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Drilling into human data at sea
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes exclusively for Splash today, stressing the importance of bridging the…
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Fire rips through Shreyas boxship off Kolkata
Containership suffered an explosion onboard while near Kolkata, India yesterday. The incident happened when the 1,118 teu vessel, operated by…
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RINA appoints new shipping head
Nello Sulfaro has been appointed the new head of the shipping division at Italian classification society RINA. He will be…
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Panama Canal Authority increases maximum draft for neopanamax locks
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it is increasing the maximum allowable draft for vessels transiting the Canal’s…
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Five key differences between Posidonians and Vouliadonians. Which are you?
Jon Chaplin from Spinnaker Global has the final, wry word on last week’s mammoth series of events in and around…
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Canada launches campaign to recruit seafarers
Canada’s Seafarers’ Training Institute (STI) has launched a hiring initiative to plug a looming labour gap in the offing as…
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MSC to complete Messina deal by October
MSC’s acquisition of 49% stake in the Genoa-based conro shipping company Messina is expected to be sealed by October, reports…
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Weekly Broker: Lighter Posidonia hangover a sign of the bargains on offer
The normal Posidonia hangover in the S&P markets has not been as keenly felt this year, a likely sign that…
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Crew member dies after explosion on Indian chemical tanker
An explosion onboard Indian chemical tanker has killed one of the ship’s crew. The vessel was anchored off Cochin Port…
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Animals Australia takes legal action over livestock exports
Animal rights group Animals Australia has launched legal action against the Australian federal government and livestock export company Emanuel Exports…
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Dig a pony – maritime charity discovers it fed The Beatles horse
A maritime welfare charity that helped The Beatles when they fell on hard times has released a new book, which…
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Vast majority fear introduction of the sulphur cap will be an ‘unholy mess’
With less than 18 months to go until the start of IMO’s global sulphur cap an overwhelming 86% of Splash…
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A measured path to success in maritime digitalisation
Badrinath Setlur, assistant VP at digital consultants Cognizant, gives readers three strategies to a fully mature connected shipping system. Digitalisation…
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Buoyant Posidonia paints its own picture of the markets
Athens airport this morning tells its own tale of the jamboree that was Posidonia. Slouched and decidely delicate with dark…
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BSM and Columbia combine global buying power
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) and Columbia Shipmanagement have combined their global buying power to create an independent procurement company amid…
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United Heavy Lift takes over management of Chinese heavylift ships
Hamburg-based heavylift vessel manager United Heavy Lift (UHL) has announced that the company has expanded into new markets by taking…
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Weekly Broker: Quiet bullishness at Posidonia shows through
Brokers and owners were out far too late enjoying themselves in the Greek capital this past week, something that has…
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Better performance monitoring depends on open standard and data-driven solutions
Stein Kjølberg, global concept director of Jotun Hull Performance Solutions, writes exclusively for Splash today. The method most ship operators…
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Industry still ‘struggling’ with seafarer happiness
The Mission to Seafarers has just published the latest of its ongoing Seafarer Happiness Index reports, which revealed further evidence…
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Posidonia, it’s a marathon not a sprint
Simon Ward from Ursa Shipbrokers on his six steps to getting through this hectic week in Athens. Here we are…
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