Editor’s Picks
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Asia
Pressure mounts on K Line top management
Pressure is growing once again for a change of top management at Japan’s third largest shipping line, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha…
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Greater China
Cosco gets back on track after last week’s cyber attack
China Cosco Shipping has managed to recover part of the company’s US network system after it was hit by a…
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Europe
Oaktree swoops for OSM
American asset manager Oaktree Capital Management has swooped for Norwegian shipmanagement giant OSM. Oaktree, which has a large shipping portfolio…
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Greater China
Cosco US hit by cyber attack
Cosco Shipping’s operations in the United States were hit by a cyber attack yesterday, affecting the company’s daily operations. According…
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Containers
New entrants eye US East Coast in wake of ZIM’s 2M move
In the wake of ZIM’s landmark signing with MSC and Maersk from Asia to the US East Coast could this…
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Environment
More than 1,000 scrubbers sold
Scrubber purchases have accelerated dramatically in recent weeks with the total number of exhaust gas cleaning systems installed or on…
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Contributions
The unsung heroes of containerisation
Making his Splash writing debut, Santosh Patil focuses on the little reported world of the feeder trades. When one pores…
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Europe
Schoeller sells Bengal Tiger Line
One of the most famous names in the Asian feeder boxship market has changed hands. Schoeller Holdings has become the…
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Europe
RBD Armatori fleet sale falls through
No one has been willing to shell out the $200m demanded for the 13 ships belonging to bust RBD Armatori.…
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Contributions
Time for a professional approach to maritime welfare training
Katie Higginbottom, head of the ITF Seafarers’ Trust, writes exclusively for Splash today. Seafarers are the backbone of the shipping…
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Europe
Laid-up kamsarmax finally finds a buyer
The seven-year-old, 81,700 dwt Trojan Maritime-owned has finally found a buyer in the form of a new entity called Derby…
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Europe
Coeclerici cashes out of coal transhipment with sale to Vale
After almost half a century Milan-based Coeclerici Group has closed its coal logistics division, the pioneers of coal transhipment claiming…
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Europe
Samherji snaps up major stake in Eimskip
Icelandic fishery company Samherji has sealed a deal to acquire a 25.3% stake in Eimskip from US investment fund Yucaipa…
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Contributions
Where will newbuild prices go in the next 18 months?
Most analysts tell chief correspondent Jason Jiang that shipyards should be able to push through further price increases soon. Chinese…
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Regulatory
12-month ship bans could solve crew neglect: ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has applauded the recent decision taken by Australian authorities to ban a Chinese bulker…
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Containers
Capacity cuts see transpacific rates soar 41% this month
Close to 7% of the total capacity on the transpacific container tradelane has been yanked in the past four weeks,…
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Contributions
Don’t believe the hype when it comes to dry bulk reporting
A new online comparison tool will give investors a more transparent look at listed dry bulk shipping companies, writes Anders…
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Europe
Vitol and Peabody tout coal waste as sulphur cap solution
Could coal make a return, coming to the rescue of shipping as the industry urgently searches for fuel solutions ahead…
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Europe
Stena Bulk takes six suezmaxes on time charter
Stena Bulk has taken advantage of this year’s dire charter rates for suezmaxes by chartering in six tankers to boost…
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Europe
Zodiac Maritime behind Sanko LPG exit
Brokers are linking Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime as the buyer behind Sanko Steamship’s sale of its last pair of LPG…
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