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Dry Cargo
Anglo American takes its ocean freight digital
Mining giant Anglo American is making its ocean freight arrangements more digital. The miner has signed a deal with Chinsay…
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Ports and Logistics
World’s largest coal port transitions towards a lower carbon environment
The world’s largest coal port is preparing for a lower carbon future world. The incoming new chairman of the Port…
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Europe
MSC upgrades capacity of 11 mega boxships at Beihai Shipbuilding
Container shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has commissioned CSIC-affiliated Beihai Shipbuilding Industry for the conversion of up to 11…
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Greater China
Dynagas seals Chinese sale and leaseback coup
China Development Bank Leasing (CDBL) has announced that it has entered into sale and leaseback agreements with an undisclosed party…
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Greater China
Cosco seen overhauling Maersk as world’s top containerline in coming decade
Splash readers are predicting Cosco, China’s giant state-backed maritime conglomerate, will overhaul Maersk to become the world’s top containerline in…
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Europe
DNV GL becomes fully Norwegian as German partner sells stake
It’s taken more than five years but finally the Foundation Det Norske Veritas has bought out its German partner’s stake…
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Regulatory
Call for software maintenance standard for shipping
BIMCO and the international association for the marine electronics industry, CIRM (Comité International Radio-Maritime), have sent the industry’s first proposal…
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Greater China
Yang Ming strikes new path with Taiwan’s port body
Fresh from an injection of cash from the state Yang Ming Marine Transport has detailed plans to scrap 20 ships…
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Europe
European shipowners urge for swift progress in Brexit negotiations
Top management at the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has urged for swift progress to be made between the EU…
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Asia
India’s port volumes predicted to quadruple by 2025
India’s ports are set to handle four times as much cargo within the next eight years, but volumes will remain…
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Asia
HMM launches block train services to Europe via China
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will launch a block train service to Europe via the Trans China Railway (TCR) from South…
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Europe
Declaration on shipping emissions signed by 35 nations in Paris
Shipping proved a central plank of discussion at the Emmanuel Macron convened One Planet climate summit in Paris yesterday. The…
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Dry Cargo
Capes pass $30,000 mark, hitting four-year highs
Capesize freight rates crashed through the $30,000 mark yesterday, hitting highs not seen for four years. Brokers pointed to the…
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Americas
Final El Faro report lashes both captain and owner
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday released its findings about the 2015 sinking of cargo ship with…
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Greater China
Nobu Su takes to YouTube to air claims of money laundering
Nobu Su, the fallen Taiwanese shipowner turned serial maritime inventor, has uploaded a short documentary to YouTube, available below, in…
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Asia
Japanese corporate giants trial cross-border blockchain technology
A group comprising some of the largest corporations in Japan including Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) are carrying out a demonstration…
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Containers
Will 2018 bring better freight rates?
Will the markets be kinder to shipowners in 2018 than this year? That forms the central thesis of the latest…
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Europe
Maritime a dangerous work environment for sexual harassment: YoungShip
Top leadership at YoungShip, the non-profit organisation for young people working within the global maritime industry, have issued an open…
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Europe
Bariba’s exit from shipping falls through
Greek owner Bariba Corp has yet to exit shipping, sources tell Splash. One month after Eastern Mediterranean made headlines for…
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Greater China
Shanghai unveils world’s largest automated box terminal
Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) began trial operations of the world’s largest automated container shipping terminal at Yangshan over the…
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