Operations
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S’hail Shipping adds another bulker to MaruKlav pool
S’hail Shipping has placed a sixth vessel into MaruKlav’s Baumarine Pool, adding the 2007-built panamax bulker which it recently acquired…
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China Merchants forms strategic partnership with China Minmetals
China Merchants Group has signed a framework agreement to form a strategic partnership with China Minmetals Corporation to start a…
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Cosco sells major stake in Cosco Shipping Leasing to state fund
Cosco Shipping Development has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Chengtong Fund Management to sell a 35.22%…
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HNA makes shipowning return with double cape swoop
HNA Technology, an investment vehicle of China’s HNA Group, has entered into an agreement with US-based investment firm Platinum Equity…
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ZIM’s Eli Glickman discusses shipping’s new normal in latest Maritime CEO magazine
2020’s final Maritime CEO issue sees Eli Glickman, CEO of Israeli carrier ZIM, on the cover. Glickman has presided over…
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BBG and Harren & Partner team up on bulkers
Bremer Bereederungsgesellschaft (BBG) and Harren & Partner are combining their fleets and networks in the bulker segment to form Harren…
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Two commendable aspects arising from the ONE Apus box collapse
It’s clearly the most talked about, eagerly viewed shipping story of the month, but there are two commendable things I’d…
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UN-backed green hydrogen moonshot aims to make fuel commercially viable by 2026
Seven big big names in renewables have clubbed together in a United Nations-backed moonshot to get green hydrogen prices down…
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Swedish consortium develops AI-powered ship operation support system
A group of Swedish technology entrepreneurs and academics have joined forces to accelerate the research and development of an artificial…
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Seacor Holdings sold to private equity for $1bn
Wall Street is losing another name in shipping. US transport and logistics firm Seacor Holdings has entered into a definitive…
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Battered ONE Apus moors at Kobe
The battered moored at the port of Kobe today. The full scale of the box spill that occurred eight days…
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Electronic bills of lading move ahead with new standards published
Bills of lading, among the most antiquated processes in the shipping industry, have been given the 21st century treatment today,…
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Scrubber 2.0: New carbon capture funnel unveiled
A Norwegian, Austrian team today unveiled scrubber 2.0, their version of a future funnel that can capture carbon among a…
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Car carriers rally
The car carrier sector has staged a more swift recovery than initially projected in the early stages of the pandemic,…
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Why this box spill ought to spur change
Captain Colin Smith was horrified last week on seeing the collapsed boxes strewn across the Japanese boxship, ONE Apus. For…
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Electric failure sparks ship mayhem at Algerian port
The 13-year-old, 1,100 teu suffered an electrical failure while unmooring at the Algerian port of Béjaïa, the ship rearing out…
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Xihe quartet placed into Maersk Tankers pools
Maersk Tankers has taken over the running of four product tankers owned by Singapore’s Xihe Holdings, which is currently under…
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Manila, Singapore seafarer safe corridor preparations progress
Singaporean authorities have green lighted hotel conditions in Manila as seafarer safe corridor preparations between the Philippines and the key…
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Insurers brace for big bill as ONE reveals 1,900 boxes lost at sea
Cargo insurers of the 14,000 teu are bracing for a big bill with Ocean Network Express (ONE) confirming that this…
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Drones come to the rescue in Covid battle at sea
Panagiotis Galanis reports on the the first transportation of rapid Covid tests for seafarers using drones. The ancient Greek poet…
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