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Maersk takes over KGH Customs Services
AP Moller-Maersk has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Bridgepoint Development Capital to acquire KGH Customs Services…
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Grimaldi ro-ro runs aground at Olbia
Grimaldi-controlled ro-ro ship ran aground while entering the port of Olbia in Italy early morning on Saturday. The ship, arriving…
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Five crew kidnapped from PIL multipurpose vessel
The 2013-built 27,000 dwt multipurpose cargo vessel has been boarded by armed pirates offshore Cotonou of Benin in West Africa.…
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Hyundai Glovis seals five-year transportation contract with Volkswagen
Hyundai Glovis, the auto shipping unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has signed a five-year KRW2bn ($432m) maritime transport…
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Cosco sets up corporate university in Qingdao
Chinese state-run shipping conglomerate Cosco Shipping Group has inaugurated a corporate university in Qingdao for shipping talent development. The Cosco…
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BW Offshore FPSO attacked by pirates off Nigeria, nine workers kidnapped
BW Offshore has announced that FPSO was attacked by pirates this morning around 4:20am local time offshore Nigeria. The pirates…
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Manila creates dedicated ‘green lane’ for seafarers
The government in the Philippines, the world’s top crewing hub, is creating a green lane for seafarers to finally speed…
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Weekly Broker: Contrasting fortunes
The dry bulk S&P market maintained a healthy volume of transactions for yet another week with increasing interests across all…
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Abu Sayyaf restarts kidnap-for-ransom at sea campaign
The Philippine Coast Guard is warning a faction of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is hunting vessels in Southeast Asia…
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British start-up attempts to bring steam power back to shipping
A British start-up called Steamology is trying to bring steam power back to shipping. However, the key difference for this…
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Cases of suicide at sea leap as details of key crew change summit emerge
July 9 is the date for the UK-convened summit on crew changes, which will engage stakeholders from across the world,…
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Why algorithms beat experts (even in shipping)
Though many of us like to think we know a bit about wine, there are only a few hundred true…
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DNV GL claims world has passed peak CO2 emissions
Covid-19 has hastened the decline in global carbon dioxide emissions – with 2019 set to be the year of peak…
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Nautilus Labs forms partnership to shift datasets from ship to shore
The American shipping artificial intelligence leader Nautilus Labs has teamed with fuel consumption specialist Insatech Marine to jointly deliver end-to-end instrumentation and…
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Norwegian flag to allow bareboat charter registration and deregistration
In a bid to become more competitive, the Norwegian Maritime Authority has announced that it is making regulatory amendments to allow…
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StormGeo: ‘We want to get everyone looking at the shipping universe from the same perspective’
StormGeo, a Bergen-based weather intelligence provider, has plans to establish a shared platform with ports, ships, shippers all sharing the…
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Norsepower to install tiltable rotor sails on Sea-Cargo vessel
Finnish auxiliary wind propulsion system provider Norsepower has entered into an agreement with Sea-Cargo, a logistics provider in the North…
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Australia cracks down on crew changes
Australia is cracking down on ships where seafarers are working beyond their original contract lengths. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority…
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Captain Harry Subramaniam, India’s great seafarer mentor, dies from Covid-19
One of the most influential people in Indian seafarer training circles died early today from Covid-19. Tributes have been paid…
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BIMCO launches Covid-19 crew change clause
International shipping association BIMCO has launched a special Covid-19 crew change clause for time charter parties. The new clause is…
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