Editor’s Picks
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Asia
Temasek unit comes in to save PIL
Former member of parliament SS Teo is likely to see his beleaguered Singaporean shipping line saved by a unit of…
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Europe
Maersk throws weight behind renewable methanol as a fuel of the future
Some of the biggest names across the Danish transport spectrum including Maersk are joining forces to produce sustainable fuels for…
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Contributions
‘Don’t over think it. Shipping is simple’
Fifteen years into his career, Charlie Du Cane, commercial director at Mandarin Shipping, has just been provided with valuable advice…
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Greater China
Stanley Ho dies
Stanley Ho, one of the most colourful Asian tycoons of the last century, passed away at a hospital in Hong…
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Greater China
Beijing details $667bn infrastructure-focused stimulus package
Infrastructure spending is set to be ramped up in China, much to the joy of the world’s dry bulk shipping…
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Greater China
Shipping awaits Chinese stimulus salvation
Sales of diggers in China are leaping fast, a hopeful sign ahead of tomorrow’s National People’s Congress in Beijing where…
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Greater China
Gerry Wang makes progress with new LNG venture
Tiger Clean Energy (TCE), led by former Seaspan CEO Gerry Wang, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with…
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Splash TV
How shipping compares to the oil and gas sector in all things digital
Today sees Splash TV’s popular new series take a new direction with the start of a strand of shows set…
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Containers
Liners start to reinsert services
Liners appear to have reached peak blank sailing for the time being. THE Alliance, which features Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, ONE and…
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Asia
Owners are being charged hundreds of thousands of dollars to get crews changed in India
Shipping companies are being hit by a “ridiculous” slew of sky-high charges to get crews changed in India, with owners…
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Europe
Carriers are winning the freight rate battle
Hapag-Lloyd impressed analysts last week by keeping its full-year financial guidance despite the deleterious effects caused by Covid-19. Part of…
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Operations
Five top names in shipmanagement discuss the future of the industry post-coronavirus
Today marks a shipmanagement special in the ongoing Maritime CEO Leader Series powered by Ocean Technologies Group, featuring five of…
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Dry Cargo
Capes have lost $10,000 a day so far this year as record low approaches
Capes ducked below $2,000 a day yesterday with losses mounting and the record low for this bulk carrier type standing…
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Europe
Stopford’s worst-case scenario: sea trade declines 17% by 2024
SMM, the world’s largest shipping exhibition, held its regular press event curtain-raiser this week by Zoom with famous names in…
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Operations
Shipping given one final month to resolve crew change issue
Employers and seafarer trade unions have agreed one final month’s extension before crews working beyond their stipulated contracts must be…
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Europe
Danish Ship Finance issues damning 80-page report on shipping prospects
In one of the most sobering shipping reports penned for a decade Danish Ship Finance has laid out how badly…
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Europe
Maersk CEO warns volumes could slide by up to a quarter in Q2
Søren Skou, the CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk, the world’s largest containerline, has warned volumes handled by the carrier…
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Dry Cargo
Capes face historic rates abyss
The capesize index declined 71% in 14 trading days through to yesterday, one of the fastest drops in history, according…
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Maritime CEO
D’Amico: Dealing with fake demand
For Paolo d’Amico, seasoned Italian shipowner and chief executive officer of d’Amico International Shipping, this is not the best quarter…
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Splash TV
China’s place in the world maritime economy post-coronavirus under the microscope
Award-winning author and economist Paul French joins the Maritime CEO Leader Series powered by Ocean Technologies Group today. French, who…
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