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Ocean Alliance members extend cooperation to 2027

January 18th, 20190 The member companies of the Ocean Alliance - CMA CGM, Evergreen Line, Cosco and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), have agreed to extend their cooperation through...

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Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade

January 18th, 20192 The voyage data recorder (VDR) – shipping’s black box – could become a blockchain box with news from Singapore of a landmark agreement to take this vital data to a...

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Bureau Veritas reveals Donche-Gay’s successor

January 18th, 20190 French classification society Bureau Veritas has announced the appointment of Matthieu de Tugny as executive vice-president of the group to lead the marine and offshore...

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Crowded Hong Kong details new go slow areas for ships

January 17th, 20191 Hong Kong is making more efforts to improve ship navigation safety in its crowded waters, with plans to add eight more speed limit areas. During a maritime safety...

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Weekly Broker: Dry bulk sales hit traditional January slowdown

January 17th, 20190 The pallid state of the dry bulk market has managed to scare off some buyers in the sale and purchase market in the past few days. Heading in a different direction,...

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Landmark shipping automation study suggests seafarer numbers will double by 2040

January 16th, 20190 For all the fear crew have about their jobs being lost to automation, a new 170-page report from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the World...

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Trade unionists hit out as Australian crews lose seafaring jobs

January 16th, 20190 Trade unionists have acted with predictable ire down under following the news that miner BHP and BlueScope Steel have cancelled a domestic shipping contract, leaving...

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On land but not quite ashore: new film highlights the in-between world of seafarer centres

January 16th, 20190 A new short film details the lives of crew making a brief call to a seafarers’ centre in the UK, showing viewers the in-between world of a shipping rest stop where...

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Rigid sails for modern ships – it’s unlikely to be all plain sailing

January 15th, 20192 Greg Atkinson from Japan’s Eco Marine Power on the growing interest in wind power among shipowners today. Recently there has been a relative surge in interest...

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Two more tugs deployed to assist Yantian Express

January 15th, 20190 The fire onboard Hapag-Lloyd's 7,500 teu containership is still burning, and another two tugboats have been deployed to assist with firefighting and towage operations...

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‘Loose speculation’ obscuring benefits of scrubbers

January 15th, 20190 Ian Adams, formerly the head of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), has been tapped by an influential pro-scrubber body to become the group’s...

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Simpson Spence Young appoints US head of tankers

January 15th, 20190 London-based shipbroking house Simpson Spence Young has announced the appointment of Kevin Wise, former president and CEO of Mjølner Shipping, as head of its US tankers...

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ZIM readies the end of paper bills of ladings

January 15th, 20190 Israeli containerline continues to build its credentials in the world of blockchain moving ever closer to bidding farewell to the centuries old paper bill of...

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Danish flag enjoys banner growth in 2018

January 14th, 20190 The Danish International Ship Register (DIS) grew by a quarter in 2018, marking it out as the fastest growing flag in the world in terms of percentage growth. Among...

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Campaign launched to get Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to intervene in horrific crew abandonment case

January 14th, 20191 A campaign has been launched on change.org to put pressure on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, to intervene in a horrific case of crew...

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Pertamina tanker slams into side of pipelay vessel anchored off Bintan

January 14th, 20191 Hong Kong flagged 2002-built product tanker T-boned 2012-built pipelay vessel Star Centurion east of the Singapore Strait entrance around 10 nautical miles...

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MSC Zoe cleanup encounters more problems

January 14th, 20191 Stormy weather continues to hamper efforts to clean up boxes from the in the North Sea. A total of 281 containers fell off the huge boxship on January 2, sparking...

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Gard issues warning on scrubber ban proliferation
Gard P&I has published an eye-opening map (see below) of places around the world it believes... Jan 18th, 2019 inEnvironment
Manila broadens discussions with overseas firms to acquire bust Hanjin Subic
Authorities in the Philippines are determined to give Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction... Jan 18th, 2019 inShipyards
Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade
The voyage data recorder (VDR) – shipping’s black box – could become a blockchain box with... Jan 18th, 2019 inTech
Nick Elliott: Shipping thriller trilogy
In need of some weekend reading? Well then, marine claims investigator Angus McKinnon is back in... Jan 18th, 2019 inMaritime CEO
Maersk starts random box checks in latest bid to stamp out scourge of misdeclared cargoes
In a bid to stamp out misdeclared cargoes, Maersk has started carrying out random container checks... Jan 17th, 2019 inContainers

Algoma acquires Oldendorff bulker trio in CSL pool

North’s post-Brexit Irish subsidiary up and running

Saipem awarded $1.3bn worth of offshore contracts by Saudi Armanco

CMA CGM bids adieu to the MacAndrews brand

Algoma acquires Oldendorff bulker trio in CSL pool

Seacor Marine acquires three more PSVs from Cosco

Ocean Infinity awarded Petrobras survey work

Dole books reefer boxship pair at CSSC Chengxi

Saipem awarded $1.3bn worth of offshore contracts by Saudi Armanco

ADNOC acquires boxship from Celsius Shipping

Oman Shipping Company in for four DSME VLCCs

ZIM readies the end of paper bills of ladings

Manila broadens discussions with overseas firms to acquire bust Hanjin Subic

Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade

BW completes Hafnia merger

Oshima markets rare 2019 bulker resale

Nord/LB files court case against Brightoil

Bureau Veritas reveals Donche-Gay’s successor

Shanghai Bestway chairman fails to sell his shares again

Last Union Rich Shipping vessel sold at auction

Gard issues warning on scrubber ban proliferation