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Giant Hospital Ship Nears Completion at Tianjin Xingang Shipyard
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Date: Oct 09, 2020
Health care NGO Mercy Ships has been building a new hospital ship at Tianjin Xingang Shipyard since ...
UN Human Rights Organizations Call for More Action for Seafarers
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Date: Oct 09, 2020
Saying that seafarers have become collateral victims of the measures to curb COVID-19, the United Na...
IMO’s Website Restored After Cyber Attack
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Date: Oct 06, 2020
The website of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is up and running, the UN body confirme...
SCMA Launches Specimen Directions For Virtual Hearings
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Date: Oct 06, 2020
The Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) has launched a Specimen Directions for Virtual ...
Hydrogen, Biofuels Touted As Future Fuel Mix: MSC
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Date: Oct 06, 2020
Hydrogen and biofuels are forecast to become key components of container shipping’s future fuel mi...
Port Of Los Angeles Reports Steady Progress On Cutting Air Emissions
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Date: Oct 06, 2020
In 2019 the Port of Los Angeles cut air emissions between 5% and 7% when compared with 2018 levels,...
First American-Built Electric Passenger Vessels Enter Service
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Date: Oct 06, 2020
The Maid of the Mist tour operation at Niagara Falls will welcome its first passengers aboard all-el...
DNV GL Supports Mission To Seafarers Flying Angel Campaign
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Date: Oct 06, 2020
The Flying Angel campaign has raised £600,000 from 18 maritime organisations for The Mission to Sea...
Microsoft To Build Hub For Cloud Services In Greece
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Date: Oct 06, 2020
Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is to build a new data centre in Greece as it invests in cloud services infra...
Fuel Cell Project Develops Ground-breaking Fuel Solution For Ships And Offshore
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Date: Oct 05, 2020
New and flexible fuel cell technology can reduce emissions from shipping by 40 to 100%. Partners fro...
Cyprus Working On Green Incentives For Zero Carbon Future
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Date: Oct 05, 2020
The Cyprus administration is working on a series of green incentives which reward those actively tak...
Maritime Anti-Corruption Network Setting Up Ukraine Help Desk
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Date: Oct 05, 2020
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is expanding its help desk concept to the Ukraine with t...
Enabling Data Driven Decisions Using Data Exchange Platforms
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Date: Oct 05, 2020
Data is the building block for today’s world. As businesses evolve to keep pace with shifting indu...
U.S.-Seized Gasoline Cargo Discharges In New York After 3-month Journey
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Date: Oct 05, 2020
The first of two tankers carrying cargoes of Iranian gasoline seized by the United States discharged...
Tankers: VLCC Market Remained Depressed Last Week
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Date: Oct 05, 2020
VLCC Rates in this sector remained depressed this week. In the Middle East, we saw rates for 280,00...
DG Shipping Allows Re-Opening Of Maritime Training Institutes
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Date: Oct 04, 2020
The Directorate-General of Shipping (DG Shipping) has allowed the re-opening of post-sea and pre-sea...
The Thome Group And Carsten Rehder Have Agreed To Cooperate In A Joint Venture.
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Date: Oct 04, 2020
Under the agreement, a new company will be set up to take over the ship management of Carsten Rehder...
Ulstein Designs Hydrogen Hybrid Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
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Date: Oct 04, 2020
According to Ulstein, the jack-up can operate 75 per cent of the time in zero-emission mode. Using r...
UK Gov’t Unveils £200 Million Port Infrastructure Fund
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Date: Oct 04, 2020
Ahead of the UK’s exit from the EU Customs union, the country’s government has launched a £200 ...
Founder Of Major Singapore Fuel Supplier Charged In Shell Oil Heist Case
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Date: Oct 04, 2020
The founder of one of Singapore’s biggest marine fuel suppliers has been charged for his involveme...
Crude Demand Heading South
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Date: Oct 03, 2020
The hesitant recovery in global demand for oil looks set to grind to a halt, putting pressure on cru...
Advancement for Autonomous Operations on Deep-Sea Ships
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Date: Oct 03, 2020
The shipping industry continues to work towards new applications of autonomous operations with the l...
IMO-2020 And Beyond: Club’s Operational Experience On The Transition To Compliant Fuel Blends
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Date: Oct 03, 2020
Before implementation of the IMO-2020 global sulphur cap, there were concerns on the properties of t...
BIMCO Expresses Concern Over EU ETS Calling for Global Effort on CO2
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Date: Oct 03, 2020
The international shipping association BIMCO is the latest member of the maritime community to expre...
Russia Crude Oil Exports Recovering
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Date: Oct 03, 2020
Crude oil exports from Russia appear to be recovering once again. In its latest weekly report, shipb...
Seaspan Buys Boxship Pair For $176 Million
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Date: Oct 02, 2020
Seaspan Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp., is buying two 12,000 TEU containershi...
Singapore Names Its 1st LNG Bunkering Vessel
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Date: Oct 02, 2020
Singapore’s first LNG bunkering vessel FueLNG Bellina, was named paving way for FueLNG, a joint ve...
Classnk Opens New Offices In India And Spain
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Date: Oct 02, 2020
Japan’s classification society ClassNK has opened new survey offices in India’s Kandla and Spain...
Shipping Industry to Combat Inefficiency with Digitalisation
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Date: Oct 02, 2020
The use of an intelligent, integrated solution tailored for the operations of containerized shipping...
Remembering SS El Faro's Legacy
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Date: Oct 02, 2020
On 1st October, Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of the loss of the con/ro El Faro, which went d...
Stalling Chinese Coal Imports Are Not Due To Trade Tensions
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Date: Oct 02, 2020
Although many of China’s major bulk imports, such as iron ore and crude oil, have seen strong grow...
80 Percent of Crew on Bulk Carrier Test Positive for COVID-19
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 01, 2020
A bulk carrier anchored off Western Australia has become the latest vessel struck with a severe outb...