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Top carriers adopting DCSA track and trace standards
Nine of the container-shipping industry’s top carriers – the members of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA): CMA CGM, Evergreen,…
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Major companies support call for temporary ban on deep-sea mining
Deep seabed mining is facing another hurdle with names such as BMW, Google, Volvo and Samsung SDI signed up for…
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Danish platform launches to accelerate sustainable marine fuel solutions
Denmark-based ShippingLab has announced that it will be working with leading international partners to develop a permanent platform for testing…
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TenneT seeks bidders for Dutch offshore grid platforms
Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT has invited companies to place their bids for the construction of 2 GW grid platforms…
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RES scores Moray East monitoring contract
UK-based RES has secured a contract to provide control point, balancing and asset monitoring services during commissioning and early operations…
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World’s first hydrogen cargo vessel set for Paris debut
The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen later this year,…
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Shipping hires bounce back in 2021
Shipping is back in hiring mode as the markets improve and the world economy attempts to build back better, post-Covid.…
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50% of newbuilds contain asbestos despite ban, tests find
Shipowners may be surprised to find their ‘asbestos-free’ ships are not, in fact, asbestos-free. According to Maritec, which provides marine…
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Boardroom shuffle at PIL
There has been a significant changing of the guard in the boardroom of Pacific International Lines (PIL) in the wake…
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Norwegians plan to tow stricken Dutch ship to shore
Early Wednesday morning two tugs – BB Ocean and Normand Drott – arrived at the drifting Dutch ship and plans…
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Oldendorff orders ultramax pair and adds two post-panamax bulkers
German dry bulk player Oldendorff Carriers is expanding its fleet with two 61,300 dwt ultramax newbuildings and two secondhand 93,000…
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Temas buys two Maersk ships
Indonesian domestic carrier Temas Line has bought the 1,092 teu sisterships Maersk Arizona and Maersk Arkansas from AP Moller-Maersk, according…
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Online gaming pioneer set to chair Braemar
The business of shipping is regularly likened to a casino, something the board at Braemar ACM may have taken to…
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Maersk Drilling awarded drillship contract with Shell in Malaysia
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract by Shell for 2013-built drillship to drill four development wells at the Gumusut-Kakap…
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Wood wins new North Sea services contract with TAQA
UK engineering firm Wood has been awarded a new contract to provide integrated facility services across TAQA’s North Sea assets.…
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Al Gihaz buys Enshore Subsea
Saudi Arabian investment firm Al Gihaz has, through its Al Gihaz Contracting unit, acquired UK-based subsea intervention services player Enshore…
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Petrobras to take over BP’s ultra-deepwater assets off northern Brazil
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has struck a deal with BP to assume control over its entire stakes in six blocks…
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Takeover of Seacor Holdings nearing completion
In December 2020, Seacor Holdings, a company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, announced that it had entered…
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Crete’s top port set to be privatised
Greece’s ongoing privatisation of its top ports continues with a tender for the sale of a 67% stake in Crete’s…
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Admiral adds to its ranks with boxship purchases
Admiral Container Lines, a carrier focusing on routes between Israel, Turkey and the Black Sea, has bought the 990 teu…
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