Editor’s Picks
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Asia
NYK becomes world’s first shipping line to offer green bonds
Next month Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will become the first shipping line in the world to offer green bonds…
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Contributions
Practical aspects of the IMO MEPC 72
I mentioned, a few days ago, that in the future, as the ‘open range’ that the high seas have been,…
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Containers
Destructive rate war emerging on Asia-Europe box tradelane
Rates on the all important Asia to Europe box tradelane have slumped to lows not seen for nearly two years…
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Europe
Weasel words give owners breathing space in the emissions debate
There was a convention amongst shipping journalists that one did not criticise the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO). However curious…
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Greater China
Elman returns at New Noble
Richard Elman is back in the boardroom, just over three weeks after he had stepped down at embattled commodities trader…
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Europe
D’Amato di Navigazione to fight bankruptcy decision
The Naples-based D’Amato di Navigazione shipping company has been declared bankrupt by a local court but the main shareholder has…
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Europe
Vroon reaches restructuring agreement with lenders
Dutch owner Vroon has reached an in principal agreement with its lenders regarding the terms of its financial restructuring. The…
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Europe
Deal struck to halve shipping GHG emissions by 2050
Just after 3pm UK time on Friday more than 170 nations agreed to move ahead with an initial strategy to…
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Europe
Louis Dreyfus exits cape spot market ‘controlled’ by global miners
France’s largest dry bulk operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is exiting the cape spot market, conceding that the sector has…
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Europe
Pacific Islands attack ICS, make last ditch plea to IMO
With the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) set to conclude discussions tomorrow, the secretary general of the Pacific Islands Development…
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Tankers
Is now the time to make a chemical carrier move?
In his first column of the year for Splash, renowned ship financier Dagfinn Lunde selected pure chemical carriers as a…
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Contributions
Fast tracking digital development through big data competence
Below is a speech given by Captain Pradeep Chawla from Anglo-Eastern Ship Management at yesterday’s Digital Ship conference taking place…
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Europe
Spirit of compromise points towards greenhouse gas deal at MEPC
The battle lines have been drawn at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the 72nd gathering of…
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Contributions
The race against time
Diane Gilpin, the founder of the Smart Green Shipping Alliance, makes the business case for change as delegates continue to…
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Asia
HMM finally provides details on 20-ship ordering spree
In one of container shipping’s longer telegraphed orders, South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has finally officially announced it is…
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Europe
Turkey’s Densay makes swift $3.9m profit from handy sale
Densay of Turkey is behind what was described as the most interesting deal of the week in the latest report…
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Americas
American Ethane Company and CLNG to order VLECs at Hudong Zhonghua
US ethane exporter American Ethane Company (AEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with China LNG Shipping (CLNG) to collaborate…
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Europe
Clear divisions as MEPC gets down to business
Shipping and its emissions are very high up the mainstream news agenda today as delegates descend on the headquarters of…
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Contributions
60 Minutes exposé barely scratches the surface of live export horror
Last night the Australian public was yet again collectively lied to by the Australian live export industry; desperately trying to…
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Greater China
Tianyuan Logistics places debut ship order of 10 bulkers at CSIC
Tianyuan Logistics, the shipping unit of Chinese manganese ore producer Ningxia Tianyuan Manganese, has placed an order at state-run shipbuilder…
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