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Day of the Seafarer: Overcoming isolation
Singapore: Today sees the fourth ever Day of the Seafarer. The day, now recognised by the United Nations, was created…
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Micanti: Award-winning antifouling
Amsterdam: Last week saw Dutch firm, Micanti, win a prestigious award for its non-toxic antifouling. Micanti has designed a 100%…
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Razor wire – injuring the crew it’s designed to protect
An article debating how best to secure your ship, contributed by GUARDIAN A recommendation of BMP4, and currently the most…
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Zesheng Shipping: Ready for takeoff
Chongqing: Among thousands of old ships on China’s Yangtze River, Zesheng Shipping’s modern tankers in eye-catching yellow and red colors…
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Global Container Terminals: Ports upgrade
Vancouver: Yesterday saw the grand opening of GCT Global Container Terminals’ newly expanded, semi-automated facility in Bayonne, New Jersey. GCT…
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Dryad Maritime: Beyond security
Portsmouth: Dryad Maritime is branching out. What started out as a dedicated maritime intelligence company is now offering a far…
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More ships missing as pirates plunder
Singapore: The Information Fusion Centre (IFC), part of the Singapore Navy, has issued an alert of another tanker missing in…
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Aspida: Cowboys still prevalent among PMSCs
Athens: Shipowners are still being hoodwinked when it comes to choosing a private maritime security company (PMSC), says one of…
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Tanker hit by pirates for second time
Singapore: Another tanker has been attacked in Southeast Asia as the region increasingly becomes the global hotspot for piracy. A…
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Fenwick: Handysize rates “horrible”
Hong Kong: Rates for handysizes are “horrible” says a niche Hong Kong shipowner and the sector is likely to go…
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Efthimios Mitropoulos: Shipping’s priorities
Athens: In his time as the head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) he completed vast amounts, and since then…
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The shipping recovery that never arrived
Private equity and hedge funds are gambling on ship values and not the long-term revenue streams from operations, says Paul…
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Food Inspection & Training: “Taking the galley into the 21st century”
Athens: “The galley is one of the last places on a ship to be brought up to standard,” says the…
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Port of Sohar: Room for growth
Sohar: Port development in the Middle East continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. More than $30bn of work is…
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Miclyn Express Offshore: Keen to bolster regional position
Singapore: One of the leading names in the offshore support vessel sector sees some overcapacity hitting certain parts of the…
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Joseph Tan Jude Benny: Bring Myanmar up to speed
Singapore: For the last year Singapore lawyer Jude Benny has been working with the government of Myanmar to help the…
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Magsaysay: The future of the Philippines as a shipping hub
Athens: Ahead of this year’s Posidonia shipping show, Marlon Rono, president of Philippine crewing giant, Magsaysay Maritime Corporation, felt it…
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Marine Traffic: Ship trackers
London: With around 5m monthly unique visitors AIS vessel traffic system Marine Traffic is now firmly positioned as a leader…
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Weir-Jones Engineering: Draught indicators
Vancouver: The latest version of the automatic draught indicator system (ADIS) developed by Canada’s Weir-Jones Engineering interfaces with handheld devices…
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Lyras Shipping: Back with product tankers
Athens: With parties at this year’s Posidonia already in full swing, Maritime CEO catches up with part of the Lyras…
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