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Revolutionary new tug delivered
Hailing a new era in shipping, Finnish technology group Wärtsilä today unveiled the Vilja, a hybrid tug that can run…
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Solomon Islands bay hit by another big spill
With authorities still assessing the scale of the environmental impact from the bunker spill in February of the bulk carrier,…
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Genoa tanker manager declared bankrupt
The Genoa-based shipping company FT Genoa Tankers, part of the Turkish group Furtrans, has been declared bankrupt by a local…
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Singapore unaware of any specific Malacca threat
On the back of China’s Ministry of Transport raising security fears over Chinese vessels transiting the Straits of Malacca, the…
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Louis Dreyfus signs up for kite system
France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) Group is the latest shipowner to invest in wind power. LDA Group owns, charters and…
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Fears grow for crew onboard arrested pipelayer in Ghana
Conditions onboard an arrested pipelayer off Ghana have been labelled deplorable, with urgent calls to get the stranded crew off…
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Wellard seals livestock carrier sale and leaseback to reduce mounting debt
Australian livestock company Wellard has agreed to sell its 2009-built livestock carrier Ocean Swagman to Heytesbury Cattle Company for $22m.…
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Survitec: A roadmap towards more effective safety compliance
Baba Devani, Survitec’s recently appointed managing director, marine, discusses with Maritime CEO the reasoning behind the reorganisation of the safety…
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Indonesian terror group planning attacks on Chinese ships
China’s Ministry of Transport has increased the security alert level for Chinese ships sailing through the Malacca Strait to level…
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Weekly Broker: Capes lead the charge
It has been a particularly good week for the dry bulk market, with average earnings for all sizes except handysizes…
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Hapag-Lloyd and ONE sign up to TradeLens
Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express (ONE) have signed up to TradeLens, the blockchain platform created by Maersk and IBM, bringing…
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France commits to sail roros
French car manufacturer Renault is to get 80-90% reduction in CO2 emissions transporting its vehicles on newly commissioned sail roros…
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Maersk compares current container booking practices to the worst dining experience ever
Maersk has uploaded a new video to its YouTube channel explaining the current complicated, unreliable nature of container shipping and…
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Liners start implementing Middle East war risk surcharges
CMA CGM, the world’s fourth largest containerline, will institute a war risk surcharge of $36 per teu for cargo heading…
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LPG carrier blaze kills one, injures 15
A seafarer died and another 15 were hospitalised last night after a fire broke out on the Malta-flagged LPG carrier…
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Cosco merges Tianjin container terminal assets with Tianjin Port and China Merchants
Cosco Shipping Ports has announced that it has entered into a merger agreement with Tianjin Port Holdings and China Merchants…
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Frontline offloading naphtha from damaged Front Altair
Frontline has deployed the LR2 Front Vega to complete a ship-to-ship transfer (STS) of the naphtha cargo onboard the damaged…
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Details emerge of Hoegh Autoliners anti-trust case in the US
Two former Hoegh Autoliners executives have been indicted in Baltimore in an ongoing anti-trust case that has snared many of…
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MSC Gayane cocaine bust a historic high for US Customs
Having combed through the entire ship, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has revealed it found more cocaine onboard…
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US narrative on Hormuz attacks questioned
The US narrative that Iran is to blame for the tanker explosions in and around the Strait of Hormuz over…
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