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South Africa’s largest drydock overhauled
A new, R98m ($7.2m) floating caisson is to be fabricated for the 74-year-old Sturrock Dry Dock operated by Transnet National…
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Private equity swoops for RBD Armatori
Splash understands a vehicle connected to private equity fund Reuben Brothers has made an offer to buy out bust Italian…
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IUMI calls for refineries to be forced to conduct testing on low sulphur fuels
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) is trying to force refineries to conduct testing on low sulphur fuels ahead…
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Data is the new container: DP World
Container shipping is suffering severe inefficiencies thanks to its poor operational visibility and failure to make use of all the…
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Peak container
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” I thought I’d just drop that line of Wittgenstein in here…
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MSC Zoe box spill larger than first reported
The number of containers that fell overboard from the giant boxship on January 2 has been revised upwards to at…
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Praestensgaard appointed NYSHEX chairman
Jesper Praestensgaard has been appointed chairman of the New York Shipping Exchange (NSHEX) in a series of changes to the…
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Seadrill and Sonangol form drillship joint venture in Angola
John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has announced the formation of a 50:50 joint venture with Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola,…
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TechnipFMC awarded Mero 1 contract by Petrobras
Offshore services firm TechnipFMC has been awarded a large engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by Petrobras, on behalf…
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Hempel: Digital paint
Coatings offer solutions to many of the challenges facing shipping, argues Christian Ottosen, head of marine at Denmark’s paint supplier…
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Seized Eastern Pacific aframax released
Eastern Pacific aframax tanker , seized in Cameroon waters last week, has been released. “Eastern Pacific Shipping confirms that on…
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Meet Captain Peter, Maersk’s new virtual assistant
At this year’s Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Maersk is introducing Captain Peter, a virtual assistant on the company’s Remote Container…
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Vale’s production cuts labelled a black swan moment for dry bulk shipping as BDI is chopped in half this year
Brazilian miner Vale declared force majeure yesterday on some iron ore contracts after a court-ordered halt to a mine following…
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North European feeder operators face uncertain future
Independent short sea carriers and common feeder operators in Northern Europe are being elbowed out of the sector by mainline…
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Scorpio tanker diverts to Reunion after nasty seafarer stabbing incident
A seafarer was medevaced to a hospital on the French island of Reunion yesterday following a nasty altercation with a…
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Hapag-Lloyd pioneers dual-fuel retrofit
German containerline Hapag-Lloyd has announced plans to retrofit its 15,000 teu ship to operate using LNG. The engine system will…
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Collapsed crane removed from Evergreen boxship
A crane that collapsed on an Evergreen boxship at the port of Vancouver has now been removed and the vessel…
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Port of Savannah outlines 2024 expansion plans
Georgia Ports Authority will upgrade the Port of Savannah so that the east coast facility can simultaneously handle six 14,000…
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Diana Shipping panamax scores new charter with Phaethon
Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a new time charter contract with Phaethon International Company for 2001-built…
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Shearwater GeoServices awarded four North Sea seismic contracts
Shearwater GeoServices, the Norwegian seismic JV between GC Rieber and Rasmussengruppen, has been awarded four ocean bottom seismic (OBS) surveys…
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