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Complacency shaken off the Horn of Africa
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang assesses the threat posed by the recent spate of piracy attacks off Somalia. The recent hijacking…
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Desperate letter from abandoned crew in China calls for urgent help
The charity Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has published a copy of a desperate letter for help from the remaining…
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When can we say with more certainty that Somalia-based piracy is resurgent?
James Wilkes from Gray Page looks at the recent spate of attacks for any type of pattern. On March 13,…
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Isle of Man Ship Registry: Fast growth
“The Isle of Man used to be the best register you have never heard of,” quips Dick Welsh, the flag’s…
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Chinese navy rescues bulker from Somali pirate attack
A Chinese navy ship rescued a Tuvalu-flagged bulk carrier in a joint operation with the Indian navy on Sunday. The…
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Navig8 closes cape desk, hands fleet to SwissMarine
Navig8 has handed over all its chartered in capesizes to SwissMarine. According to a recent Baltic Exchange market report: “Navig8…
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Three more ships join search for missing Stellar Daisy
According to the Uruguayan navy, which has been coordinating the search for the missing , the number of vessels scouring…
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Attention turns to Polaris’s 19 converted bulkers
A Korean seafarers union has questioned whether Polaris Shipping’s fleet is fit for purpose and suggested tankers that have been…
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Giant UASC boxship aground off Port Klang
The 13,500 teu boxship , once the largest boxship in United Arab Shipping Company’s (UASC) fleet, has run aground off…
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Stellar Daisy: Contagion rather than containment
I woke on Saturday to the terrible news coming from Uruguay that the giant 266,000 dwt bulker had disappeared in…
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Philippine Bureau of Customs taken to court over ‘unwarranted’ tanker seizure
Magnolia Shipping, a Singapore offshoot of Greece’s Sea World, has taken the Philippines’ Bureau of Customs to court over a…
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Polaris suffers another VLOC mishap
Splash has learnt that another very large ore carrier (VLOC) belonging to Polaris Shipping has run into difficulty off South…
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Fire extinguished on giant MSC boxship off Colombo
A fire that raged for 20 hours on the 14,000 teu was finally extinguished yesterday morning, but the crew, who…
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Proliferation of icebergs in the North Atlantic causes concern
US authorities are warning shipowners to alter course in the North Atlantic due to an unseasonal peak in the number…
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Vietnamese vessel loses power and ploughs into Thai houses
A small Vietnamese general cargo ship smashed into four riverside houses to the south of Bangkok as it lost power…
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Polaris under fire for slow response to VLOC’s disappearance
The search for the missing VLOC and 22 out of its 24 crew continues with more ships drafted in to…
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Fourth Somali pirate incident in three weeks puts shipping on high alert
Somali pirates are clearly targeting smaller vessels as hijackings off the Horn of Africa pick up dramatically. A Pakistani vessel,…
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Brightwell Payments: Cashing in on card flexibility
Shipowners and managers looking to save costs wherever possible in today’s tricky trading environment should think about changing the way…
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Lloyd’s Register buys into Hanseaticsoft in bid to deliver shipping 4.0
British classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has made a “significant investment” in Hamburg-based ship management software provider Hanseaticsoft. Hanseaticsoft provides…
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Hopes fade in search mission for missing Stellar Daisy crew
The two rescued survivors of the VLOC , which apparently sank in the South Atlantic on Friday, have told their…
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