Operations
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LNG not shipping’s green panacea, as IEA warns of ‘huge disruption’ over looming 2020 sulphur cap
A report out this week suggests LNG is not the panacea for shipping’s fuel concerns now that member states of…
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Weekly Broker: En bloc deals dominate
Activities in the secondhand bulker sale and purchase market kept up a steady trend this week after the market bounced…
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Chastened Australian livestock exporters vow to change
Following a prime time documentary exposé on terrestrial television 12 days ago Australian livestock exporters have now unveiled reform initiatives.…
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Lessons for effective and sustainable safety communications in the logistics industry
Des McGowan from Insync ponders whether we should focus on safety compliance or safety culture. You may think that you…
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Panama Canal bosses criticised for punishing tugboat captains
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has thrown its weight behind the union representing tugboat captains who have been disciplined…
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Venezuela requiring foreign ships to pay for services in crypto currency
Foreign ships in Venezuela will have to use the recently created cryptocurrency, Petro, to pay for services while in the…
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RMS St Helena becomes a floating armory
A famous ship that has plied the South Atlantic since 1990 has found a new owner and a new mode…
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Live Animal Export: The dead sheep handicap
Dr Lynn Simpson reimagines the Australian livestock trade scene post-60 Minutes as a horse race. Who will make it past…
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Explosion rocks offshore survey vessel off Malaysia, one missing
Malaysian offshore research vessel has caught fire today after a power pack in the engine room exploded, inuring two crew…
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Gas leaks after Japanese VLGC and Greek aframax collide off Singapore
Japanese VLGC Crystal Sunrise, owned by Kumiai Navigation, and Greek aframax tanker Astro Saturn, owned by Pantheon Tankers Management, collided…
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E-certificates in demand
Class society DNV GL has been running pilots on electronic certificates for several years, achieving IMO compliance and winning the…
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Practical aspects of the IMO MEPC 72
I mentioned, a few days ago, that in the future, as the ‘open range’ that the high seas have been,…
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Hot spots still to be extinguished on burnt Maersk Honam
Officials from Maersk Line tell Splash the fire ravaged 15,000 teu will dock at Jebel Ali in Dubai in the…
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Say no to scrubbers, for now
Ishaan Hemnani from BunkerEx suggests owners should not be drawn into buying a scrubber just yet. How best to deal…
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Arctic heavy fuel oil ban gains traction
As well as the historic first ever cap on greenhouse gas emissions agreed last week at the International Maritime Organization…
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Part of Mississippi River closed after PCL ship hits pier in New Orleans
A PCL cargo ship hit a pier at the Port of New Orleans and leaked oil, causing the closure to…
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Tugboat captains sanctioned for declining to take some ships through new Panama locks
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), the government body responsible for operating and managing the inter-oceanic waterway, announced it has imposed…
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Historic greenhouse gas deal likely to be signed in London today
After a four days of negotiations at the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London this week, and a day…
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Pacific Islands attack ICS, make last ditch plea to IMO
With the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) set to conclude discussions tomorrow, the secretary general of the Pacific Islands Development…
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Weekly Broker: Dry bulk appetite returns
After a fortnight of limited done deals in the secondhand sale and purchase market in line with cooling charter rates,…
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