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Suez Canal Authority to blame for Ever Given’s high speed: UK P&I Club
The insurer of the giant, 20,388 teu has fired back in the ongoing compensation battle to get the ship freed.…
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Elcome International: Onboard service calls in a pandemic
Jimmy Grewal, executive director of Elcome International, chats with Maritime CEO today about how the pandemic has changed onboard service…
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D’Amico gets into biofuels
D’Amico is stepping up its decarbonisation game to test biofuel blends on board its LR1 product tankers. For the purpose…
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Sri Lanka braces for bunker tank breach as X-Press Pearl comes to rest in shallow waters
Sri Lankan authorities have reached out to India for urgent assistance with booms, skimmers and oil dispersants being readied in…
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Inflatable sails to star on new Michelin vessel
French tire manufacturer Michelin has rolled out a new solution designed to boost the decarbonisation of shipping. The Wing Sail…
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Braemar and Westwood see OSV owners facing tough market
The offshore support vessel market continues to face a utilisation challenge, despite forecasted demand recovery this year, according to joint…
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Brazil requires foreign seafarers to quarantine to contain new Covid variants
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency, Anvisa, recommended to the government last week that foreign seafarers entering the country lose their…
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Charred remains of the X-Press Pearl sinking off Colombo
With white smoke still billowing from its foredeck, the 2,700 teu , not yet four months old, started to sink…
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Seafarers – scum of the earth
Former Wallem boss Frank Coles writes for Splash today. Exasperated at the treatment of seafarers, he suggests a two-week global…
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Nordic consortium makes the case for green ammonia-powered vessels
The Nordic Green Ammonia-Powered Ship (NoGAPS) consortium has released the results of its study for a green ammonia-powered 21,000 cu…
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Erdogan vows to start construction of controversial Istanbul canal this month
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted construction of a long-planned canal linking the Black Sea and the Sea of…
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Peninsula: Beyond petroleum
Like other companies with a history of selling fossil fuels, bunkering specialist Peninsula has had a rebrand, ditching the world…
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Protests add to congestion woes at Hamburg forcing carriers to drop calls
Shipping companies, such as Maersk and MSC, are rerouting thier ships from Hamburg as a result of high yard density…
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China Nav comes out in favour of Marshall Islands’ carbon tax proposal, readies first sail-assisted newbuild
China Navigation is to sign for a revolutionary sail-assisted newbuild this month as part of a package of green measures…
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The commercialisation of port call optimisation
Emma Mark from Intelligent Cargo Systems describes her version of shipping utopia. I have something to confess. I am, and…
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Equinor sanctions $8bn Brazilian oilfield project
Equinor and its partners ExxonMobil, Petrogal Brasil and Pré-sal Petróleo (PPSA) have decided to develop phase one of the Bacalhau…
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Ever Given compensation battle stretches into June
A court hearing was postponed on Saturday as the two sides in the ongoing saga in Egypt edge closer to…
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Sri Lanka readies to sue owners of the fire-struck X-Press Pearl
A criminal investigation is underway over the fire on the ship, with all crew set to be interviewed. Sri Lankan…
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Nationwide seafarer vaccination programme launches in India
India’s Maritime Association of Shipowners Shipmanagers and Agents (MASSA) on Monday said it will launch a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive…
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Australia dishes out a record three-year ban to Aswan bulk carrier
Australian authorities have issued a record ban to the owners of Panama-flagged bulk carrier , preventing the vessel from entering…
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