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Calls for comprehensive STCW revision grow
The rapid evolution of technology is not being followed by the development of maritime personnel competence, and the current International…
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Top carriers have polarised view on scrubbers
Just four of the world’s top 12 container carriers have committed to install scrubbers on a significant part of their…
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Live Animal Export: Review dismembers current Australian regulations
Dr Lynn Simpson gives her verdict on the Moss review looking into Australia’s Live Animal Export industry. Several months late…
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Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes the lead on autonomous shipping
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has entered into two agreements that it claims will set the tone for the operational and…
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Esben Poulsson says STCW is no longer fit for purpose
Esben Poulsson, the chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has called today for changes to be made to…
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Training strategies for millennials
Speaking at CrewConnect today in Manila, Anglo-Eastern’s Captain Pradeep Chawla makes the case for changing how training institutions operate. “Dealing…
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Three vessels collide at Kaohsiung Port
Two tankers and one containership were involved in a collision incident at Kaohsiung Port on Saturday. According to local reports,…
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What’s killing our seafarers?
It is easy to forget the strength and brute force that the ocean can render. Few appreciate this more than…
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Weekly Broker: Bulker feast
The secondhand bulker sale and purchase market in the past week has turned to a feast for owners who are…
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Capital opts for scrubbers on its larger ships, charges HMM $4,900 a day premium for 5,000 teu quintet
Evangelos Marinakis’s Capital Product Partners become the latest big name in shipping to hedge their bets and invest in scrubbers…
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Seanergy seals capesize scrubber deals with charterers
Greek dry bulk owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings has entered into agreements for the installation of scrubbers on five of its…
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Hijackings proliferate around West Africa
Details are emerging of further West African hijackings, this time further south than other recent incidents. The tanker Anuket Amber…
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Fire erupts as ferry slams into crane at Barcelona port
Firefighters rushed to the port of Barcelona this morning as a ferry operated by Italy’s Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) slammed…
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Volumes shipped along Russia’s Northern Sea Route more than quintuple in five years
The volume of cargo shipped along Russia’s Northern Sea Route this year is set to be up more than five-fold…
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Paddy Rodgers renews attacks on open-loop scrubbers
One of shipping’s most vocal opponents of scrubbers has aimed another barrage at exhaust gas cleaning systems. Euronav boss Paddy…
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Shipping warned of imminent Abu Sayyaf strike
ReCAAP, the Asian piracy watchdog, has issued a warning of potential attacks on ships in and around Philippine waters. The…
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11 crew kidnapped from German boxship off Nigeria
Over the weekend pirates boarded a Liberian flagged containership off the coast of Nigeria, seizing 11 crew including eight from…
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CMB eyes first hydrogen-powered bulker as early as 2023
Belgian shipowner CMB Group is looking to adopt alternative clean fuel in the future as a way to deal with…
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IMO to ban carriage of non-compliant fuels
An amendment to support consistent implementation of the forthcoming 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships fuel oil was adopted by…
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Gordon Dadds acquires Ince & Co
Two London-based law firms Gordon Dadds and Ince & Co International are set to merge, after Gordon Dadds agreed to…
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