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Maersk fined in Spain after locals spot boxship belching excessive emissions
Observant Spanish locals last week spotted a boxship belching out more smoke than normal, leading to a swift EUR20,000 ($22,435)…
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Three officers arrested in arson case involving Grimaldi’s Grande Europa
Three officers of the Grimaldi Group who were on the conro ship which caught fire while transiting off the island…
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Grimaldi car carrier Grande Europa catches fire in the Mediterranean
A few weeks after the sinking of con-ro Grande America off the French coast due to a fire, another vessel…
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Europe
European nations demand more urgent ship emission regulations
European nations are determined to get ship emissions cut quicker than current timelines proposed by regulators and lobbyists. Following France’s…
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Europe
Barcelona asks Spanish government to support Mediterranean ECA creation
Barcelona City Council has joined calls to create an emission control area (ECA) in the Mediterranean to limit air pollution…
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Europe
Fire erupts as ferry slams into crane at Barcelona port
Firefighters rushed to the port of Barcelona this morning as a ferry operated by Italy’s Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) slammed…
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Containers
MSC launches Iberian rail freight service
Containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is launching of a new rail freight service between Seville, Spain, and the Atlantic, beginning…
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Europe
Eurotankers bags secondhand suezmax for $18.8m
CEPSA from Spain have sold the 2004-built , a suezmax that notched up significant interest from buyers. Clarkson Research reports…
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Europe
Salvors try to cool burning ship off the Canary Islands
Salvors Resolve Marine have been called in to assist in controlling a fire onboard a Bibby Line bulker. Crew were…
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Europe
Crew evacuated from fire-ridden Bibby Line bulk carrier
Crew were evacuated yesterday off a fire-ridden bulk carrier carrying fertilizer off the Canary Islands. The fire was first reported…
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Europe
Fortnight of port strikes brings chaos to Spain
Shipping lines are having to reroute calls in the Mediterranean area as dockers in Spain yesterday kicked off a fortnight…
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Europe
Madrid passes controversial port bill
Spanish politicians passed a controversial port reform bill yesterday, at the behest of the European Union. The new law however…
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Europe
Madrid tries once again to pass port reform bill
The Spanish government passed a decree on Friday aimed at liberalising the country’s ports. This is the second time it…
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Asia
HMM firms up Algeciras bid
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has firmed up plans to purchase a terminal in Spain which was operated by compatriot Korean…
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Europe
APM Terminals in court again over Guatemala corruption case
A high profile bribery scandal in Guatemala that involved a former president of the Central American nation and damaged Maersk’s…
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Europe
Lines brace for further wave of port strikes across Spain
Shipping lines are having to make contingency plans as a wave of port strikes loom across Spain. Over the past…
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Europe
Spain braces for series of port strikes
With Madrid pushing dramatic port reforms, dockworkers across the country have lined up strikes on February 20, 22 and 24.…
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Europe
Suardiaz and Sarda Bunkers invest in new bunker vessels
Spanish shipping company Suardiaz has finalised an order for three bunker vessels capable of transporting traditional fuels and LNG. Juan…
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Asia
HMM to take Hanjin’s Algericas terminal
Hyundai Merchant Marine from South Korea has been selected as preferred bidder to buy a terminal in the Spanish port…
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Bunkering
Suardiaz: ‘Setting an example by taking the environmental lead’
Spanish shipping group Suardiaz is entering a new step of its business development plan with investments mainly in LNG bunker…
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