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Chennai hit by another oil spill

November 19th, 20180 Ennore port in India is handling another damaging oil spill today. The product tanker was discharging oil at the port when a hose snapped at 04:00 on Sunday morning...

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China and Myanmar move ahead with Kyaukpyu port development

November 9th, 20180 China and Myanmar finally signed an agreement on Thursday to proceed with a slimmed down port project at Kyaukpyu on the Bay of Bengal. China’s Citic Group will...

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As cranes continue to tumble, ports are urged to install laser sensor technology

November 8th, 20181 With quay cranes tumbling around the world in recent months insurer TT Club has urged port operators to install laser sensor technology to avoid costly...

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DP World takes China Merchants to court

November 6th, 20180 DP World, the global terminal operator from the United Arab Emirates, has taken legal action against state-backed China Merchants for building an international free zone...

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APM Terminals plans IPO in Bahrain

November 5th, 20180 APM Terminals is planning to raise around BHD12m ($32m) for its Bahrain unit through an IPO on the Bahrain Bourse. It will be the first IPO for a transport and...

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Chemical tanker leak causes chaos at Quanzhou Port

November 5th, 20181 China's Quanzhou Port suffered a major incident at one of its petrochemical terminals on Sunday, resulting in nearly seven tons of aromatic hydrocarbon being leaked into...

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Why shipping should be worried about China’s rail dreams

November 2nd, 20181 Being a presenter at the recent TPM Asia conference gave me a few insights into the current thinking within the shipping world regarding global trade. As expected,...

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Port of Tallinn eyes LNG terminal in Paldiski

November 2nd, 20180 Estonia’s Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam) and AS Alexela Invest have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly working on the possibility of the development of...

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CMA CGM completes Containerships acquisition

November 1st, 20180 France’s CMA CGM has completed the acquisition of Finnish containership owner and logistics firm Container Finance. The deal with sees Containerships, Multi-link...

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Fire erupts as ferry slams into crane at Barcelona port

October 31st, 20182 Firefighters rushed to the port of Barcelona this morning as a ferry operated by Italy’s Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) slammed into a gantry crane. The crane collapsed and...

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Port of Los Angeles terminal evacuated after explosion

October 31st, 20180 An explosion at Port of Los Angeles at around 6pm Tuesday local time has led to a terminal being evacuated. According to local media ABC7, the explosion came from the...

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Sinotrans sells major stake in supply chain equipment manufacturer

October 29th, 20180 Chinese state-run logistics giant Sinotrans has entered into an sale and purchase agreement with CITIC Capital and FountainVest for the disposal of 51% interest in its...

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Port Qasim workers continue protest over unpaid salaries

October 29th, 20180 More than 1,500 dock workers of Port Qasim in Pakistan have been protesting over unpaid salaries against Port Qasim Authority and a Chinese cargo handling company...

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India makes overseas port moves on several fronts

October 26th, 20180 India is finally flexing its financial muscles and getting port investments fixed with its neighbours. Splash reported earlier this week how New Delhi has committed to...

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CMA CGM moves to acquire CEVA Logistics

October 26th, 20180 French containerline CMA CGM has moved to buy out the remaining shares in CEVA Logistics. The Marseille-headquartered line already has a 33% stake in CEVA, a company...

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Four senior officials at Tianjin Port under investigation for corruption

October 26th, 20180 Four senior officials at Tianjin Port in China have been detained by the local supervisory authorities for corruption investigations. The four officials include...

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Are we looking at terminal infrastructure the wrong way around?

October 26th, 20183 Tom Bebbington from consultancy Container Logic makes the case for flying boxes in and out of ports rather than using cranes. Container vessels have been getting...

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Concord Maritime tanker pool up and running with Atlas and Emarat vessels
Tanker commercial management firm Concord Maritime, launched in April by Ben Ognibene, has revealed... Dec 14th, 2018 inTankers
Green propulsion likened to a gold rush
The pursuit of cleaner propulsion solutions has created “a sort of gold rush atmosphere” among... Dec 14th, 2018 inTech
Chinese port sets out to overhaul Singapore’s bunkering dominance in the low sulphur era
Zhoushan in the east of China has set out to overhaul Singapore as the world’s top bunkering hub... Dec 14th, 2018 inBunkering
Intertanko: Sulphur cap will take two years to bed in
Paolo d’Amico, head of d’Amico Società di Navigazione group, has added a couple more titles to... Dec 13th, 2018 inMaritime CEO
China, the sulphur cap and the valemax playbook
This week China outlined its own sulphur cap plans which are set to kick in earlier than the global... Dec 13th, 2018 inGreater China

Russian shipping firm faces bankruptcy over alleged dealings with North Korea

Green propulsion likened to a gold rush

Ulrich Müller resigns from Belships

Laurin returns with new role in Gothenburg

Concord Maritime tanker pool up and running with Atlas and Emarat vessels

Blackstone, KKR and Macquarie reportedly interested in taking over OOCL’s Long Beach facility

Maersk Broker buys into NAODAN Chartering

Petrobras to cut more than 50 jobs from Houston office

ADES secures seven-year jackup extension in Saudi Arabia

Adnoc loads LPG and propylene onto the same vessel in landmark shipment

Abu Dhabi’s Goldilocks buys into Gulf Navigation

Swissco offloading 25 vessels to Allianz Middle East

Russian shipping firm faces bankruptcy over alleged dealings with North Korea

Crane occupied in DSME strike

FSL plans vessels sales to fund newbuild product tanker pair

NYK fixes long-term LNG contracts with Diamond Gas International

Chinese port sets out to overhaul Singapore’s bunkering dominance in the low sulphur era

China, the sulphur cap and the valemax playbook

Anglo-Eastern fires captain found to be three times over the drinking limit

Noble adopts Bermuda plan to square off its restructuring process

Liners branded hyenas as alliance debate spreads across Europe