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Contributions
Why doesn’t Asia influence world shipping more?
Regular Splash contributor Santosh Patil questions why the world’s most important region for shipping is so quiet on the international…
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Maritime CEO
Dubai Navigation Corp: Eight ships in first two years
Two-year-old Dubai Navigation Corp (DNC) has just taken on a trio of ships from Viken Shipping, marking a strategic move…
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Asia
Video highlights path owners must take to comply with the sulphur cap
Just what do owners and operators need to have prepared by the end of this month in order to be…
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Asia
750 days after dramatic sinking, report finally published into Stellar Daisy’s hull failure
It’s taken fully 750 days but finally over the Easter weekend the Marshall Islands flag issued its report into the…
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Asia
MOL deploys augmented reality technology on tanker bridges
The bridges of many of Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) tankers are set to get the fighter jet treatment with…
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Middle East
Saudi Aramco tipped to lead clean tanker charge
As Saudi Aramco’s clientele increasingly faces east, its fleet needs are expected to change dramatically from dirty to clean tankers,…
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Asia
Kenny Rogers walks away from Aurora Tankers
A well-known name in Singapore shipping circles has had a career change. Kenny Rogers, head of Aurora Tankers, part of…
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Greater China
China’s iron ore imports under the microscope
Yesterday’s lead story on Splash has caused significant reaction from China dry bulk analysts. Peter Sand, chief shipping analyst at…
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Europe
Maritime gender pay gap still enormous
On the second anniversary of the obligation to report gender pay figures in the UK, HR Consulting from maritime recruitment…
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Containers
Proof of alien life forms deemed more likely than a correct five-year shipping forecast
In a damning rebuke to today’s crop of shipping analysts, a vast majority of Splash voters reckon the chances of…
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Containers
Weekly Broker: Cape sales dominate the news
The dry bulk sale and purchase market has seen another periodic slowdown this past week as sentiment remains soft in…
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Greater China
BIMCO calls the end of the China iron ore cape run
After two decades of relying on Chinese demand for iron ore imports, cape owners today have been told they’ll need…
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Middle East
ZIM signs up for Maersk-led TradeLens
In an important blockchain breakthrough for liner shipping, Maersk has found another rival to sign up to TradeLens, its platform…
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Operations
Sailors’ Society seeks changes to the Maritime Labour Convention
Maritime charity Sailors’ Society is petitioning the International Labour Organization (ILO) to make wellness training for seafarers mandatory in the…
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Greater China
Cheng takes cape hit with notable sales
Finally the first cape sales of 2019 are filtering through with the most notable deal involving Fred Cheng. The former…
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Europe
Digital Container Shipping Association launched with Maersk exec installed as CEO
Four of the world’s largest liners have officially debuted a new association to standardise digital developments, installing a Maersk high-flier…
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Greater China
The Captain’s Table: Shipping’s Dragon’s Den
Shipping now has its own version of the Dragon’s Den, the hit BBC show where tycoons invest in entrepreniual inventors.…
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Contributions
An old school visionary
Hugh McCoy, who died earlier this month, was not just one of the best sale and purchase brokers of his…
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Operations
Crew abandonment cases spike
Cases of crew abandonment are not diminishing despite greater global attention being paid to the nasty practice. Worldwide, 4,866 seafarers…
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Greater China
Valles exits dry bulk
One of Hong Kong’s oldest shipping companies, Valles Steamship, is exiting the bulker segment, laying all its money into tankers.…
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