Editor’s Picks
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Asia
International Chamber of Shipping: Two more years under Esben Poulsson
“You’re either mad or a masochist,” Maritime CEO fires in with our first question to the newly re-elected chairman of…
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Europe
New Belgian shipping firm to set sail next week
A new Belgian shipping company, I-Motion Shipping, has announced the launch of two container services connecting Belgium with the UK.…
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Americas
Harvey Gulf takes swipe at competitors as it emerges from chapter 11
US offshore support vessel owner Harvey Gulf International Marine has received court approval for its reorganisation plans, just 77 days…
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Operations
MarPoll: ‘We’re no longer training seafarers; we’re training astronauts’
Today Splash reveals the results of our last survey, while detailing the questions we are posing for the next online…
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Tankers
VLCCs have been losing $2,100 a day so far this year
Following yesterday’s lead story on the “disastrous” state of aframaxes trading in the North Sea, Splash has data on the…
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Operations
Fair Pay at Sea campaign launches ahead of crunch ILO wage talks next month
A new website, Fair Pay at Sea, has been launched with backing from trade union Nautlius International, looking to raise…
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Greater China
Hong Kong finally gears up to take the fight to Singapore
After a lost couple of decades, Hong Kong authorities are finally gearing up to make the city more competitive for…
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Europe
European rival to Flexport emerges
Adnavem, a Swedish tech start-up, today revealed that its first pilot customer imported containers from Asia to Europe and on…
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Regulatory
Australian politician seeks to capsize livestock shipping
An Australian politician introduced legislation to parliament yesterday to ban the export of live sheep. The government has introduced a…
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Europe
‘Disastrous’ North Sea aframaxes losing $1,750 a day
Aframaxes trading in the North Sea have been losing money in dramatic fashion. Describing rates on the key trade from…
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Operations
Global seaborne trade projected to surpass 12bn tonnes this year
Global seaborne trade is projected to rise to over 12bn tonnes in 2018, working out at 1.57 tonnes for every…
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Europe
Novatek forms Maritime Arctic Transport to centralise Arctic shipping interests
PAO Novatek, Russia’s largest independent gas production and sales company, has created a transportation subsidiary names Maritime Arctic Transport. The…
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Europe
13-strong RBD Armatori fleet to be auctioned with initial bargain $200m price tag
The Court of Torre Annunziata in Naples has put up for sale at auction the entire shipping branch of RBD…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: Ignorant, defiant or stupid?
Splash livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson is disappointed with changes made to the animal export industry in Australia this week.…
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Middle East
UAE commits to protecting seafarers in signing of historic memorandum with the ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Transport Authority (FTA) have signed a groundbreaking…
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Tech
IMO establishes autonomous vessels taskforce
Discussions on how to address maritime autonomous surface ships have begun at IMO. The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is debating…
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Europe
Skou lashes Maersk Line for underperforming the market
Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has once again lashed his shipping division, the world’s largest containerline, for…
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Containers
Pressure builds with 900,000 teu of newbuilds still to deliver this year
Analysts at Alphaliner are warning the deluge of new boxship capacity still to hit the water this year could harm…
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Bunkering
Study claims biofuels are the most economically feasible zero-emission alternative for shipping
A report authored for the charity Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has stated that advanced biofuels may represent the most economically…
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Tech
Fincantieri joins the 3D printing rush
Shipbuilders’ flirtation with 3D printing continues to mount. Australian metal additive manufacturing company, Titomic has entered into a MoU with…
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