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MacGregor: Shipping must grow up
Michel van Roozendaal, the president of Finnish ship equipment giant MacGregor, wants shipping to grow up. In a frank interview…
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Is MLC working for seafarers?
Regular Splash contributor Carolyn Graham ponders whether shipping’s ‘bill of rights’ is fit for purpose. This year, the International Labour…
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Seafarer murdered on cargo ship off India
A crew member onboard the 1985-built 7,100 dwt cargo ship was murdered when the ship was en route to a…
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Weekly Broker: Smaller ships dominate sales action
The sale and purchase activity is picking up this week for both tankers and bulkers with buyers showing particular interest…
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IRClass: IACS priorities heading into a new decade
Arun Sharma, executive chairman the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), intends to pack as much into his one-year tenure as…
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Survey launches looking at IMO 2020 compliance
Today sees the launch of our quarterly survey, MarPoll, results of which will be carried in the next issue of…
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France calls for shipping speed limits
France has made a submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) urging for a swift global speed limit for shipping…
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Cash-strapped shipping losing the war on talent
Results from an HR survey aimed at senior maritime executives show the contradictory nature of recruitment for the hard-pressed shipping…
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EDF targets riverine hydrogen fuel supplies
The French energy supplier Électricité de France (EDF) is pushing ahead with its hydrogen efforts. The company has created a…
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Philippines’ dominant crewing position comes under threat
The Philippines, the world’s dominant source of seafarers this century, is coming under severe pressure with the number of deployed…
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Swathe of VLCCs and LR2s set for floating storage ahead of the sulphur cap
Ageing tankers are set to be used for floating storage in greater numbers in the coming months as the days…
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Major shipowner associations vow to extend cooperation
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) have jointly…
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Maritime CEO Forum: ‘We should look beyond the sulphur issue’
Despite a majority of panelists at today’s Maritime CEO Forum tanker session professing to be fans of scrubbers, all executives…
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Auramarine: Ready for 2020
Finnish fuel system provider Auramarine is getting plenty of inquiries as the days tick down to the global sulphur cap.…
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Shipping gets its own Geneva Declaration
The first version of the inaugural Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea was published today by Human Rights at…
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IMO to clamp down on fake ship registrations
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is preparing to crack down on substandard ship registries and the issue of illegal ship…
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UAE authorities dish out fines to owners involved in dangerous tanker prang
Authorities in the UAE have wasted little time in dishing out fines to two companies involved in a dangerous collision…
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Eastern Pacific Shipping rejoins CTM supramax pool
Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping has rejoined C Transport Maritime’s supramax revenue sharing agreement (RSA) after leaving the pool nine…
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MPC drives further Hamburg shipping consolidation
Further consolidation with the German shipping scene has taken place with news today that Hamburg’s Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller’s Nachfolger…
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Weekly Broker: Big ships face big problems
Entering the second quarter of the year, the large size shipping sectors in both bulkers and tankers remain in the…
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