest, workload, and…
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Morale at sea on the rise post-covid
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published yesterday by The Mission to Seafarers, reveals that seafarer happiness levels are recovering,…
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Researchers develop new way to estimate wave resistance
Sea waves can impede the speed and performance, as well as increase the fuel consumption of ships travelling on the…
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Smile like you mean it
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index on the rise of grin washing. You have probably heard the…
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Inchcape expands footprint in Belgium with takeover of Kennedy Hunter from Conti-Lines
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has agreed to acquire port agency Kennedy Hunter in Belgium from Conti-Lines Group.…
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BW LPG buys trading operations from Vilma Oil
Singapore’s BW LPG is expanding its product services division with the acquisition of the LPG trading operations from Spain’s Vilma…
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