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Not in my lifetime: a dangerous sentiment in maritime?
A common theme seems to have emerged within the thinking of the maritime sector as they deal with a number…
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How RightShip plans to nail crew abandonment: Splash TV
Watch the latest installment of Splash TV to hear how third party vetting giant RightShip plans to make the life…
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USCG safely airlifts ill crewman from bulker off Pacific Northwest
A US Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter team successfully airlifted an ailing crewman from a bulk carrier more than 200 miles…
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Maersk reflagging Hamburg Süd fleet to Denmark and Singapore
The Danish and Singapore flags have had a bumper end to the year with Maersk Line deciding to reflag all…
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Many dead as bunker tanker collides with fishing vessel off Incheon
In the worst South Korean maritime disaster since the dreadful sinking of the Sewol in 2014 a bunker tanker collidied…
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New York Shipping Exchange: Fixing the $23bn hole in liner shipping
Gordon Downes, the CEO of the recently created New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX), reckons he can fix a massive hole…
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Oil washes ashore from wrecked Lomar boxship
The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia, Thierry Lataste, has confirmed that fuel was spilled when the stranded containership broke…
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Panama Canal offers an additional daily slot for neopanamax vessels
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said on Thursday it will be making available one more reservation slot for neopanamax vessels,…
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Data stolen as Clarksons is hit by cyber attack
Clarksons, the world’s largest shipbroker, has been hit by a cyber attack, and has called in the police to investigate…
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Tanker trio sale sees ugly abandonment spat come to a close
An ugly impasse involving three ships managed by Singapore-headquartered Elektrans is coming to an end, with the vessels being sold…
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Pioneering VDR test brings MOL a step closer to operating ships remotely
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) said today pioneering work with a voyage data recorder (VDR) on one its ships had…
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Dockwise struggles in loading damaged American warship
The incredibly unfortunate USS Fitzgerald has suffered more damage. The American destroyer, involved in a deadly collision with a Japanese…
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IMO secretary-general lays out his vision through to 2023
Be bold, make a difference and create something of lasting significance. That was the message this week from Kitack Lim,…
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Container ship load planning systems are easily hackable
Ethical hackers Pen Test Partners have highlighted a vulnerability in the load planning processes used by containerships. “Intercepting and modifying…
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Seaman Guard Ohio crew acquitted
A judge in India yesterday acquitted the 35 men onboard the anti-piracy vessel of weapons charges. They were previously convicted…
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Michael Grey slams ‘beancounters’ and authorities for permitting reduced numbers of crew onboard
Michael Grey, the world’s most famous shipping journalist, has lashed out at the minimal number of seafarers onboard ships today.…
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Weekly Broker: Sales slow, but interest and prices stay firm
The last week has seen a slowdown in the secondhand bulk carrier sales in line with recent slowdown in the…
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2020 fuel regulations weigh heavily on the minds of liner executives
The liner shipping industry is finally seeing recovery signs with pickup in demand, following a series of consolidations in the…
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Call to create supranational body to handle abandoned ships
Having been a seafarer, a shipmanager and later a ship repossession superintendent few people are better placed to add to…
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Indian master recounts horror of spending a year alone on decrepit abandoned tanker
Dubai newspaper Gulf News has carried a shocking report of an Indian tanker master who has finally managed to head…
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