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UK maritime minister warns lack of diversity is holding shipping back
Shipping’s lack of diversity among its workforce is holding it back, the UK’s minister for maritime Nusrat Ghani warned yesterday.…
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US detains North Korean bulker
The United States has for the first time seized a North Korean cargo ship, sparking fears of a retaliatory move…
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Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes up the fight against plastic
Singapore-headquartered Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has announced that it will be enforcing a new criteria in vendor selection that targets…
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Speed reduction proposals favour old inefficient ships: Maersk
Maersk’s point man for crunch greenhouse gas (GHG) talks next week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London has…
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Weekly Broker: Volatility keeps deals at bay
The extraordinary volatility within the dry bulk space continues to mute S&P deals. The spot market has seesawed in the…
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Mjølner and MID-SHIP launch new product tanker fund
Commercial manager Mjølner Shipping Holdings and transport investment banking firm MID-SHIP Capital have launched their second fund, the Mjølner Product…
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2GO and Negros Navigation merge
Two of the largest names in Philippine shipping have merged. Alphaliner reports that 2GO Group has undergone an internal restructuring…
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Anders Källsson hands over Erik Thun to next generation
Swedish shipping group Erik Thun has announced that the company has appointed Johan Källsson as the new managing director for…
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BBC Chartering appoints Ulrich Ulrichs to succeed Svend Andersen as CEO
Project cargo shipping giant BBC Chartering has announced the appointment of Ulrich Ulrichs as chief commercial officer, effective May 2.…
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Galley crew most likely to desert ships
The West of England P&I Club has recently undertaken an analysis of claims involving seafarers who have deserted their vessel…
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Swiber creditors urged to approve Seaspan restructuring plan
The judicial managers of troubled marine engineering group Swiber Holdings and Swiber Offshore Construction have called on creditors to vote…
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Improving organisational agility through improved engagement
As a final part to the mini-series on leadership and talent management, Axel Knudsen, a certified talent optimisation consultant and…
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Boskalis heavy lift vessel hit by pirates off West Africa
Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) revealed today that its heavy transport vessel was hijacked on Sunday around 80 nautical miles offshore…
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Shipping gets the Greta Thunberg treatment as crunch IMO talks get underway in London
Shipping got the Greta Thunberg treatment today. As delegates made their way this morning to the start of discussions at…
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Volkswagen puts MAN Energy Solutions in the shop window
Reuters is reporting that Volkswagen has put ship engine manufacturing giant MAN Energy Solutions up for sale. Cummins, Wartsila and…
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Drought forces further draft restrictions on the Panama Canal
The unprecedented drought hitting Panama has forced authorities to make a sixth draft restriction change this year. Effective from May…
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CEO Chronicles 3: Managing the boss
Welcome to the third chapter of CEO Chronicles – the serial guide to navigating your liferaft in corporate rapids. In…
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Japan pushes for engine power limitation system on all ships
A power limiter, not dissimilar to those used in automotives, has emerged as a dark horse contender to hasten shipping’s…
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European Commission study backs three short-term measures to speed up shipping’s decarbonisation
Ahead of this month’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, a study…
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Go slow movement driving shipping away from decarbonisation breakthroughs
Two wrongs don’t make a right. That was one of my Dad’s most annoying maxims that he’d deploy to drown…
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