News Flash
N Europe – Asia Exporters Face Near 80% Container Capacity Drop
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Date: Apr 07, 2021
Exporters from Europe and the Med will see a sharp drop in container shipping capacity this week du...
Algoma welcomes most efficient bulker to its fleet
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Date: Apr 06, 2021
The ship is expected to begin her voyage to Canada from the Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Comp...
All Vessels Stranded By Ever Given Grounding Clear The Suez Canal
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Date: Apr 06, 2021
The closure of the canal from 23 – 29 March by the grounded 20,000 teu containership resulted in ...
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier Commences Second Phase Of Development
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Date: Apr 06, 2021
During phase 1, the terminal operated with a 1,200 metre-long quay and in its Phase-Two, it will ad...
Freight Rates Spike As Asian Cargo Ships Jam US West Coast Ports
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Date: Apr 06, 2021
An influx of imports from Asia to the U.S. has created a bottleneck at West Coast ports, with backe...
Shipping Costs Add To Near-Term Global Inflationary Pressures
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Date: Apr 06, 2021
Supply-chain bottlenecks in global shipping and semiconductor markets are adding to near-term press...
Digital Connections
Categories: News Flash
Date: Apr 05, 2021
One of the many benefits of recent bridge improvements is that displays can now be replicated in re...
Good Samaritans Save Family of Four From Burning Yacht
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Date: Apr 05, 2021
On Saturday, a family of four had a narrow escape from a yacht that caught fire in the harbor at Co...
Limited Sovereignty As African Countries Mortgage Resources To China
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Date: Apr 05, 2021
Governments in Africa have been mortgaging their natural resources to secure loans from China, a tr...
STI In Chile First With Dual Berthing Of Neo-Panamax Boxship
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Date: Apr 05, 2021
The containerships MSC Katrina and MSC Rene y measure 366m in length and span 48m in beam with a ca...
Singapore To Continue STCW Certificate Validity Extension
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Date: Apr 05, 2021
In a circular the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Infocomm Media Development Aut...
Biden Gives Full Power To US Offshore Wind
Categories: News Flash
Date: Apr 03, 2021
The Biden administration continues making its renewable energy moves and has set a goal of deploy 3...
Hapag-Lloyd Launches New Service Connecting Asia And East Africa
Categories: News Flash
Date: Apr 03, 2021
Hapag-Lloyd is to launch a new service connecting Asia and East Africa in late April. This new E...
Egypt To Seek Over $1 Billion In Compensation For Suez Blockage
Categories: News Flash
Date: Apr 03, 2021
Egypt will ask for over $1 billion in compensation for damages caused by Ever Given's groundin...
Seaspan Orders Six Boxships At CSSC Yards
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Date: Apr 03, 2021
The containership owner Seaspan has placed orders at Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding and Jiangnan Ship...
MOL Sets Fueling Process For LNG-Powered Ferries Under Construction
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Date: Apr 03, 2021
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is continuing preparation for the launch of Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferries ...
Biden Appoints New Chair Of Federal Maritime Commission
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei has been designated as the new chairman of the US Federal Maritime Co...
International Seaways And Diamond S In $2 Billion Tanker Mega-Merger
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
In a mega-merger, two US-listed tanker operators have agreed to combine to create one of the world...
Maersk Injects New Asia/US East Coast String To Bolster Transpacific Supply Chains
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
Florham Park, New Jersey USA – Maersk Inc. North America has announced the start of a new service...
Panama Launches Investigation Into Ever Given’s Grounding
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has started an investigation into the grounding of the Ever Giv...
IMO Publishes Short List Of Actions For Quick Carbon Footprint Reduction In Shipping
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
To support the Low Carbon Shipping effort, the IMO Global Industry Alliance (GIA) published a guide...
World Bank Sees Western Balkan Economies Rebounding To Growth In 2021
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
The economies of the six countries in the Western Balkans could grow by 4.4% in 2021, up from a 4.8...
Meriaura Group Working On A 100% Carbon Neutral Transport Concept
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
Finnish shipping outfit Meriaura Group has started the preparation and design of a transport concep...
Meyer Werft Wins Rare Cruise Ship Order From Japan
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Date: Apr 01, 2021
Japanese cruise shipping company NYK Cruises, part of the NYK Group, has ordered an LNG-powered 51,...
Seaspan Announces Newbuild Order For Six 15,500 TEU Containerships
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Date: Mar 31, 2021
Seaspan Corporation (“Seaspan”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp. (“Atlas”) (NYSE: ...
Qingdao Shipyard Inks Contract For 5,900 Teu Boxship Quartet
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Date: Mar 31, 2021
Qingdao Shipyard announced it had entered into the shipbuilding contract with a Belgian shipowner f...
DP World Caucedo Receives Largest Vessel After Completing Expansion
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Date: Mar 31, 2021
DP World Caucedo has completed its $114m-expansion allowing it to receive the biggest vessel ever t...
Suez Canal Begins Clearing Vessel Backlog
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Date: Mar 31, 2021
Transits of the Suez Canal began again in the evening of March 29 after the Ever Given was refloate...
Maersk Turns Around Vessels Redirected To Cape Of Good Hope
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Date: Mar 31, 2021
With the Suez Canal reopening following the successful re-floating of the Ever Given Maersk has tur...
Plans From Norway For An Ammonia-Fuelled Short-Sea Bulker Service
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 31, 2021
The latest entrant in the race to develop the first zero-emission shipping operation is a new joint...
Trade War: Biden Administration Not Ready To ‘Yank’ China Tariffs, But Open To Talks
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 30, 2021
In her first interview since taking office earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine ...
Cosco And PPA Disagreement Over Piraeus Shipyard Facilities
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 30, 2021
Greece’s main opposition party has charged the government and the Cosco Shipping-managed Piraeus ...