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Asia
Crew of diverted tanker will face one month’s quarantine before they can get home
The , the aframax that altered course from Singapore to India on Tuesday at the behest of the ship’s master,…
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Tankers
Master diverts Singapore-bound aframax to India, citing mental strain from prolonged working hours
Splash has learnt that the master of a ship under third party management has diverted for India, citing the mental…
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Operations
‘Uncertainty takes a terrible toll’: Seafarers Happiness Index founder
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, discusses the mood of crews around the world in the latest…
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Contributions
Surfing high amidst falling skies
Mitul Dave, a board member at Golden Sands Capital and managing director of AlphaSeas Management, on how the investor tides…
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Asia
One on ONE with Jeremy Nixon
Jeremy Nixon, CEO of Ocean Network Express (ONE), the two-year-old Japanese container shipping giant, is the latest big name in…
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Operations
Seafarers poll reveals dread, fatigue and burn out onboard during the Covid-19 pandemic
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published yesterday by The Mission to Seafarers, has given some insight into the lives…
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Tankers
Tanker ordering tipped to hit historic lows through to 2024
After a weighty amount of tanker deliveries through to the end of 2021 a new report out is suggesting tanker…
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Shipyards
Slippage permeates through this year’s ship delivery schedule
Clarksons Research is reporting that the global newbuilding delivery schedule this year will see signifiant slippage. Globally, output in 2020…
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Containers
Mayday: Liners negotiate April but brace for incoming storm
Lessons learned from the global financial crisis have helped staunch losses for the world’s top liners who held firm in…
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Operations
Suez Canal drops fees to stem tide of ships heading via the Cape of Good Hope
The Suez Canal Authority has taken action to stem losing traffic amid a swathe of liners opting to travel via…
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Operations
Ships roar their support as #HeroesAtSeaShoutout campaign rings out across the world
In scenes not heard for generations people living in port cities around the world today experienced a rousing collective roar…
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Europe
Dry bulk heading towards ‘sweet spot’: John Michael Radziwill
As most of the world remains in some form of lockdown there’s an alternative way of looking at this extraordinary…
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Containers
International Transport Forum warns governments to be careful bailing out debt-laden carriers
The International Transport Forum (ITF), which works under the auspices of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in…
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Americas
CMA becomes first shipping show to reschedule twice this year
CMA Shipping, the flagship maritime gathering in North America, has become the first event in the shipping calendar to reschedule…
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Greater China
Splash Extra: Chinese ship leasing feels the heat
The precarious state of many Chinese ship leasing houses – and their heavy exposure to the troubled aviation sector –…
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Americas
Vale stops using converted ore carriers
Brazilian mining giant Vale has let it been known at its quarterly earnings today that it will stop using converted…
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Operations
Seafarers’ right to emergency medical treatment ashore in the spotlight
The Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have urgently called on governments to step up…
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Europe
North boss details P&I’s response to the coronavirus outbreak
Paul Jennings, CEO of the North of England P&I Club and current chairman of the International Group of P&I Clubs…
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Asia
Imabari presses ahead with project to build world’s first LPG-fuelled cape
Imabari Shipbuilding, Japan’s largest shipbuilder, is pressing ahead with plans to build a world-first LPG-fuelled capesize bulk carrier, with ClassNK…
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Contributions
And we thought IMO 2020 would be challenging…
Adrian Tolson, a director at BLUE Insight, sets the scene for a webinar he’s hosting on Wednesday. Remember the good…
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