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Owners unite in slow steaming call to profit from the sulphur cap
The sulphur cap presents the capesize market with a once in a lifetime opportunity to cash in, delegates attending Capital…
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Mind the sulphur cap
The shipowners of the world, with a handful of specific exceptions, are not going to be scrubbing their funnel flue…
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Australian livestock trader faces criminal probe over Awassi Express deaths
Australian livestock trader Emanuel Exports is facing a criminal investigation, undertaken by the country’s Federal Department of Agriculture, over the…
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Talking points at the world’s most famous shipping show
We will get a chance to hear what’s uppermost in owners’ minds at Posidonia in the next few days. Posidonia…
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Wait and see the smart play for 2020’s sulphur cap
Who’d be a maritime inventor? A combination of the glacial pace of legislation and the notoriously last minute approach to…
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Amid the parties we must remember those who make this industry work
Stuart Rivers, CEO of the Sailors’ Society charity, writes exclusively for Splash today, reminding those attending next week’s jamboree in…
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Social Media Performance: The Liners
As some of the biggest shipping companies around, liners often take the spotlight in the shipping industry’s public profile. The…
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‘Houston, we have a bunker problem’: VPS
Netherlands-based fuel management company Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) is warning that at least 30 vessels using fuel oil that was…
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NYK creates electronic checklist to enhance condition-based maintenance
An electronic checklist that collects and manages a variety of data through the use of tablet computers is now being…
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Inchcape settles US Navy dispute, agreeing to pay $20m
Inchcape Shipping Services has coughed up $20m to resolve a long standing dispute with the US Navy who had claimed…
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Zeaborn continues heavylift consolidation with Intermarine JV
Bremen-based Zeaborn continues to be a driving force of consolidation in the heavylift sector. The four-year-old company has just signed…
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Dship Carriers orders MPP pair at Taizhou Sanfu, eyes further expansion
Thomas Press owned MPP specialist dship Carriers has ordered a pair of F-500 newbuild multipurpose vessels from China’s Shipbuilding. Delivery…
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Live Animal Export: Seafarer ethics, morals, bravery and honour
Splash’s livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson praises the brave choices made by one Pakistani seafarer who may have changed the…
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Wallem chairman stresses business continuity as Doughty prepares to leave
Following Friday’s Splash exclusive that Simon Doughty will be stepping down as CEO of Wallem Group, the company’s owner and…
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NTSB issues illustrated digest of its final report into the El Faro tragedy
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Friday announced the release of an easy-to-read digest version of its final…
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Doughty to step down at Wallem
Simon Doughty is to step down as CEO of the Wallem Group, one of Hong Kong’s largest shipping services company.…
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Navy drops negligent homicide charge against former CO of USS John McCain
The US Navy has dropped charges of negligent homicide against the former commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain…
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Weekly Broker: Dry bulk activity falls in line with diminished freight rates
This past week has seen a surge in the volume of ships changing hands, contributed in no small part by…
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FWN Rapide crew released by Nigerian pirates
The 11 hostages held onboard the Dutch ship have been released by Nigerian pirates after a month in captivity. Splash…
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MarPoll: ‘We’re no longer training seafarers; we’re training astronauts’
Today Splash reveals the results of our last survey, while detailing the questions we are posing for the next online…
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