Editor’s Picks
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Greater China
Cosco roars back with massive new shipping fund
After years in Beijing’s bad books, the world’s largest shipping conglomerate made its intent clear today to get back on…
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Americas
Wells Fargo report highlights weak corporate governance at DryShips
George Economou’s widely criticised series of stock manoeuvres at DryShips has earned him bottom spot on an annual poll of…
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Europe
Zodiac makes VLCC play with Wah Kwong acquisition
Zodiac Maritime has made a foray into the VLCC sector. The diverse fleet controlled by Eyal Ofer had until now…
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Contributions
Smaller risks, but bigger problems for shipping
Trond Eilertsen and Chris Grieveson from law firm Wikborg Rein on the ‘very modern nightmare’ that was the fire on…
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Asia
Polaris reaches compensation agreement with bereaved families as Stellar Daisy search ends
South Korea’s Polaris Shipping has fixed a compensation agreement with the families of most of the missing crew from the…
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Containers
Digitialisation in container shipping may not be the carriers’ doing
Much ink has been spilled on the subject of Maersk and Alibaba striking a deal allowing Maersk’s booking process to…
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Ports and Logistics
Crane failures – ongoing issues and mitigation
Chris Dyson and Lorne Gifford from Brookes Bell Group look at the potential causes and impacts of crane collapses. In recent weeks,…
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Asia
SM Line builds up fleet in ‘record time’
SM Line, the new Korean box shipping firm, is creating records in the speed of its fleet build up. Analysts…
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Europe
Yara and Kongsberg to build autonomous and zero emissions feeder boxship
Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara International and compatriot maritime technology firm Kongsberg have formed a partnership to build an autonomous and…
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Operations
Internet access rapidly becoming a deciding factor for top crew
North P&I Club is encouraging its shipowner members to consider the importance of internet access on their ships to ensure…
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Europe
Posidonia out in front as the one must-attend event in the shipping calendar
With five days until voting closes in our latest survey, the organisers of Posidonia, the biennial Greek shipping event, are…
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Ports and Logistics
Uber boss unveils freight initiative
The supply chain industry is digesting news that Uber, the giant ride-hailing phenomenon, will shortly debut a trucking business. The…
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Operations
Kitack Lam stresses importance of seafarer centres at ports around the world
Kitack Lim, the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), took to YouTube yesterday to explain more about the theme…
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Middle East
Dramatic Jebel Ali crane collapse caught on video
Splash has obtained an exclusive video of the remarkable moment a brand new giant gantry crane tumbled onto the quayside…
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Asia
Cracks surface on another Polaris VLOC
Another ore carrier belonging to under pressure Polaris Shipping from South Korea has a couple of cracks on its deck.…
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Greater China
Parakou Shipping boss CC Liu dies
CC Liu, the founder and chairman of Parakou Shipping and honorary consul for Norway in Hong Kong, passed away over…
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Europe
DHT Holdings asks Frontline to move on after rejecting latest takeover bid
DHT Holdings has once again rejected a proposal from John Fredriksen’s Frontline to acquire the company, branding the unrevised proposal…
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Tankers
VLCC newbuild orders this year already more than double 2016’s total
Temptingly low prices have already seen more than twice as many VLCC orders placed this year than in the whole…
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Europe
Maersk rings the changes at Hamburg Süd
Ahead of Maersk Line’s anticipated closing of its $4bn deal to take over Hamburg Süd, due by the fourth quarter…
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Maritime CEO
Nobu Su: ‘I have the patent for the Google Car of shipping’
Nobu Su, the failed Taiwanese shipowner turned maritime inventor, makes a bold claim in today’s Maritime CEO interview, saying he’s…
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