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Beijing set to reverse ship recycling ban
China is looking at reopening its ship recycling yards to foreign owners from as early as next year. Chinese shipbreakers…
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Top of the in-tray for Toft at MSC
So after nearly 13 months to stew over how he might reinvent Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), Soren Toft’s gardening leave…
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December 2020 Review
The 14,000 teu ONE Apus made headlines across the world after it got battered in a storm in the Pacific…
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2020 Annual Review
The coronavirus pandemic dominated every facet of the shipping industry, sending markets in a tailspin, providing logistical headaches and upending…
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‘Tis the season for awards
Splash Extra is madly in love with awards and the ceremonies that follow, not anything like our founding fathers who…
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The Raspberries of the tanker sector
The Shipping Academy Award for biggest gamble of the year goes to Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud colloquially…
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Containers hog the limelight
Equipment of the year at our inaugural, tongue in cheek Shipping Academy Awards goes to the forty-foot container, the first…
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Analyst Abstract
Tankers Aframaxes, the workhorses of the tanker sector, seem especially troubled in the current malaise hitting the crude segment. Last…
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No office parties bring more Christmas sales
The last month was not the gentle tail-off to Christmas that we are used to in most years. Perhaps with…
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Which sectors will fare best and worst next year?
Throughout October and November - a period of time when container shipping was smashing records while crude tankers suffered -…
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Tracking abandoned seafarers
It was on a family trip to Wales that Matthew Ader became engrossed and captivated in Ian Urbina’s bestseller The…
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Don’t get stranded
In the lexicon of climate change jargon, the term ‘stranded assets’ has become increasingly common this past year. Simply defined…
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Consolidated shipyards stick to production schedules
The far greater consolidated nature of the global shipyard scene has led to a remarkably solid performance during the pandemic…
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The right to lead
The editorial policy of ex-seafarer turned shipping’s most famous editor, Michael Grey, during his tenure at Lloyd’s List newspaper was…
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November 2020 Review
Member states at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) rubber stamped plans for short-term measures to…
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Sergio Leone meets shipping
The good With a few days delay, the launch of the Crew Dragon on November 15 lifted the Baltic Dry…
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The bloodbath
The good Global oil demand is going to grow for the next 10 years, according to World Energy Outlook 2020,…
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A fistful of dollars
The good Spot freight rates across the board remain high, charter rates are above the levels of early in the…
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Analyst Abstract
Dry Bulk Amid a gloomy year for dry bulk overall, one bright spot has been China’s imports of soybeans, which…
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