Editor’s Picks
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Europe
CMA CGM commits to hydrogen-powered shipping
French container line CMA CGM has joined a growing group of shipowners committed to finding a hydrogen-powered solution to decarbonise…
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Europe
Magma Maritime to launch digital ship finance platform
London-based Magma Maritime, controlled by John C Hadjipateras & Sons, is launching an alternative ship finance platform through tokenisation to…
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Greater China
China struggles to get back to work
Beijing decided over the weekend against officially extending the Lunar New Year holidays for another week. However, today was marked…
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Greater China
Shipping braces for extended factory closures in coronavirus-hit China
The global shipping industry is watching closely for any official announcement from Beijing on whether the Lunar New Year holidays…
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Asia
Ammonia’s advantages detailed in new report
A 33-page report from class society Korean Register (KR) has highlighted the advantages of ammonia as a ship fuel, the…
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Greater China
80% of the VLOC orderbook now controlled by Chinese leasing companies
Four out of every five very large ore carriers (VLOCs) on order are controlled by Chinese leasing companies, data from…
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Europe
Dutch multinationals demand more transparent CO2 reporting per container
On the back of successful biofuel trials onboard the 18,000 teu from Rotterdam to Shanghai last year, the Danish carrier…
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Operations
Chartering 2.0
Will 2020 be the year Big Data changes the day-to-day business of chartering? The industry is not 100% convinced. Jason…
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Environment
IMO’s point man on air pollution steps down
One of the men most closely associated with shipping’s changing green regulatory scene over the past decade has moved onto…
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Greater China
Coronavirus predicted to wipe 6m teu of Chinese box volumes in Q1
Every segment of the shipping industry is now choking on reduced volumes of cargoes sparked by the coronavirus in China,…
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Greater China
Coronavirus sparks force majeure conjecture
Shipowners are having to reacquaint themselves with the disruptive intricacies of force majeures on their daily operations in the wake…
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Operations
What is the most important characteristic of a successful shipping magnate?
A rich dad was one snarky reply to the question posed above, one of the more left-field topics raised in…
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Greater China
Markets take a coronavirus battering
On a brutal morning at the markets, almost $370bn in market capitalisation was wiped off the benchmark Shanghai Composite index…
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Contributions
Operational agility in the 2020s demands blended connectivity
A new report from Futurenautics and Vodafone published this week shows that 90% of shipboard data never leaves the vessel,…
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Asia
Coronavirus: Chinese ports grind to a halt while yards declare force majeure
Agents and brokers are reporting operations are slowing down at Chinese ports and shipyards as the coronavirus takes its toll…
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Dry Cargo
Baltic Capesize Index hits record low, closing on just one point
The Baltic Capesize Index hit a record low yesterday, dropping 92 points, or 98.9%, to finish on just one point…
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Europe
Euronav stuns with 57,534% Q4 improvement
For the tanker bulls, the eagerly anticipated Q4 results from Antwerp’s Euronav did not disappoint this morning. The Belgian tanker…
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Containers
January’s top research picks
Launched yesterday for subscribers of Splash Extra, our team of journalists has combed through the the hundreds of shipping analyst…
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Dry Cargo
BDI chopped in half since the start of the year
It has been a dire start of the decade for the dry bulk sector, especially for capesizes. The Baltic Dry…
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Environment
LNG groups refute ICCT emissions claims
Yesterday’s high profile report into the climate implications of using LNG as a marine fuel produced by the International Council…
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