Regulatory
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Shipmanagers and the need to be speaking from the same page
Shipmanagers bristle at their lack of representation in handling the big issues facing shipping. How to change this impasse? Shipmanagers…
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SBM Offshore faces another corruption probe
French law association Sherpa has called on the country’s prosecutors to open an investigation into alleged corruption related to the…
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Export service is new added focus of FMC ocean carrier audit program
The US Federal Maritime Commission’s vessel-operating common carrier (VOCC) audit program is expanding its scope to now evaluate how shipping…
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FSL takes legal action against charterer over tanker stuck in Indian customs probe
Singapore’s FSL Trust Management has commenced legal proceedings against an undisclosed charterer of its Japanese-built tanker currently held up in…
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Will the EU ETS reshape the maritime industry?
Georgios Plevrakis from ABS runs the numbers on what owners will have to pay Brussels per ship type once new…
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Shipmanagment and ESG
How shipmanagers can assist owners in reaching their ESG goals. ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is going to drive investment…
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Splash launches 72-page shipmanagement special
Splash today launches a comprehensive shipmanagement magazine featuring the views of more than 100 top executives deliberating on where this…
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ADNOC revokes Petrofac’s tender ban
Offshore engineering specialist Petrofac has been allowed to participate in all of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)’s upcoming new…
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Shipping walks tricky Russian sanctions tightrope
There are 1,505 Russian-affiliated vessels that face some form of restrictions as the global maritime industry comes to terms with…
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Siem Offshore loses legal battle over late vessel delivery to Petrobras
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Siem Offshore has lost a case against Petrobras related to the late delivery of the oil…
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The deck chairs of the Christina
A remark attributed, wrongly, to V.I. Lenin has become popular. In the commonest version, it runs, “There are decades when…
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Siem Offshore plans to redomicile to Norway
Cayman Islands-incorporated offshore support vessel player, Siem Offshore Inc (SIOFF), is planning a re-domiciliation of the company whereby a new…
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The minutiae of war and shipping
A merchant seaman, Mr Hadisur Rahman, third engineer onboard the bulk carrier Banglar Samriddhi, has already been killed in this…
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US congressional committees question liner pricing
Two subcommittees of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Reform have sent letters to A.P. Moller Maersk,…
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FMC makes its pitch to Senate for greater powers
Commissioners from the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) laid out to senators in Washington DC yesterday why they believe their regulatory…
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Alliances, consortiums and cartels
Alison Cusack, principal lawyer at Melbourne-based Cusack & Co, on the ramifications Down Under of Joe Biden’s decision to target…
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Liner community bristles at Biden’s attack
In his state of the union speech on March 1, US President Biden accused global ocean carriers of anti-competitive behaviour.…
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Governments still hiding behind force majeure rules to deny critically ill seafarers medical access
Governments continue to hide behind force majeure rules to deny critically ill seafarers medical access ashore, something lobby group the…
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EU ship recycling rules need ‘major surgery’, not a ‘band-aid’
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation needs “major surgery”, but the current proposals offer little more than a sticking plaster, Gudrun…
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US employers and unions throw support behind American Offshore Worker Fairness Act
More than 100 executives from the US marine industry sent a letter to US Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, US Republican…
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