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Nigerian owners fight government plans for national carrier
Nigeria’s on/off debate on resurrecting a national flag carrier has attracted the ire of the country’s shipowners. The long talked…
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Shipbroking as a stepping-stone to shipowning? Delusional
Panos Patsadas, MD at Target Maritime Transport, reckons too many young men and women are becoming brokers for the wrong…
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Bunkering vessel catches fire near Dalian
Dalian Maritime Safety Administration has announced that bunkering vessel Bo Feng You Gong 10 caught fire while it was anchored…
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Car carrier runs aground near Buenaventura in Colombia
A car carrier with a cargo of 500 vehicles ran aground and was refloated near Buenaventura port in Colombia on…
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ClassNK appoints new boss
Current executive vice president Koichi Fujiwara (pictured) has been appointed as chairman and president at Japanese classification society ClassNK, effective…
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Fire kills two Indian seafarers
Two Indian sailors were killed and three others injured when an Omani ship Al Sadaa caught fire off the Yemeni…
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Philippines impounds North Korean ship
The Philippine Coast Guard impounded the North Korean ship Jin Teng on Saturday after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)…
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USCG closes section of Mississippi River to clean up fuel spill
US Coast Guard (USCG) closed a section of the Mississippi River near to Granite City, Illinois, for several hours while…
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Splash turns one: ‘A year that proved shipping investors can’t take anything for granted’
Many friends questioned my colleague Grant Rowles and I when we set about launching a global shipping news site. Last…
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Simpson Spence Young announces new chairman
British shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has announced that its long-term chairman John Welham will relinquish the role in January…
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Traffic in the Bosphorus will be suspended tomorrow morning
Traffic in the Bosphorus will be suspended from 00:01 to 13:00 hours on tomorrow, due to works on the brand…
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Four more families settle with Tote over El Faro sinking
Another four families linked to the perished 33 crew of the El Faro have settled with ship operator Tote Services…
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‘Fast, clean and easy’: Pirates hack shipping line to track and seize valuable cargo
Pirates are using information technology to target ships and specific cargoes, a new report from Verizon has revealed. The tech…
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Adam Smith and the shipowner
I would like to offer you a short quotation from Adam Smith’s masterwork, An Enquiry into the Wealth of Nations,…
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Bulker capsizes near Shanghai
Chinese bulker Bao Jiang 88 capsized and sank near Yangshan Port of Shanghai while enroute from Ningbo to Nanjing with…
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Seaman Guard Ohio crew lose latest court appeal
The Madras High Court yesterday ruled not to suspend the five-year hard labour jail term awarded to 35 crewmembers of…
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Seafarer dies after falling overboard Pacific Basin bulker in NZ
A Chinese seafarer fell overboard and died over the weekend at the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand. The man…
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Maritime Union of Australia enters election fray
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is getting more political in its fight with the Malcolm Turnbull-led government over the…
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Chinese general cargo ship sinks fishing boat, five dead five missing
Chinese cargo ship Xin Ri 6 collided with a fishing boat off Qingdao on the Yellow over the weekend, leading…
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USCG panel hears from Tote’s port engineer as first round of El Faro hearings concludes
Tote Services’ port engineer discussed with El Faro’s captain the brewing storm that would ultimately sink the cargo vessel, the…
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