Editor’s Picks
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Asia
South Korean president presides over the naming of the world’s largest boxship
The president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, was on hand today at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine…
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Europe
Lasse Kristoffersen talks digital and life post-coronavirus
Lasse Kristoffersen talks digital and life post-coronavirus in the latest episode of the Maritime CEO Leader Series powered by Ocean…
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Contributions
Preserving the structures that keep seafarers safe
Martin Crawford-Brunt, the CEO of RightShip, writes for Splash today warning shipping not to compromise on safety or risk during…
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Operations
Ships around the world urged to honk their support for the essential work seafarers are carrying out during the coronavirus crisis
Rather like the land-based efforts to recognise the extraordinary work of essential workers during the coronavirus crisis, shipping is beginning…
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Europe
APL bows out of Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Latin American trades
Within the next six weeks, APL, a shipping brand that dates back to 1848, will only serve the transpacific and…
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Containers
Liner shipping faces up to be hit ‘disproportionally’ hard
Lars Jensen, one of the best known pundits in container shipping, is the latest big name to take the hot…
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Contributions
Two popes and a pestilence
There is a historian’s in-joke going round to the effect that if you ever wanted to know what the fourteenth…
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Asia
Hin Leong and Ocean Tankers seek court protection in Singapore
One of the biggest names in Singapore oil circles has sought court protection. Trading firm Hin Leong and subsidiary Ocean…
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Americas
Capes back in breakeven territory despite Vale’s projected production cuts
Just as capesizes had broken even for the first time this year, Brazilian miner Vale has delivered news that could…
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Contributions
Living in the material world
Di Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance on the complete rethink shipping needs to go through once ‘All This’…
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Environment
GHG targets at risk with shipping struggling to shed fossil fuels warns ABS
Class society ABS has published its latest trends and projections on carbon-reduction strategies for shipping as the industry looks to…
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Asia
ClassNK warns scrubber corrosion issues could lead to a serious accident
Japanese classification society ClassNK has warned in a technical note to clients of a number of incidents of sea water…
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Greater China
Wah Kwong boss hails financial resilience of shipping during the coronavirus crisis
William Fairclough, the managing director of Hong Kong shipowner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, has hailed the financial resilience of…
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Containers
Weekly Broker: Global Lockdown puts a clamp on sales
The Global Lockdown – as the International Monetary Fund has termed this year’s recession – has also put the brakes…
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Containers
Liner bankruptcy potential spreads in step with the coronavirus
A major liner bankruptcy in the coming months is on the cards according to the main carriers’ Altman Z-scores. The…
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Containers
Two horsemen of the apocalypse
It’s too late to buy that VLCC. It’s far too late to sell anything, but you might want to try…
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Press Releases
Maritime CEO launches leadership video series
Today sees the launch of the Maritime CEO Leader Series, powered by Ocean Technologies Group, the next development in the…
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Tankers
Tanker analysts turn bearish
Tanker analysts are beginning to turn bearish on prospects for a sector that has been surging for most of the…
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Europe
MSC battles to keep freight moving as network outage stretches into fourth day
As Monday’s Daily Splash newsletter readied to publish (free sign up via this link) the website of the world’s second…
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Offshore
Offshore drillers face up to $3bn of contract cancellations
A report by Rystad Energy says that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and oil price war have ravaged global energy markets,…
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