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Certainty is absurd
Bureau Veritas’s Nick Brown helmed a Mare Forum debate on Friday that got him thinking about Voltaire and Star Trek.…
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Unions ready to take action as crewing deadline passes
Today marks the deadline for what was described in May as the final day before crews working beyond their stipulated…
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Research questions the validity of slow steaming’s green claims
Three shipping professors have revisited the science behind slow steaming and are questioning the validity of the green claims championed…
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Maritime’s new normal as seen from the C-suite
Jorn Annweiler from advisory firm Maritime Partners shares a few findings from a just published research study on the Covid-19…
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Nippon Foundation brings Japan Inc together to lead autonomous shipping debate
Japan Inc is coming together to try and provide leadership in the domain of autonomous shipping. The Nippon Foundation, a…
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Time to invest in our common bond
Budrus Laivas tackles the Blacks Lives Matter protests in the context of shipping. Our common bond is our human experience…
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ESL Shipping adopts biogas fuel for bulk carrier
Finnish bulk carrier operator ESL Shipping has announced that company has adopted renewable liquefied biogas (LBG) to fuel one of…
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Stellar Banner scuttling caught on dramatic video
The four-year-old giant sank to the bottom of the Atlantic today, its departure to the ocean floor captured on video.…
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New Zealand makes crew change concessions
New Zealand, one of the countries with the best records in tackling the coronavirus pandemic, is making changes to its…
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New study stresses shipping must retrofit today rather than count on next generation of vessels to meet carbon targets
New climate research has stated that urgent action on emissions from existing ships is the key to tackling shipping’s impact…
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Euronav lashes ‘lethargic’ international response to the humanitarian crisis at sea
Euronav, one of the world’s largest tanker operators, has hit out at the “lethargic” reaction by many governments around the…
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IMO and UNCTAD reiterate urgent crew repatriation message
Two UN bodies yesterday repeated urgent calls to quickly resolve the humanitarian crisis unfolding on ships across the world, stressing…
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Carriers urged to follow the digital path created by banks
In the 14 months since he moved to Amsterdam as the founding CEO of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA),…
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Germany paves way for green hydrogen future
After six months of inter-ministerial debates, and two weeks of last minute haggling, the German government finally adopted its national…
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Wah Kwong takes next step in shipmanagement drive with Shenzhen office opening
Wah Kwong, a bluechip name in Hong Kong shipowning circles, today takes another stride in its business strategy to serve…
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Weekly Broker: Activity picks up
The secondhand dry bulk sale and purchase market has seen a pickup of activities in the past week with improved…
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RINA performs world’s first statutory and class surveys using live streaming remote technologies
Italian class society RINA has successfully carried out the world’s first statutory and associated class intermediate surveys with the use…
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Canada positions itself as crew change hub
Canada is positioning itself as a crew change hub with public and private sectors coming together to make the movement…
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Great Eastern looks to enter the third-party shipmanagement business
India’s largest private shipowner is planning to branch out into third-party shipmanagement. The board of Great Eastern Shipping has approved…
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Artificial intelligence and algorithms bring drone inspection breakthrough
A drone has successfully inspected a 19.4 meter high oil tank onboard a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel. The…
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