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Europe
UK can lead world in maritime gender equality
British maritime can lead the world in gender equality, the country’s maritime minister claimed last night at the London launch…
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Europe
Star Bulk opts for scrubbers for entire fleet
Greek dry bulk owner Star Bulk Carriers has announced its intention to equip its entire fleet with scrubbers before the…
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Europe
Frank Coles quits as head of Transas
Less than six months since he masterminded his company’s sale to Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, Splash understands Frank Coles has…
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Europe
Shipping playing catchup when it comes to 3D printing
The Maritime 3D Printing Show Area at last week’s SMM exhibition in Hamburg (pictured) might have been one of the…
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Contributions
Swag at SMM: An alternative shipping confidence survey
I am a journalist so by definition a freeloader. In the three days and many kilometres around the 93,000 sq…
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Greater China
Cosco’s Northern Sea Route triumph overshadowed by collision in the Arctic
Cosco’s heavylift vessel called at the French port of Rouen yesterday evening to much fanfare having sailed through the Arctic…
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Bunkering
Nanotechnology questions answered
A couple of weeks ago Splash published my article titled, ‘Nanotechnology can cure shipping’s sulphur conundrum’. Since then, we have…
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Contributions
German shipping shrinks from the global stage
The German market share of the world’s merchant fleet has dropped from 8.3% in 2008 to 5.9% today. Will it…
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Maritime CEO
Okeanis Eco Tankers: Making money from scrubbers
At the start of July Okeanis Eco Tankers, owned by the Alafouzos family of Greece, concluded a $100m IPO in…
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Contributions
What should be on show at SMM
Years ago, a young Chinese colleague summed up Russia – “Russia can sell you anything, except what you what you…
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Tankers
VLCC charterers face 33% premium for non-scrubber ships come 2020
Charterers of VLCCs will have to pay 33% more for ships without scrubbers once the global sulphur cap kicks in…
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Maritime CEO
Wilhelmsen: Our aim is to shape the maritime industry
Any shipping CEO today needs to be able to talk a good game when it comes to digitalisation. Few, however,…
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Greater China
Evergreen turns 50
Taiwan’s Evergreen Group celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday. The group founded by Dr Chang Yung-Fa owns Eva Air and…
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Contributions
A new type of commodities empire
China is playing a brilliant long game at home and abroad, which is hugely beneficial to the dry bulk trades,…
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Asia
MOL shuns LNG with its 2020 fuel policy
With Maersk determined to pursue a low sulphur fuel future, eshewing scrubbers and LNG when the global sulphur cap comes…
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Europe
Maersk product tanker fitted with rotor sails
Maersk Tankers is trialling wind propulsion as a way to fight soaring bunker bills. Two 30 m tall rotor sails…
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Asia
BW LPG to retrofit four vessels with LPG-propelled dual fuel engines
Singapore’s BW LPG has signed contracts for the retrofitting of four vessels with LPG-propelled dual fuel engines, which it claims…
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Europe
Three ports in Italy ready for low sulphur bunker supply before 2020
Shipowners will be glad to hear that at least three ports in Italy will be ready to supply fuel oil…
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Europe
Maersk anticipates extra $2bn to its fuel bill come 2020
Maersk Line, the world’s largest containerline, has estimated its fuel bill will rise by at least $2bn after the introduction…
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Asia
MOL using articificial intelligence to predict cape freight markets
The world’s largest operator of dry bulk vessels has revealed it has been using articificial intelligence for the last two…
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