Editor’s Picks
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Greater China
Shanghai becomes first boxport to handle more than 40m teu in a year
Shanghai has become the first port in the world to surpass 40m teu in a calendar year. “Handling a whopping…
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Contributions
Offshore braced for another tough year as private equity readies to swoop
The mood among OSV operators is grim. Further consolidation is inevitable according to top names in our 2018 offshore preview.…
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Containers
A forgettable year is our best hope
By all accounts, 2017 was a forgettable year for shipping – which it may be the best characterisation the industry…
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Contributions
Themes that will dominate shipping in 2018
Splash asks top names across the industry for their predictions. Next year is unlikely to be dull for those in…
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Contributions
Where are the visionary maritime leaders?
Poul Woodall, a director at DFDS, writing a personal opinion column for Splash today laments the lack of true environmental…
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Tankers
2018 expected to be a year of transition for tankers
Q4 has been a disappointment for tanker owners and consensus is for another poor year ahead; Maritime Strategies International has…
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Greater China
Ningbo-Zhoushan becomes first port to register 1bn tonne annual throughput
China can now boast the world’s first port to have an annual throughput of more than 1bn tonnes. Ningbo-Zhoushan port…
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Operations
Battered owners dare to dream for the first time in a decade
Shipowners who had managed to survive the tumult of the past decade dared to peer out of the gloom during…
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Americas
International Seaways takes six Euronav VLCCs
American tanker operator International Seaways has revealed it is the company taking six modern Euronav VLCCs for $434m on the…
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Tankers
Tankers approaching the low point of the cycle
Is the tanker market approaching the bottom of the cycle finally? That point of view is hinted at in the…
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Europe
Euronav and Gener8 Maritime to merge
The year 2017 will go down as one of peak consolidation and it is ending with one of the most…
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Tankers
DNV GL’s 2050 forecast makes for sombre reading for tanker owners
Class society DNV GL has published its Maritime Forecast to 2050, which makes for good reading for those in container…
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Dry Cargo
Weekly Broker: Christmas rush for supramax bargains
The past week has seen continued firm interest in the secondhand bulker market with considerable transaction volumes especially for supramaxes…
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Europe
Lomar lines up older boxships for sale
Lomar Shipping has plans to sell some of its older boxships. A spokesperson for the London-headquartered line told Splash that…
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Asia
Bumi Armada commences worker cull as part of OSV department reorganisation
Malaysian offshore services giant Bumi Armada is reorganising its OSV business unit, which is likely to see 40% of the…
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Asia
SM Line reaches out to HMM on the transpacific
South Korea’s SM Line is seeking to partner with compatriot Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) on the transpacific. SM Line, which…
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Operations
Mission to Seafarers handles record number of abandoned crew cases in 2017
The Mission to Seafarers claims 2017 marked a high point in the number of cases of abandoned crew the charity…
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Greater China
Qingdao Beihai becomes the go-to yard for boxship jumboisation
Chinese state run Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry (BSIC) is rapidly building up a new revenue base as the go-to…
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Contributions
Fear, fake news and cyber hype
Rod Johnson, an occasional Splash contributor, attacks those who peddle cyber fear to sell their products. Hackers took ‘full control’…
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Europe
Obituary: Maurice Meehan
Many in shipping will be deeply saddened today to hear of the unexpected and untimely passing of a friend to…
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