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Cosco and China Shipping merger announcement due within one month
Both Cosco and China Shipping, via their Hong Kong-listed subsidiaries, have intimated that their proposed merger news will be revealed…
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Yuletide spirit set to reinvigorate projects market
The project shipping market has cooled off in the last couple of months, but should pick up before Christmas, a…
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ICS fires back at OECD’s carbon tax proposals
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has hit back at suggestions from the International Transport Forum that a carbon charge…
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Ex-boss of China National Petroleum Corp jailed for corruption
Wang Yongchun, former deputy manager of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to…
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RINA Services: Where to invest?
What is the most promising shipping segment to bet on? Is this the right time to invest in ships? Michele…
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Hong Kong flag crosses 100m gt milestone
Hong Kong has become only the fourth shipping register in the world to crack 100m gross tonnes on its books.…
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Morits Skaugen blasts MAN for its Volkswagen-style engine testing
Telephones at Norwegian shipowner IM Skaugen rang off the hook today as the company’s CEO brought up an old case…
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General cargo ship sinks off Vietnam
General cargo ship An Phu Khang 079 (1,943dwt, built 2013) suffered from water leakage in its engine room while it…
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Authorities monitor diesel fuel spill from tanker in Northern Quebec
Environment Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) were dealing with the clean-up and investigation of a diesel fuel leak…
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Former El Faro seafarers hit out at ship’s structural problems
Three former crew members of El Faro, a US-flagged ship that authorities believe sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin,…
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Flinterstar ruled a total loss after K Line LNG carrier collision
Dutch vessel Flinterstar (8,850 dwt, built 2002), which ran aground on a sandbank after a collision with K Line ship…
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High risk area off Horn of Africa halved in size
Shipping associations have agreed to revise and make smaller the high risk area around the Horn of Africa. The changes…
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Topical poll launches
With the final Maritime CEO magazine of the year approaching today our sister title launches its regular online voting section,…
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Danish Maritime Forum wraps with calls for greater unity
The Danish Maritime Forum (DMF) wrapped up this afternoon with plenty of earnest talk of finding new solutions to shipping’s…
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The El Faro blame game begins
It is said that the struggle to improve on safety at sea “progresses from sinking to sinking”. It is likely…
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Search for El Faro called off
The US Coast Guard (USCG) is to call off the search for survivors from El Faro, the Tote Maritime containership…
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Dispute follows bulk carrier that hit a North Korean fishing vessel
A South Korean bulk carrier collided with a North Korean fishing vessel on October 1, but did not feel it…
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Shipping must prepare for new media landscape and ‘the tyranny of real time’
The shipping industry needs to get its head around the dramatically altered media landscape very fast or face the wrath…
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Umbrella tactics to fight cyber crime
A problem for a journalist attending this week’s Danish Maritime Forum is the insistence on Chatham House rules, where what…
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Hydrographic survey underway around Malacca
A hydrographic survey of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) has been launched by the three littoral states –…
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