Operations
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Employee engagement is the responsibility of functional leaders
As a sequel to their article on talent management last week, Andy Lane, a partner at CTI Consultancy and Axel…
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Maersk now offering digital ocean customs clearance
Maersk has launched an industry-first customs clearance online shipping management platform in seven European countries – Germany, France, Denmark, The…
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No industry for old men
The first step in making a change is acknowledging the need for change and by that marker, the maritime industry…
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Port worker dies when crane catches fire while unloading coal at Kolkata
A port worker died on Saturday when a fire broke out on the mobile harbour crane he was operating caught…
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Coles takes Wallem ops to the cloud
The news from the Quarry Bay, Hong Kong headquarters of Wallem Group is coming thick and fast under new CEO…
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Cargo liquefaction the cause of over half of all deaths on dry bulk vessels in the past decade
International dry bulk shipping association Intercargo has published its latest annual bulk carrier casualty report, which highlights the ever present…
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As fires spike on boxships, focus turns to dangerous goods carriage
Following an above average period of disasters, class society ABS and representatives from the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) have…
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Liberian Registry: Shipowners must not get distracted
Alfonso Castillero has been following with interest all the debate over what skillsets shipping leaders need, something that has dominated…
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Weekly Broker: Cape volatility has many on edge
Following months of price fluctuations in the bulker sale and purchase market as the sector has been constantly correcting itself,…
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Wallem Group appoints new ship management head
Wallem Group has appointed John-Kaare Aune as its new managing director of ship management. Aune is expected to take up…
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Talent management: The future has started, yesterday
Following on from the chief editor’s reflections from Singapore Maritime Week 2019 in which he railed about weak leadership among today’s…
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Google participates in maritime artificial intelligence pilot
Class society ABS, Google Cloud and digital consultants SoftServe have completed a pilot project applying artificial intelligence (AI) models to…
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Wallenius and Swedish Orient Line create new shipping company
Scandinavia has a new shipowner. Wallenius SOL has started operations this month out of Gothenburg as a joint venture between…
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Video highlights path owners must take to comply with the sulphur cap
Just what do owners and operators need to have prepared by the end of this month in order to be…
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750 days after dramatic sinking, report finally published into Stellar Daisy’s hull failure
It’s taken fully 750 days but finally over the Easter weekend the Marshall Islands flag issued its report into the…
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Tag Offshore abandons its only tanker with 17 crew onboard
Indian offshore service provider Tag Offshore is believed to have abandoned its 1991-built MR tanker along with its 17 crew.…
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Last Golden Fortune Ship Management vessel to be sold by court
Qingdao Maritime Court will hold an auction for the 2011-built MPP vessel via online platform Taobao on May 9. The…
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Boskalis awarded Indonesian dredging contracts
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two contracts in Indonesia for dredging work on the islands of Sulawesi and Java.…
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Danish broker kickstarts commercial management business
A famous name in Danish broking circles has entered the commercial management business, snagging his first ship. Cornerstone Maritime has…
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Sinotrans bulker rocked by explosion off Cornwall, three crew airlifted with burns
Sinotrans-controlled post-panamax bulker was rocked by an explosion on Wednesday afternoon off the coast of Cornwall. The 2010-built vessel, owned…
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