Operations
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A practical way to deal with the shameful maltreatment of 600,000 people
We can’t go on like this. We all know it. The frequency of silly little accidents that pop up in…
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Operation to find Gulf Livestock 1’s VDR on the cards
New Zealand’s minister of foreign affairs, Winston Peters, has backed calls to mount an operation to retrieve the voyage data…
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Burnt New Diamond VLCC patched up
The hole in one of the bunker compartments of the burnt out VLCC has been plugged, a deballasting operation concluded,…
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Maersk Etienne crisis ends
A 38-day standoff onboard Maersk Tankers vessel has ended for 27 refugees, who transferred to charity rescue ship Mare Jonio…
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Giant MSC boxship takes out crane at Valencia
A crane operator was injured yesterday when part of the arm of a crane fell into the waters of the…
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IEA predicts ammonia will eventually become shipping’s dominant fuel
The International Energy Agency has released a new long-term energy transition forecast, drilling down into individual industrial sectors, with ammonia…
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Families of the missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew urge authorities to resume search operation
Families of the missing crew on the sunk have urged authorities to resume their search and rescue operations. The Gulf…
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Salvors struggle to patch bunker leak on stricken VLCC off Sri Lanka
Salvors are still trying to patch a leak in one of the bunker compartments of the burnt VLCC. The New…
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MSC Gayane crewmember provides details about the largest cocaine bust in US history
A Montenegrin ship’s electrician pled guilty yesterday to narcotics conspiracy charges, becoming the third crewmember from the to admit their…
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Liners strike out at EU’s green shipping plans
Washington-based container shipping lobbying group, the World Shipping Council (WSC), has published a paper highlighting serious concerns for maritime trade and…
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Scrubber 2.0: Re-thinking conventional wisdom
With the shipping industry facing the most intense and rapidly changing environmental regulations in its history, vessel owners and operators…
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Flag states attacked for weak stance on crew change
The crew change crisis shows no sign of abating, still affecting some 600,000 seafarers either stranded at sea or waiting…
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Search for missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew ends
The search off southern Japan for the missing crew from the has been called off. The converted livestock carrier was…
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FSO Safer – a ticking bomb
Author Carlos Luxul flinches at the dangerous prospect of a severe disaster off Yemen. An environmental time bomb is ticking…
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Windward’s new AI offering aims to root out ‘questionable business partners’
Shipping is often lambasted for its shady practices and lack of transparency. It’s an issue the shipping industry has long…
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Weekly Broker: VLCCs bottom out
The sale and purchase market in both the dry and wet sectors had a dull week with no segment showing…
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Poor seamanship cited in Wakashio investigations
The Panama Maritime Authority has hit out at the level of seamanship onboard the Anglo-Eastern crew managed in the hours…
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Bunker spill detected from burnt VLCC off Sri Lanka
Adam Polemis’s New Shipping and his recently selected P&I Club are facing a sizeable bill for the ongoing operation to…
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Cypriot shipping entrepreneur fights to clear his name from Beirut port blast
Charalambos Manoli, the Cypriot shipping entrepreneur, has hired a local communications consultancy to try and clear his name from links…
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What’s coming next and why it matters
With no end in sight to the crew change crisis and uncertainty surrounding the return to whatever normality looks like…
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