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Europe
Turkey to construct canal to alleviate traffic in the Bosphorus
Turkey is to start construction this year of a 45 km canal to ease traffic on the Bosphorus. The Kanal…
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Contributions
The future of port operations
Andy Lane from CTI Consultancy gets a glimpse of new shore-side technology while visiting an exhibition in Singapore. Container handling…
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Greater China
Evergreen Marine in for twenty 11,000 teu boxships
Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen Marine has announced a major fleet expansion plan in which the company will bring in a…
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Asia
Imabari takes over Minaminippon Shipbuilding
Imabari Shipbuilding, Japan’s largest shipbuilder, has reached an initial agreement to take over domestic shipyard Minaminippon Shipbuilding. Under the agreement,…
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Middle East
Sanchi sinks following another explosion, NITC says crew of 32 all dead
NITC tanker , which has been burning in the East China Sea for over a week, sank on Sunday after…
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Europe
RBD Armatori declared bankrupt
Naples-based shipping company RBD Armatori was formally declared bankrupt by the Court of Torre Annunziata on Thursday. A few weeks…
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Europe
Baltic Exchange readies LNG index
In line with its new owner’s keenness to be at the front of the LNG markets the Baltic Exchange has…
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Greater China
Landmark liner blockchain solution to debut in June
300cubits, a Hong Kong-based tech initiative launched last August, has set a June date for what could be container shipping’s…
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Europe
Bourbon teams with Bureau Veritas in smart OSV drive
French offshore giant Bourbon has signed a partnership with compatriot class society Bureau Veritas to develop and deploy automation and…
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Containers
Weekly Broker: Inspections increase but owners wait to see where markets are headed
A report carried on this site earlier this week posits that 15-year-old handysize bulkers are the best bet for investors…
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Asia
Wilhelmsen Ship Management moves HQ to Singapore
Malaysia-based manager Wilhelmsen Ship Management is relocating its global headquarters to Singapore. The company said the move will take place…
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Asia
Japanese pair circle around new digital freight marketplace
Two Japanese firms have joined forces to launch a digital freight marketplace, matching cargoes with ships. Called maruFreight, the new…
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Contributions
OW Bunker collapse: can it happen again?
Ishaan Hemnani, CEO of BunkerEx, discusses the financial health of the bunker industry. The OW Bunker bankruptcy affected over 20,000…
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Containers
January set to be record month for new boxship deliveries
January will be a record month for containership deliveries, with Alphaliner listing seven so called megamax newbuildings of 19,000 to…
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Greater China
Authorities struggle to douse NITC tanker fire
Firefighting operations to douse the NITC tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea near Shanghai carried on for a fourth…
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Dry Cargo
Ageing handysize bulkers tipped as best bet this year
Using VesselsValue‘s Future Market Value module, older tonnage is tipped to increase by the largest percentage from the first quarter…
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Asia
MOL boss warns disruptive innovations will reshape shipping
Shipping should not shy away from opportunities brought around by the so-called sharing economy with the leader of Japan’s largest…
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Containers
Full vessels on the transpacific see peak season surcharges kick in early
Having failed to secure a peak season surcharge last September members of THE Alliance are tweaking capacities on the transpacific…
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Asia
Meiji Shipping readies dramatic expansion
Low profile Japanese owner Meiji Shipping is readying a dramatic fleet expansion. The Tokyo-headquartered diverse owner is currently listed with…
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Asia
HMM CEO outlines plans to double fleet size by 2022
In a new year’s address to employees Yoo Chang-Keun has laid down plans to double the size of Hyundai Merchant…
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