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Cosco and China Mobile form 5G partnership
China Cosco Shipping Corporation and China Mobile signed a strategic collaboration agreement in Beijing on Friday. Under the agreement, the…
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All British ships told to avoid Strait of Hormuz
All British ships have been told by the UK government to avoid transiting the Strait of Hormuz for an indefinite…
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Iran arrests tanker while US shoots down drone over Hormuz
The tense situation in and around the Strait of Hormuz remains a huge concern for world shipping with Iranian media…
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Ove Meyer steps back from operational management of Zeaborn
German owner/operator Zeaborn has announced that its co-founder, Ove Meyer, has resigned as managing director from all operating Zeaborn and…
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Keith Denholm joins Heidmar
Pankaj Khanna has pulled off his first coup as CEO of George Economou’s pool operator and services company Heidmar with…
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Weekly Broker: Soaring bulk fortunes spark record sales week
As the sentiment in the dry bulk market continues to strengthen, the investors’ confidence in secondhand tonnage has been greatly…
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Arrested OSV does a runner in the Caribbean
An intriguing legal case is brewing in the Caribbean with an offshore support vessel on the run. The – registered…
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MarPoll: Shipping and millennials
Is shipping worse than other industries at attracting and retaining millennials? The question is one of eight posed in the…
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Global decarbonisation agenda could see huge swathe of merchant fleet become stranded assets
Tanker owners have been given a stark warning today that potential radical global decarbonisation agendas could see tanker demand fall…
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10 Turkish sailors kidnapped off Nigeria
Ten Turkish sailors were taken hostage by armed pirates who attacked a Turkish-flagged ship off the coast of Nigeria, the…
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Reframing the 2020 operational debate
Cassandra Higham from Castrol gives the big picture viewpoint on the impending sulphur cap. Very soon we will be measuring…
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Maersk Tankers adds returned vessel to handy pool
Maersk Tankers has placed 2003-built chemical/products tanker into the Maersk Tankers handy pool. The vessel has been returned to Maersk…
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US and Canada crack down on Asian gypsy moths entering port
North American authorities have told ship operators to step up their searches for Asian gypsy moths (AGM) or risk being…
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Japan mulls changing its constitution in order to protect oil supplies through Hormuz
Japanese politicians spent Sunday debating whether the country’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops should take part in a US-proposed coalition to…
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Feeder boxship brings down crane at Indonesian port
Feeder boxship defied its name yesterday, slamming into a pier and bringing down a gantry crane at Indonesia’s Semarang Port.…
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Scorpio orders scrubbers for 23 more ships
Emanuele Lauro’s Scorpio Group has ordered an additional 23 scrubbers from Pacific Green technologies for bulker and tankers it owns…
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Hapag-Lloyd tests ship painting robots
Hapag-Lloyd has been testing ship painting by robots on nine of its ships. In shipyards in Hamburg, Marseilles and most…
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BP tanker targeted by Iranians
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has revealed three boats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards tried to seize an Isle…
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Weekly Broker: En bloc handies dominate
The secondhand sale and purchase activities tempered a bit this past week. The dry bulk chartering market continued its impressive…
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S’hail adds panamax pair into Klaveness pool
S’hail Shipping has placed panamax pair S’hail al Rayan and S’hail al Dukhan into the Baumarine pool, a specialised panamax,…
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