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Engine oil pressure cited in Maersk Eindhoven accident
Maersk has provided further details of its latest box spill mishap. The 13,100 teu experienced a loss of engine propulsion…
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Wakashio master: ‘I was under the influence of alcohol’
Further bombshells have been unearthed in the ongoing court proceedings looking into the grounding off Mauritius. Senior personnel including the…
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Eleven new cases of crew abandonment in opening weeks of 2021
While this week has seen some hard fought crew abandonment cases come to a merciful close there’s no sign that…
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Maersk Eindhoven makes for Asian port
The is making for an Asian port, having turned around off Japan and lost 260 containers overboard during a storm…
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Lifting the fog around shore-side electricity
Boris Stolz, a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, on a landmark study looking at how and where…
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Crew care app launches
A group of maritime entities have joined forces to build a digital platform aimed at improving the emotional well-being of…
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Solomon Islands hit by another big oil spill
Two years since authorities were confronted with a major bunker spill, the government of the Solomon Islands is facing another…
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen details plans for a 7,000 unit wind-powered roro
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has provided more details of plans to build the world’s first full scale wind-powered roro. The 7,000 unit…
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North Korean hackers charged in ship cryptocurrency plot
US federal authorities have indicted three North Korean computer hackers for conducting a series of cyberattacks including attempts to steal…
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MOL to merge marine and engineering units
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced its plan to merge wholly owned subsidiaries MOL Marine and MOL Engineering. The…
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IMO and WISTA launch Women In Maritime survey
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) have launched the first ever survey…
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Maersk will operate the world’s first carbon neutral containership by 2023 in big methanol breakthrough
Maersk today officially fast-tracked its decarbonisation plans, with a methanol-fuelled 2,000 teu feeder vessel set to be ordered this year…
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Wakashio captain takes aim at his chief officer
There’s a clear spat developing at a court in Mauritius between the captain of the Wakashio bulk carrier and his…
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Seafarer shortage warning post-pandemic
The global crew change crisis could lead to a shortage of seafarers if exhausted crew choose to leave the shipping…
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Charterers and owners come under renewed pressure to resolve China coal carrier crewing crisis
Charterers and shipowners are coming under renewed pressure to stump up cash to alleviate the anguish and monotony of the…
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Wakashio captain back in court as stern removal operations get underway
Nearly six months on from its grounding in pristine waters off Mauritius salvage operations to remove the stern of the…
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Merchant fleet hits 100,000-ship milestone
This month the global merchant fleet of vessels above 100 gt has reached the 100,000-ship milestone for the first time,…
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Italian shipowner arrested over hit and run trawler incident off Sicily
The Italian shipowner Raffaele Brullo, head and founder of the Augusta Due shipping company, has been placed under house arrest…
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3 crew dead after fire hits Greatship PSV off Mumbai
Three seafarers have been found dead after a fire hit the Greatship-owned platform supply vessel on Saturday. The vessel, on…
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15 crew hostages freed
Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea were freed in Nigeria late last week…
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