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Europe
Star Bulk seals seven-ship deal with ER Capital
Greek dry bulk giant Star Bulk Carriers has entered into an agreement with Germany’s E.R. Capital Holding to acquire up…
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Tankers
Weekly Broker: S&P finally shows signs of life
With the northern hemisphere summer fading away, sales in secondhand vessels are finally seeing a moderate resurgence across most segments.…
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Americas
Families of Stellar Daisy crew go after the CEO of Vale
The bereaved families of the 22 dead crew from the sunken Stellar Daisy have hit out at Vale, the world’s…
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Environment
Scrubber retrofits see repair yards hike prices
Brokers Intermodal are reporting ship repair prices are set to rise on the back of limited berth availability in the…
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Contributions
Shipping 2.0: This time it’s different
Sometime in the not so distant past, a bit less than 20 years ago in fact, I had the enviable…
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Asia
Ultra Deep Solutions adding another DSV to fleet
Singapore-headquartered subsea specialist Ultra Deep Solutions has announced the commencement of the design, engineering and build of a new dive…
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Maritime CEO
Portcast: What shipping can learn from aviation when it comes to efficiency
Portcast, a Singapore-based startup, which is focused on digitisation solutions for the logistics industry, is looking to launch its initial…
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Europe
Gunvor shelves Rotterdam low sulphur fuel plant
Fresh from the news rival Vopak is forming a low sulphur fuel venture in Rotterdam with Maersk, Gunvor Group has…
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Containers
How the Belt and Road initiative is shaping future freight trade
As I prepare for my next public speaking foray into Asia, I was reminded of an earlier article that I…
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Maritime CEO
SMM: The world’s biggest shipping show just got larger
This time next week the doors will open in Hamburg to the world’s largest shipping exhibition. SMM returns, bigger than…
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Middle East
DP World’s Unifeeder move is a bid to redress the power imbalance with carriers: Drewry
British shipping consultants Drewry have given their verdict on terminal operator DP World’s surprise move to acquire Danish shipping line…
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Europe
Maersk asks Brazilian shippers to stop overbooking space
Maersk has warned Brazilian shippers to stop overbooking slots as it is harming exports out of South America’s largest nation.…
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Contributions
How to handle blockchain going mainstream
Stefan Kukman, founder and CEO of CargoX, has some advice to shipping lines pondering how best to integrate blockchain technology…
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Greater China
Noble restructuring approved, chairman to step down
Noble Group lives to fight another day. Shareholders in the Singapore-listed commodities company voted today to approve a $3.5bn debt…
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Environment
More than 25% of global orderbook fitted with scrubbers
The astonishing pick up in scrubber sales has been tallied by Clarkson Research who are reporting one in four ships…
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Contributions
This is why the world needs more harsh environment semi-submersible rigs
There just aren’t enough new rigs to meet long-term drilling requirements in the North Sea and Canada, argues David Carter Shinn…
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Containers
Cargoes rolled on busy transpacific
The peak season on the transpacific has hit top gear with reports of cargoes being rolled. The news follows on…
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Contributions
Nanotechnology can cure shipping’s sulphur conundrum
In October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that January 1 2020 would be the implementation date for a…
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Asia
Tina Revsbech departs BW Tankers
BW Group has confirmed that Tina Revsbech has left her role as CEO of BW Tankers. “BW and Tina parted…
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Greater China
Shanghai Shipyard to suspend operations
One of China’s oldest shipbuilders, Shanghai Shipyard, an affiliate yard of Chinese shipbuilding conglomerate China State Shipbuilding Corporation, is going…
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