Editor’s Picks
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Environment
IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap divides the industry
News from the IMO yesterday that a 0.5% sulphur cap will be instituted for shipping worldwide by 2020 has drawn…
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Europe
Blystad readies $100m bulker binge
Arne Blystad is taking his dry bulk ambitions to the next level with an over the counter offer on the…
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Americas
Peter Evensen calls it a day at Teekay
Peter Evensen is stepping down from his role of president and CEO of Teekay Corporation, retiring after more than 13 years…
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Americas
The tale of two canals – game theory in action
What comes to your mind when you think about the Suez and Panama Canals? Marvels of engineering? An exotic waterway…
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Europe
Danes push to create Global Maritime Forum
The Danish Maritime Forum wrapped yesterday with plenty of action points for delegates to take away with them. The third…
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Europe
HSH Nordbank swoops for Hanjin ships and charters them to 2M
German bank HSH Nordbank has swooped for nine neopanamax Hanjin Shipping boxships and is leasing them to the partners of…
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Europe
Fundamentals of shipping are changing, warns Danish shipowners boss
At a press briefing this morning Anne Steffensen, director general of the Danish Shipowners’ Association, set the scene for the…
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Middle East
RPG fired at gas ship off Yemen
A number of private security firms have confirmed to Splash that the laden Teekay LNG vessel was fired on by…
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Europe
Aviation’s emissions pledge shot down
As shipping powers meet in London for the keenly contested MEPC70 at the IMO, another maritime CO2 debate was unfolding…
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Contributions
Solomon’s justice in maritime China
Veteran Shanghai lawyer Peter Murray writes on the changing structure of the legal set up in the People’s Republic. The…
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Americas
Is the Federal Reserve finally waking up?
Does the Federal Reserve finally begin to realize their low interest policy has failed? For example in the minutes from…
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Greater China
Pacific Basin negotiates lower charter rates by offering new shares
Pacific Basin is handing out new shares to ten owners in return for getting lower charter rates on ships it…
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Shipyards
Newbuild orders hit 35-year low in 2016
In Clarksons Research’s just published 200-page biannual shipping market report, the London-based outfit paints a grim picture of the markets.…
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Tankers
Famous VLCC set for sale ushering Monarch’s exit from shipowning
Talk about a potential sale of the six-year-old, 320,000 dwt is getting juicier. Chatter about the potential sale started a…
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Asia
Gloomy shipbuilders concur more capacity must be cut
The 25th JECKU meeting of global shipbuilders closed yesterday in South Korea with participants gloomy about prospects ahead. The roundtable…
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Maritime CEO
Danish Maritime Forum: Participation rather than presentation
Expect the shipping news vortex to swirl around the Danish capital next week as the latest instalment of Danish Maritime…
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Asia
Keppel axes 3,000 more workers as 2016 job losses top 8,000
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has revealed in its results that it has cut a further 3,080 workers from its…
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Environment
Battle lines drawn for fiery MEPC 70 gathering
The battle lines have been drawn for what is expected to be a fierce fight at next week’s 70th meeting…
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Europe
Gearbulk and Grieg Star ‘cornering the market’ with new JV
Gearbulk and Grieg Star are trying to “corner the market” in the open hatch/gantry sector, analysts at online ship pricing…
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Asia
UK financial regulator approves Baltic Exchange sale
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved Singapore Exchange’s $107m takeover of London’s Baltic Exchange allowing for the deal…
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