Editor’s Picks
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Americas
40-year-old El Faro suffered mechanical failure as Hurricane Joaquin approached
The head of the shipping line that operated the ill fated El Faro has said the 40-year-old ship suffered mechanical…
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Greater China
Wallem closes HK shipbroking division
Hong Kong’s Wallem Group has closed its shipbroking department at its headquarters. “The dry cargo markets remain challenging and the…
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Contributions
Red tape, green wash and chequered flags
Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance suggests shipping can learn from Formula One. The law is an ass.…
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Europe
Farstad lays up five more
Farstad Shipping is planning to lay up two PSVs and three AHTSs in Norway due to what it described as…
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Environment
Danish shipowners hit out at ECA avoiders
Too many ships are getting away without complying with EU sulphur directives across northern European emission control areas (ECAs), warns…
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Europe
LGR di Navigazione: Tanker switch
Naples: Following the sale of four modern gas carriers to the Rotterdam-based shipping company Anthony Veder, LGR di Navigazione intends…
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Ports and Logistics
Egypt looking at linking the Mediterranean to Lake Victoria
Egypt, fresh from expanding the Suez Canal, is now eyeing developing the Nile River in a dramatic fashion, something that…
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Asia
Why there’s nothing surprising about Daiichi Chuo’s demise
The surprising thing for me about the demise of Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha was that we weren’t all talking about…
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Asia
Daiichi Chuo seeks US court protection
Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha has sought bankruptcy protection in the US as well as at home in Japan, it emerged…
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Asia
Shell to axe 1,300 jobs in Malaysia
Shell Malaysia said in a statement yesterday that it will be commencing a transformation programme for its upstream division which…
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Contributions
The times they are a-changin’
Shell’s decision to abandon the Burger J project, along with its entire Arctic exploration program, comes immediately after the revelation…
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Europe
Revenues from shipping in Greece fell 60% in July
Inflows of foreign currency into Greece fell by 60% during July, the first full month in which capital controls were…
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Europe
Jeffrey Evans becomes next Lord Mayor of London
Clarkson shipbroker Jeffrey Evans has been named as the new Lord Mayor of London. Evans, who became Lord Mountevans last…
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Asia
Daiichi Chuo files for bankruptcy
As first reported by Splash last week, Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha, Japan’s fifth largest shipping line, has filed for bankruptcy,…
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Dry Cargo
NewLead announces failed coal mine deal ahead of CEO’s deposition
NewLead Holdings says it failed to complete the acquisition of a coal mine in Kentucky during 2013. The statement comes…
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Contributions
Petty-wise, pound foolish: Are breaches of ISPS Code minimally significant?
Maritime consultant Thomas Timlen explains why the downplaying breaches of international maritime security measures can have globally catastrophic consequences. I…
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Contributions
Are we closing in on a Volkswagen moment in shipping?
The haze from illegal fires in Indonesia yet again descended on Singapore and KL, so not much concern here with…
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Operations
Food poisoning kills two onboard Polish ship
Two people died and another 13 were hospitilised following a suspected deadly outbreak of food poisoning on a ship in…
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Contributions
No comment: Five tips to working with the shipping media
There are few business sectors as insular or as tight-knit as shipping, and few where reputation means as much —…
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Greater China
Shanghai Maritime and Finance Excellence Center: Cluster effect
Since leaving British classification society Lloyd’s Register more than a decade ago, Chinese national Ben Zhang has become a serial…
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