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Fast tracking digital development through big data competence
Below is a speech given by Captain Pradeep Chawla from Anglo-Eastern Ship Management at yesterday’s Digital Ship conference taking place…
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Bunker bills could leap 25% in 2020 with new sulphur rules
Bunker costs across the world could jump by 25%, or $24bn, when new sulphur regulations come into force in 2020,…
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Swivel Software: All-encompassing view of cargo movement
Swivel Software, a Hong Kong-based e-solution provider to the logistics industry, has geared up to take on the tidal wave…
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Grimaldi taking full control of New TTT Lines
Grimaldi Group is set to take full control of ro-ro shipping company New TTT Lines according to workers unions in…
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EU will take action on shipping emissions if IMO fails this week
European politicians have let it be known they will take their own course of action regarding shipping emissions if member…
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Delivery of Cosco mega containership delayed after collision
The delivery of China’s Cosco Shipping 20,000 teu newbuilding has been delayed after the vessel collided with a general cargo…
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Fatuous, unrealistic and unnecessary
Paul Slater, the veteran ship financier and chairman of First International Corp, provides an alternative point of view on all…
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Bulker arrested after widely seen Bosphorus mansion collision
An Istanbul court has issued a warrant for the seizure of the bulk carrier , owned by Greece’s Odyssey Navigation,…
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Spirit of compromise points towards greenhouse gas deal at MEPC
The battle lines have been drawn at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the 72nd gathering of…
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Australians in shock as livestock carrier conditions are shown on primetime TV
The Australian livestock exporting community has been in extreme crisis communications mode the past few days as a shocking documentary…
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Clear divisions as MEPC gets down to business
Shipping and its emissions are very high up the mainstream news agenda today as delegates descend on the headquarters of…
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Cooling worksuits trialled
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is trialling specialized cooling-work suits for crewmembers, developed by Osaka-based Teijin, on one of its…
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Bulker destroys historic Istanbul building
A high profile bulk carrier accident on the Bosphorus on the weekend was captured on multiple videos, going viral via…
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Strait talking on heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
Verner Wilson III from Friends of the Earth is in London this week for the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)…
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Gory TV exposé prompts Australian authorities to act on livestock exports
Ahead of a much-trailed explosive exposé into the Australian livestock trades due to air on terrestrial television this Sunday (see…
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Norway makes its position clear ahead of MEPC
Norway’s government and its shipowners have made their position clear on shipping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as heated debate continues…
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Dragged anchor causes massive oil spill off Borneo
An unnamed Panamanian flagged coal carrier stands accused of causing a massive 13,000 ha oil spill off Borneo this week.…
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The role of Port State Control in the future
If the PSC regime wishes to improve the industry further, it needs to win the hearts and minds of the…
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K Line cops car carrier cartel fine Down Under
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has pled guilty to criminal cartel conduct, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commision (ACCC)…
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Live Animal Export: Who really cares?
Our livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson returns today, with some serious questions for Australia’s Department of Agriculture. I mean, seriously.…
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