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Fatal incident onboard BW Offshore FPSO, two dead
BW Offshore has announced that an incident occurred onboard its FPSO operating on the Espoir field offshore the Ivory Coast. The…
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Charterers under pressure to resolve Chinese coal carrier impasse
Charterers are coming under pressure to resolve the dry bulk standoff on China’s coastline that has stranded more than 1,100…
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Gulf of Guinea becomes this decade’s Somalia as kidnapping cases soar
The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s annual piracy report recorded an increase of piracy and armed robbery…
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Interpol seeks captain and owner of the ship linked to Beirut port blast
Interpol has issued red notices for the captain and owner of the ship that carried the ammonia nitrate which obliterated…
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Weekly Broker: Cape rally leads the markets
The dry bulk S&P market has had a positive start of the year with plenty of transactions taking place across…
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Maersk and The Ocean Cleanup extend partnership
Dutch environmental organisation The Ocean Cleanup and AP Moller-Maersk have extended their relationship by three more years. The organisation’s mission…
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First Steamship joins Baurmarine pool
Baumarine by MaruKlav, the panamax pool managed by Klaveness and Marubeni, has welcomed Taiwan’s First Steamship as its latest member.…
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DNV jettisons GL branding
Norwegian class society DNV GL is finally simplifying its branding. Just over seven years on from the merger between Det…
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Urgent advice as cases of suicide at sea continue to climb
Suicide among today’s seafarers is on the increase and is being fuelled as much by the negative aftermath of the…
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All 22 crew rescued as bulk carrier sinks in the Philippine Sea
A Taiwanese fishing vessel rescued all 22 crew from a Panama-flagged bulk carrier which sank this morning in the Philippine…
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LNG as a fuel through to 2050
Peter Keller, SEA-LNG chairman, writes for Splash today 2020 was a year of tough choices for everyone in shipping. But…
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Maritme tech 2021: How to future-proof investments
Has it ever been harder for shipowners to know what assets to buy? Splash seeks out some investment advice. With…
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Virtual interactions are testing our Sitzfleisch
Banu Kannu, co-founder of uncommon conferences, on how to make for meaningful gatherings in 2021. It’s fair to say most…
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Maritime tech 2021: Optimisation still leads the agenda
What will be the biggest influences on maritime technology in year two of the pandemic? Splash investigates. Operational optimisation is…
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Seafarer jumps ship, charged with breaking Covid-19 protocols in Western Australia
A Vietnamese seafarer who jumped ship in Albany and swam to shore over the weekend created headlines and a Covid-19…
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Shipmanagement 2021: What clients want
What’s the most important things shipping companies are asking third party managers today? Splash investigates. Yesterday our shipmanagement 2021 preview…
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LNG carriers embark on historic Arctic voyage
Early next week an historic moment in Arctic navigation will take place when two LNG carriers cross paths near the…
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Australia bans Drako Shipping livestock carrier for two years
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the 1993-built livestock carrier from entering Australian waters for 24 months, the…
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Shipmanagement 2021: Covid and the lost generation of quality crew
In the first of a two-part preview of shipmanagement priorities in 2021, the world’s top shipmanagers discuss crew welfare and…
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Building a future with autonomous shipping
Alexander Pinskiy, head of industry association MARINET, explains the long-term vision of the a-Navigation (autonomous navigation) project, its use in…
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