Posidonia
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Dry Cargo
New software estimates almost 40 capesizes are in lay-up
Software under development by MarineTraffic.com estimates that 37 capesize bulk carriers (6.6m dwt in total) are currently laid up around…
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Asia
TMT unveils hybrid propulsion system that reduces need for ballast water
Today Makes Tomorrow (TMT) has unveiled its chairman Nobu Su’s latest invention: a hybrid propulsion system that aims to mitigate…
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Americas
Panama Canal Authority: 17 days until world trade upgrades
Athens: It was 41 years ago that Jorge Quijano joined the Panama Canal Authority as an engineer. Back then the…
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Asia
Angelicoussis pens orders for DSME VLCCs and LNG carriers
Posidonia wouldn’t be Posidonia without a Greek putting pen to paper for a headline grabbing newbuild contract. John Angelicoussis, who…
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Americas
Book launched at Posidonia highlighting New York’s maritime prowess
New York Maritime Inc (NYMAR) took to the rooftop of Kyla Shipping’s office in Athens this evening for the launch…
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Asia
Minister invites Korean investment in Greece
Dimitrios Mardas, Greece’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, used today’s Korean-Hellenic Maritime Cooperation Forum to invite Korean investment in his…
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Dry Cargo
RightShip: Big Data tool set to launch
Warwick Norman sits, sipping coffee in the early morning sunshine beside the pool at the Astir Palace, the hotel that…
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Asia
Korea aims to be world’s third-largest shipping industry despite billion-dollar losses
South Korea’s shipping industry brought in revenues of $34.5bn during 2015, some $7.8bn behind the 2012 figure due to the…
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Environment
ICS trashes market-based measures to tackle CO2 emissions
Market-based measures to tackle CO2 emissions are “highly controversial” and the majority of the industry is still not really convinced…
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Europe
Frontline takes Metrostar VLCC resale quartet for $260m
Deals are being struck left, right and centre at this year’s Posidonia, and unsurprisingly one of the biggest names of…
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Bunkering
Gas-fuelled bulker promises to shake up ship designs
At Posidonia today a plan was put forward to develop a revolutionary LNG-fuelled bulk carrier. Arista Shipping has teamed up…
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Europe
Shipowners and brokers go knuckle to knuckle
The role of the shipbroker was hotly contested at today’s TradeWinds Shipowners Forum, most vociferously by Euronav’s CEO Paddy Rodgers,…
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Americas
Ridgebury looking at ‘older’ tonnage
Ridgebury Tankers is still looking at acquiring secondhand tonnage, CEO Robert Burke told the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum, held at Posidonia…
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Europe
Founder of Futurenautics blasts shipping as opaque and inefficient
K D Adamson, founder of Futurenautics, blasted the shipping industry today for its failure to harness technology. Adamson, speaking at…
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Europe
Technology shift bringing an end to shipping cycles
Prepare to say goodbye to everything you thought you knew about shipping – that was the conclusion from the morning…
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Europe
Lloyd’s Register: Class societies should not be listed
Athens: Classification societies should not become listed entities and be beholden to the whims of investors, the ceo of Lloyd’s…
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Europe
Tsipras opens Posidonia with a promise to revive Greece’s maritime industry
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has opened this year’s Posidonia event in Athens by promising to develop his country’s ports,…
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Contributions
Merger cocktail headache
Mergers create many a headache. From job losses to disgruntled customers, shipping is well aware of the pains of corporate…
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Europe
Cyprus’s second largest bank entering ship finance
RCB, Cyprus’s second largest bank, is looking to get into ship finance, Splash can exclusively reveal. Executives from the 1995-established…
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Europe
Morits Skaugen: ‘Why there is a big discount on crude oil tanker stocks’
Oslo: Last Friday, Morits Skaugen, ceo of Norwegian tanker firm IM Skaugen, helped set the scene for likely talking points…
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