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RSC Bio Solutions: Lube choices with IMO 2050 in mind
For more than 30 years, RSC Bio Solutions has been serving global marine fleets and heavy equipment with technologies including…
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A digital shipping industry deserves better than a noon report
Shipowners know they need better data, but many still don’t know where to start with digital solutions, writes Kashif Mahmood…
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Western Australia mulls turning away Covid ships
With cases rising of ships arriving in Western Australia with crew infected by coronavirus, local politicians are talking of turning…
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V.Group takes on 41 boxships from Costamare as part of expanded partnership
Shipmanagement and services giant V.Group has strengthened an exisiting partnership with Costamare in a move which will see it manage…
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Danes press ahead with development of a two-stroke, ammonia-fuelled engine
Innovation Fund Denmark, the Danish investment entity, has announced the establishment of a consortium to develop a two-stroke, ammonia-fuelled engine…
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Is all transparency good?
Signal Ocean COO, Dimitris Tsapoulis looks at the role of transparency in commercial shipping. Transparency seems to be the order…
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US blacklists Chinese companies for dealing with IRISL
The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities for dealings with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) in the…
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PDVSA deploys aframax to unload oil from stricken FSO
Venezuelan national oil company PDVSA has deployed an aframax tanker to participate in the unloading operations of the floating storage…
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DCSA works to standardise just-in-time port calls
The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) today published standard data definitions for port call processes, the first publication of the…
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Brightoil delisted from Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Chinese private energy company Brightoil Petroleum has announced that the company’s shares will be delisted from the Hong Kong Stock…
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Chinese crew wages leap during Covid
Chinese crew during Covid-19 have seen their wages leap, surpassing the monthly pay of key rival seafarer nations such as…
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LNG carrier crew member kidnapped in Equatorial Guinea
The 2003-built 138,000 cu m LNG carrier , owned by Golar LNG Partners, was boarded by pirates on Saturday while…
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Samsung Autonomous Ship makes landmark voyage
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has provided details of a successful remote-controlled ship voyage. The 38 m Samsung Autonomous…
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Parakou Shipping tanker boarded by pirates off Togo
Product tanker was boarded by pirates when it was sailing off the south of Lome, Togo on Friday. Maritime security…
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Eastern Pacific Shipping trialing biofuel solution on MR tanker
Singaporean owner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has appointed GoodFuels to supply biofuel bunkers for its 2010-built 47,377 dwt MR tanker .…
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Shipping urged to work with EU to develop new green framework
Rather than fighting regional environmental regulations, shipping ought to be at the centre, trying to shape them and influencing from…
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Greek master cops $65,000 fine over New Diamond blaze
The Greek master of the badly burnt VLCC was fined $65,000 at Colombo’s High Court yesterday. The captain, Sterio Ilias,…
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Weekly Broker: Tanker bargains to be had
The tanker S&P market saw ample volume of activities this past week despite the prolonged uninspiring trend noted in the…
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Wind-assist technology is ready and waiting for IMO to set tough CO2 rules
Nico van der Kolk from Dutch engineering consultancy Blue WASP hopes wind will be discussed at length as regulators sit…
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Antong administrator signs restructuring deal with China Merchants and AVIC Trust
The administrators of Chinese domestic container shipping major Antong Holdings has officially signed with Fujian Zhaohang Logistics Management to conduct a…
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