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Live Animal Export: Emissions reprieve?
Dr Lynn Simpson ponders whether environmental rulings might spell the end of much of the livestock carrier fleet. Here’s a…
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Zeaborn acquires E.R. Schiffahrt from Erck Rickmers
Bremen-based Zeaborn has acquired another business from the Rickmers family, announcing today a deal to buy Hamburg-based E.R. Schiffahrt from…
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Is there intelligent life in shipping?
“Is there intelligent life on Earth?” read a graffito on the wall of the Old Schools Building, Downing Street, Cambridge,…
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Boston Consulting report tells carriers to digitise or die
The container shipping industry must join the digital revolution or face being sidelined, a new report from Boston Consulting Group…
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Martin Crawford-Brunt appointed new RightShip CEO
Melbourne-based online vetting company RightShip has appointed Martin Crawford-Brunt as its new CEO, replacing Warwick Norman who announced last February he…
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Four more US Navy sailors punished over last year’s fatal destroyer collisions
Four more US Navy sailors have been punished in relation to the two multiple-fatality collisions of guided missile destroyers with…
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Fears grow of another pirate attack on a product tanker anchored off Benin
Anglo-Eastern, managers of the 45,989 dwt oil products tanker , report that contact has been lost with the vessel which…
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Costamare and Peter Döhle join forces to create mammoth boxship chartering vehicle
Costamare and Peter Döhle have completed the merger of their containership chartering businesses, creating a European rival to the likes…
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MOL boxship suffers engine fire off Canada, two crew injured
Containership , owned by Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, suffered a fire in its engine room, causing the ship to lose…
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Energy firms seek funding to dredge Corpus Christi Ship Channel
A group of six energy companies on Wednesday called for federal funding for dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel…
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Report claims LPG ‘at least as attractive’ as LNG as alternative ship fuel
The World LPG Association (WLPGA) has issued a report on using the fuel in ships, something the association claims has…
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Weekly Broker: Feeder boxship bargains roar back into contention
In the past week, dry bulk sales continue to dominate S&P activity, with buyers interest still focusing on the panamax…
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Greek car carrier operator accused of failing to pay crew
Christian Roos, a Belgian ITF inspector, has alerted Splash to another case of crew abandonment. Roos used Twitter to highlight…
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Booklet published on gender diversity at sea
International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) and Anglo-Eastern Ship Management in cooperation with WISTA International have published a new…
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Maktec Marine: The case for HydroDiesel
Maktec Marine is a UK-based company which improves performance, rebuilds and repairs diesel engines. “Maktec is focused on changing how…
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Shipping tech bubble talk emerges
The rapid roll out of myriad maritime tech firms in recent months and their soaring valuations has put some analysts…
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Colombian officials raid Hapag-Lloyd ship, impound cocaine haul and detain ten unauthorised people on board
Colombian authorities raided a German-flagged containership shortly after it departed the port of Cartagena, arresting suspected drug smugglers and confiscating…
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US and Russia propose two-way route system for vessels in Bering Sea and Strait
The US and Russia have proposed a voluntary two-way route system for vessels to follow in the Bering Strait and…
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Japan and South Korea on alert for Sanchi oil spill
As the oil spill caused by the sinking of NITC tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea continues to spread,…
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Dynamic positioning inventor dies
Russell Hodge from Pirie Smith pays tribute to Howard Shatto, the father of dynamic positioning, who died earlier this month…
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