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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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Wallenius Wilhelmsen takes car carriers out of cold layup
Oslo-listed Wallenius Wilhelmsen has decided to reactivate up to nine of its 16 vessels that are currently in cold layup.…
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IRISL hit by further US sanctions
The United States has blacklisted 17 companies and one individual in connection with Iran’s metals industry in the latest round…
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My vow to help the lives of seafarers
Manish Singh, CEO of Ocean Technologies Group, outlines his new year’s resolutions to help improve the lot of seafarers, urging…
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Yang Ming sets up in France
Taiwanese shipping line Yang Ming Marine Transport has set up a new subsidiary with integrated shipping and logistics provider NAXCO Group in…
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Maritime Expert Ireland: Survey specialists
2020 was a challenging year for many in the maritime industry with shipping firms across a range of sectors facing…
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Korean naval forces arrive as tanker shipping faces up to the threat of more Iranian seizures
Korean naval forces have arrived near the Strait of Hormuz as dialogue gets underway to free the and its 20…
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Maritime UK appoints Sarah Kenny as its new chair
Maritime UK has announced the appointment of Sarah Kenny as its new chair, replacing Harry Theochari. Kenny, who is CEO of BMT…
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How to speed up weather routing
Dr Henry Chen, a retired naval architect, looks at where weather routing has gone wrong and how to improve it.…
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Korean tanker seized by Iranian forces
The South Korean-flagged handysize tanker was seized on Monday morning by Iranian forces while it transited the Strait of Hormuz.…
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Covid-19 variants spook Manila, crew change bans put in place
New strains of Covid-19 detected in the UK and South Africa are spooking immigration authorities around the world. The variants…
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Singapore tightens testing regime for shore-based personnel going onboard ships
In the wake of a marine surveyor and a harbour pilot testing positive for coronavirus last week having been onboard…
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Iraqis defuse mine on Dynacom suezmax
Bomb defusal experts successfully removed an explosive device stuck to the hull of a tanker near the Iraqi port of…
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Focus on our people in 2021
2020 threw more challenges at us in our professional and personal lives than we could ever have imagined and no…
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Sri Lanka’s offshore crew transit hub gains traction
A public-private partnership that has been approved by the Sri Lanka government to carry out crew changes through an offshore…
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Caliber8: Tech hires
Caliber8, a Singapore-based recruitment firm led by young founders and focusing on maritime, accounting and finance, is looking to disrupt…
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Boxship charter rates hit highs not seen since just before Lehman Brothers collapsed
Charter rates for box ships now stand at highs not seen since the summer before Lehman Brothers collapsed, according to…
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Sumitomo spins off its ship trading business
Effective April 1 next year Japanese trading house giant Sumitomo Corporation is spinning out its ship trading business to a…
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Nautilus demands Maersk end forced redundancies of Dutch seafarers
Independent trade union Nautilus International has demanded that Danish line Maersk ends forced redundancies on its Dutch flagged vessels. According to…
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Collaborative technologies for maritime transport at economies of scale
Mikael Lind and Almir Zerem from the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) are joined by Adam Roark and Michele Sancricca from AWS Transportation…
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