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Greece comes out in favour of steep ship power cuts
Slow steaming regulation has been holed below the waterline with Greece jumping ship ahead of imminent discussions at the International…
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Emmanuel Macron calls for bunker taxes
Emmanuel Macron is doing more than just about any other major world politician to change the shipping industry. Having personally…
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What has been the most important story in shipping this decade?
We’re into the final quarter of the decade, one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of commercial shipping.…
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Leading the green shipping agenda
Bob Sanguinetti, CEO of the UK Chamber of Shipping, writes exclusively for Splash today. As more protests hit the streets…
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Beyond 2020
The editor told me the world is my oyster, I have a free rein to discuss what I like in…
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Arthur Bowring spearheads Hong Kong’s maritime arbitration developments
Hong Kong’s shipping arbitration focus has stepped up a gear. Arthur Bowring, best known as the long serving managing director…
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Maersk backs BIMCO ship power limits proposal
There is now a united front coalescing against slow steaming with Maersk coming out in support of BIMCO’s proposal to…
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BIMCO aligns with Japan on limiting propulsion power ahead of crunch IMO talks
Major shipowning body BIMCO has come out broadly in favour of a Japanese proposal to regulate the propulsion power of…
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Fuel spread uncertainties rise with 100 days to go until the global sulphur cap
Today marks 100 days until the global sulphur cap kicks in with many in the shipping community still scrabbling to…
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Shipping associations demand all IMO member states remain resolute as sulphur cap approaches
Amid reports of a number of Asian countries mulling delaying the implementation of the global sulhur cap, due to come…
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Liner lobbying group urges IMO to create alternative fuel research body
The World Shipping Council (WSC), the Washington-based liner shipping lobbying group, will pitch the creation of an International Maritime Research…
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Maritime subsidies are wasting taxpayers’ money: OECD
Growing state-funded maritime subsidies are wasting taxpayers’ money and need a complete overhaul, a new study from part of the…
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India toys with giving domestic shipping a sulphur cap pass
The Hindu Business Line, one of India’s premier financial newspapers, is reporting New Delhi is contemplating not imposing the global…
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Indonesia gets back in line with sulphur cap introduction
Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation has reversed its decision to delay the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) low sulphur fuel regulations, and…
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John Fredriksen forms bunkering joint venture with Trafigura
John Fredriksen is taking IMO 2020 fuel considerations into his own hands. The Norwegian tycoon’s dry bulk and tanker companies…
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Pacific island leaders renew shipping emissions battle
Nine leaders of climate crisis-threatened islands in the Pacific have signed the Nadi Bay Declaration, urging for immediate greenhouse gas…
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China extends open-loop scrubber ban
China’s Ministry of Transport has issued a draft plan for measures to deal with the 2020 IMO sulphur cap, five…
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Germany accedes to Hong Kong Convention
Germany has become the latest nation to accede to the IMO’s treaty for the safe and environmentally-sound recycling of ships…
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Italy debates tonnage tax changes
The Italian shipping industry is split today into two parts with Confitarma (backed by Grimaldi Group) on one side and…
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UK demands ships built from 2025 onwards ought to be zero-emission capable
All new ships for UK waters ordered from 2025 should be designed with zero-emission capable technologies, according to ambitious plans…
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