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Why the shipping industry should not fear transparency
Stefan Kukman, founder and CEO of CargoX, writes exclusively for Splash today, explaining to readers some of the intricacies of…
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Seafarers face increased checks as coronavirus spreads across the world
Seafarers who have called in China in recent weeks and are seeking shore leave at ports across much of Asia…
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Fire hits BW Dry Cargo’s first ship
A fire disabled a UK-flagged kamsarmax in the early hours of this morning off the Gulf of Aden. The fire…
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Pools resurface with shipping swimming in data
Dr Roar Adland, shipping professor at the Norwegian School of Economics, writes for Splash on the sudden return of shipping…
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Weekly Broker: Boxship sales return
The sale and purchase market was again dominated by tanker sales this past week, while there was also a noticeable…
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New dangerous goods packing guidelines published in fight against boxship fires
In the latest bid to fight the scourge of containership fires, insurance mutuals UK P&I and TT Club have published…
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The landside challenge of decarbonisation
Halving the maritime industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 extends far beyond ships and their propulsion systems. It means getting…
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Port of Karachi bans open-loop scrubbers
The Port of Karachi in Pakistan has become the latest authority to ban discharging washwater from open-loop scrubbers. According to…
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EU funds two autonomous ship projects
Scandinavian tech firm Kongsberg has detailed plans to install and test autonomous technology on two vessels in different operational environments.…
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Marubeni and Klaveness combine panamax bulker pools
Japan’s Marubeni and Norway’s Klaveness have set up a jointly owned pool management company, Maruklav Management, to combine the MG…
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Shipping reacts to $1,000,000,000,000 decarbonisation bill
Shipping will need far greater collaboration, both among existing players as well as with governments and land-based business partners, to…
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China Merchants acquires dry bulk and LNG shipping assets of Sinotrans
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the energy shipping unit of China Merchants Group, has announced a plan to acquire the…
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Pablo Rodas-Martini: Strategic thinking when it comes to IMO 2020
Among his many passions, Pablo Rodas-Martini is a mean player at chess. This tactical, often attritional, way of thinking and…
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Low sulphur fuel found to have higher black carbon emissions than HSFO
Mandated into law for less than three weeks and very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), shipping’s new number one bunkering…
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Scrubber-fitted capes speed up in first weeks of the new year
The largest bulk carriers afloat are moving at different speeds depending on whether or not they have a scrubber fitted.…
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19 crew abducted from Union Maritime tanker released, one dead
The crew abducted from Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker last month have been released, however one of the crew members died…
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Wah Kwong and Stone Shipping latest additions to CTM’s Supramax RSA
John Michael Radziwill’s C Transport Maritime finished 2019 with a flurry, announcing that it has two new owners joining its…
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Weekly Broker: Bargain hunters in search of January sales
The sale and purchase activities for secondhand dry bulk vessels have picked up in the second week of 2020 with…
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Crowley rings the changes
US-based Crowley Maritime Corp has realigned its marine services organisation and introduced new leadership. Crowley Marine Services will now be…
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Citing climate change, Panama Canal institutes $10,000 fresh water surcharge
Acknowledging the climate crisis, the Panama Canal Authority is adding a $10,000 fresh water surcharge for all transits of vessels…
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