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Containership on fire in Hamburg Port
Fire has broken out onboard a containership in Hamburg Port, prompting a response from around 150 firefighters, reports say. The…
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SMM readies to open its doors
Thousands of people in the shipping industry are packing their bags for Hamburg and the world’s largest shipping show, SMM.…
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Five Stars Fujian released
A Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier which was arrested and then detained by Australian authorities for more than a month is…
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China cracks down on ship pollution
Beijing is clamping down further on ship emissions in rulings that could change the shipping industry forever. The Chinese government…
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Fire hits Ultrapetrol PSV in Macae, Brazil
A platform supply vessel (PSV) suffered a fire on Wednesday morning while in the anchorage of Macae in Rio de…
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Live Animal Export: The seafarer who died in my arms
Dr Lynn Simpson recounts how crew are affected by the livestock trades. I’m often asked, “What is the most shocking…
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ITF demands stranded Five Stars Fujian crew be allowed ashore
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) warned today the Chinese stranded crew onboard the off Australia must be allowed onshore…
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Setramar seeks solution for stranded Ardita in Canada
Ravenna-based Armamento Setramar decided to offer an outstretched hand to McKeil Marine of Canada in order to solve the dispute…
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Varun Shipping hit by another case of crew abandonment
Not for the first time India’s Varun Shipping has been shamed by its failure to look after its crew. Reuters…
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Rickmers brothers nix joint shipmanagement plans
The Rickmers brothers have decided not to join forces in shipmanagement. The two have been discussing since April a plan…
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Why aren’t more women serving at sea?
Every week Dalian correspondent Jason Jiang is tasked with writing a topical, in depth feature. This week he tackles the…
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Offshore doom, internet gloom, and a busy jobs room
Offshore woes continued to dominate the hits on Splash this week, which was appropriate given the high calibre offshore discussion…
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El Faro sank 10 minutes after captain had called to abandon ship
The US’s National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) has revealed the harrowing, scary lead up to the sinking of the…
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Baltic shareholders support SGX takeover
Just a rubber stamp approval from the UK’s financial regulator now stands in the way of the Singapore Exchange (SGX)…
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Vier Harmoni found by Indonesian navy
Indonesia’s navy has announced that it has located a product tanker which disappeared last week, taken by its crew after…
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Iran keen to participate in Nicaragua Canal project
The long dormant plan to build a canal through Nicaragua to rival the newly expanded Panama Canal could be revived.…
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Australian vet makes the cover of the latest issue of Maritime CEO
Today sees the launch of the latest issue of Maritime CEO magazine, the title aimed at shipping’s top echelon. Featured…
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Seafarers online: Is internet onboard a good thing?
Edward Ion from Navigate Response on the thorny issue of web use among crew. One of the unquestioned laws of…
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Siem Shipping pushes ahead with Oslo delisting
Siem Shipping is pushing ahead with its delisting, first mooted in May. Today it applied to the Oslo Stock Exchange…
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Topical online survey launches today
Another quarterly online survey launches today. The vote, dubbed MarPoll, will close in early November and features nine topical questions…
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