Editor’s Picks
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Europe
DNV GL contemplates ditching German branding
Having finally assumed full control of the group in December top management at class society DNV GL is contemplating dropping…
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Greater China
Richard Elman relinquishes his role at under fire Noble Group
One of the most famous names in the Asian commodities scene has finally stepped down. Richard Elman, the founder of…
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Asia
Asian ports face $49bn climate adaptation costs
Protecting Asia Pacific ports against climate change could cost up to $49bn, according to new research commissioned by HSBC from…
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Asia
Otto Marine placed under judicial management
The High Court of Singapore has approved an application by financially trouble OSV operator and shipbuilder Otto Marine to be…
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Asia
Rumours of financial difficulties force Heung-A to write to clients
One of the best known names in the intra-Asia box trades, Heung-A from South Korea, has been forced to send…
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Americas
Elon Musk plans close encounter with LA shipyard for mission to Mars
Elon Musk is being tipped to take over an old American shipyard and to use the site in California to…
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Contributions
Why methanol will take its place in the marine fuels mix
Chris Chatterton, chief operating officer at the Methanol Institute, looks beyond 2020. It is a truism in shipping that investors…
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Asia
Dramatic boxship collision in Karachi caught on video
A video taken by a port worker has gone viral on social media, showing the remarkable moment when 8,000 teu…
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Asia
China Navigation provides Pacific islands with waste management solution
The China Navigation Company (CNCo) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have signed a memorandum of…
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Europe
BRS boss questions role of the Baltic indices
Tim Jones, president of French shipbroking house Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS), has questioned the role of shipbrokers’ input into the…
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Contributions
Social media performance: Anglo-Eastern tops shipmanagement
Competitor analysis…don’t you love it? In marketing it’s always tempting to develop a strategy based on what someone else is…
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Maritime CEO
Asian Bulk Logistics: Betting on Indonesian coal
As Indonesian authorities continue to mull forcing exports of commodities such as coal and palm oil to be carried on…
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Operations
Maritime CEO Forum: Vital owners manage the supply side
Hear what BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst has to say on the markets in the latest instalment of Splash TV. Peter…
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Europe
Maersk hit by another cyber attack
Maersk has been hit by another cyber attack. Investigators are looking into how hackers managed to get into towage subsidiary…
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Europe
Wärtsilä acquires Transas for $258m
Technology group Wärtsilä is buying navigation solutions specialist Transas for EUR210m ($258m). The move will speed Wärtsilä along its path…
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Tankers
Astounding volumes of VLCCs being scrapped still not enough to offset incoming deluge of newbuilds
The number of older VLCCs sent for scrap so far this year has been “somewhat astounding”, Clarkson Research states in…
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Asia
Liner blockchain breakthroughs proliferate
Hong Kong company 300cubits has announced the completion of the first trial shipment in its smart contract deployed on the…
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Contributions
Identifying chronic unease onboard
Chronic unease is the experience of unease and discomfort regarding the management of risks. It’s that feeling in the pit…
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Asia
Maritime CEO Forum: Shipping anywhere from 30 to 500 years behind the technology curve
Shipping has been warned it’s nearer to Kodak than Uber in its slow adoption of technology. Delegates attending this week’s…
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Greater China
Report claims less than one in three of Yangzijiang’s ships under construction are profitable
A new report from Singapore investment bank OCBC gives an idea at the scale of losses across the Chinese shipbuilding…
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