Editor’s Picks
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Asia
Daiichi Chuo link sends MOL into the red
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s largest shipping line, was plunged into the red in interim results out today thanks to…
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Americas
USCG say Tianjin-linked vessels arriving in the US have shown no signs of contamination
Eleven weeks after the enormous toxic chemical explosions at the port of Tianjin in China, US authorities say no ships…
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Containers
Maersk EEE vessel among the close to 1m teu of boxships laid up
The dire state of freight rates on the Asia-Europe container tradelanes has seen a giant 18,000 teu laid up, Alphaliner…
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Asia
Neptune Pacific branded greedy by Nauru minister
A shipping line providing the only maritime freight link to Nauru, a tiny spec in the South Pacific, has been…
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Greater China
Leaked minutes reveal culture of corruption and nepotism at Cosco
Cosco, China’s largest maritime conglomerate, has suffered an embarrassing leak, which lays bare the corruption and nepotism that has bedevilled…
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Environment
IMO has not done enough to curb emissions, survey finds
Early results from the latest online survey carried by Maritime CEO suggest the International Maritime Organization (IMO) should be doing…
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Containers
Minsheng: One Belt, One Road and China’s new normal
Shanghai: Yes, shipping must get used to China’s “new normal” of slower economic growth, but for those agile enough Beijing’s…
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Americas
Alaskan deepwater port study canned
A feasibility study for a $210m deepwater port to be built in Nome in Alaska has been suspended, following Royal…
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Americas
Opening of expanded Panama Canal confirmed for April next year
Despite plenty of exasperating delays from contractors – the latest being leaking locks – the expanded Panama Canal will open…
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Europe
SOS Mediterranee: ‘It is our responsibility to help these people’
Berlin: Klaus Vogel, a former captain onboard Hapag-Lloyd containerships, is using his shipping background to pioneer urgently needed solutions for…
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Americas
Transocean delays another two drillship newbuilds
Transocean has reached an agreement with client Shell and Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to delay the…
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Contributions
Human factor competencies for the future mariner
Captain Pradeep Chawla from Anglo-Eastern Univan on skillsets needed for 21st century seafarers. The last two decades have been extremely…
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Containers
Crashing box freight rates force Maersk to issue profit warning
Declining freight rates in the main east-west tradelanes have seen Maersk Group be forced to issue a full year profit…
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Bunkering
E.R. Schiffahrt: Fuel savings firsts
Hamburg : E.R. Schiffahrt, the German shipowning and shipmanagement company with activities in container, bulk and offshore vessels, is looking to…
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Americas
Arctic Coast Guard Forum established
The eight nations with borders onto the Arctic will sign a deal next week to create the Arctic Coast Guard…
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Americas
Will pigs fly before the Jones Act changes?
It is true that US law requires that a ship, permitted to trade coastwise, must be built in a US…
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Europe
TransAtlantic: ‘Shipping is full of old habits that need to be challenged’
Name the two countries within the European Union to have no tonnage tax. Answer? Landlocked Austria and the shipping powerhouse…
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Americas
American conservation organisations take aim at shipping’s emissions ahead of Paris talks
Nineteen American conservation organisations have urged the US negotiating team heading to the UN-convened Paris climate summit which starts at…
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Dry Cargo
Ariston Navigation: ‘No clear prospects of a recovery in sight’
Piraeus: John A. Xylas, president and ceo of Ariston Navigation, is a well-known player in the dry bulk business. He…
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Contributions
Shipping’s smarter path: Stopford
In the concluding part of his rallying call for shipping to use technology more wisely, Dr Martin Stopford from Clarkson…
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