News Flash
Amid Heightened Speculation, No Final Decision On East Container Terminal, Says Sri Lanka
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Date: Nov 12, 2020
Although the Sri Lankan government is yet to declare its final position on developing the strate...
Shipping Alliances Help Container Industry Boost Freight Rates In Coronavirus Pandemic
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Date: Nov 12, 2020
Container shipping has sailed through the coronavirus pandemic largely unscathed, as ship-sharing al...
International Marine Shipping Industry Considers Nuclear Propulsion
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Date: Nov 12, 2020
It didn’t take a Biden-Harris win to make the world’s shipping industry act to decrease their ca...
Russian Containership Causes COVID-19 Precautions in South Pacific
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Date: Nov 12, 2020
The Cypriot-flagged container ship Fesco Askold, operated by the Russian Far Eastern Shipping Compa...
Japan's Roboship Project Conducts Proof of Concept Remote Control Test
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Date: Nov 12, 2020
Japan’s Roboship project became the latest group to conduct successful tests of a remote-controlle...
Great Eastern’s Bulk Carrier Crew Stuck At Chinese Port For 5 Months Without Relief-Business Journal
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Date: Nov 11, 2020
Twenty-three Indian crew on board a bulk carrier owned by the Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd are...
Shipping Ministry to be Renamed as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways: PM Modi
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Date: Nov 11, 2020
The Union Ministry of Shipping is being renamed as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways...
Maritime Market Update: Shipping Industry Under Biden
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Date: Nov 11, 2020
Risavika LNG front month has dropped 0.5 % week on week to 23.95 EUR/MWh. Gas supply to European gas...
Portall Infosystems To Collaborate With Cloud-Based Freight Forwarding Answer Boxnbiz
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Date: Nov 11, 2020
Portall Infosystems, which runs the federal government’s Port Group System referred to as PCS1x, w...
Synergy Group Completes FSU Conversion
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Date: Nov 10, 2020
The FSU, which has a projected lifespan of 15 years, was delivered to its owner last week. Synergy w...
Environmentally Friendly Ballast Water Solution with Unique Advantages
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Date: Nov 10, 2020
Built on nearly two decades of expertise in the global water disinfection and treatment market, Atla...
BIMCO Prepares Contract Template for Autonomous Shipping Deals
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Date: Nov 10, 2020
Shipping association BIMCO is adapting one of its standard contracts for use with future autonomous ...
Panama Celebrates 117 Years as a Republic and 199 Years of Independence
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Date: Nov 10, 2020
On the commemoration of the National Day of the Republic of Panama celebrating 117 years as a Republ...
Dry Bulk Market Could Rally If Scrapping Activity Picked Up
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Date: Nov 10, 2020
The dry bulk market could be heading for a rally, if ship owners commit to more scrappings. In its l...
HK Shipping Company and Power Company to Promote Carbon Offsetting
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Date: Nov 07, 2020
In an effort to raise awareness and promote carbon offsetting to the shipping industry, the Hong Kon...
Australia Holds Cargo Ship to Complete Overdue Crew Change
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Date: Nov 07, 2020
Australian authorities are continuing their strict enforcement programs designed to ensure the welfa...
4th BIMCO Report on the IMSBC Code Amendments – Re-classification of Dangerous Goods
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Date: Nov 07, 2020
BIMCO started reporting from 30 September 2020, a series of articles, informing members of what to e...
Korean Shipping Companies Benefiting from Special Government Guarantee
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Date: Nov 07, 2020
South Korean shipping companies are enjoying high growth thanks to the South Korean government’s p...
First Ever Standard Contract For Autonomous Ship Operation Underway
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Date: Nov 07, 2020
BIMCO is adapting the currently used SHIPMAN 2009 agreement for use with autonomous ships, but the l...
European Commission Gives IHM Enforcement Guidance
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Date: Nov 07, 2020
“There has been substantial industry lobbying of the EU Commission for an extension to the deadlin...
NYK Takes Full Control of Green Zeebrugge LNG Bunkering Vessel
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Date: Nov 06, 2020
To remind, the joint venture was established by NYK Line, Engie and Mitsubishi Corporation as an LNG...
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Reports Blast on Storage Vessel
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Date: Nov 06, 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has confirmed an explosion aboard a tanker used f...
Crew Feel ‘Forgotten and Abandoned’ LR Survey Finds
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Date: Nov 06, 2020
There are currently 400,000 seafarers stuck at sea, according to the International Maritime Organiza...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Reports First Half Results
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Date: Nov 06, 2020
The average exchange rate of Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar during the first six months of fis...
Shipping Demand To Suffer After Wave of New Lockdowns
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Date: Nov 06, 2020
Freight rates are about to face renewed downward pressure, on the back of a new wave of lockdowns ar...
World’s Largest LNG-Powered Boxship CMA CGM Jacques Saade Arrives UK
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Date: Nov 05, 2020
The world’s largest containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the CMA CGM Jacques Saa...
U.S. Completes Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord
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Date: Nov 05, 2020
The United States has formally departed the Paris Climate Accord, becoming the only signatory nation...
Ship Owners Shun Away from the Demolition Market
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Date: Nov 05, 2020
Despite enough potential supply of tonnage primed for demolition, it seems that the conclusion of de...
Coronavirus Surge Throws Oil Recovery Into Reverse
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Date: Nov 05, 2020
Oil futures prices have started to signal OPEC+ may have to do more to offset a second wave of coron...
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation Announces Delivery of One VLCC
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Date: Nov 04, 2020
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the...
ICS Calls for Increased Female Employment and Diversity for Seafarers
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Date: Nov 04, 2020
While the shipping industry is known for the diversity of nationalities employed at sea, one area wh...
INTERCARGO Calls for All Charterers to Allow Crew Changes
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Date: Nov 04, 2020
Charterers in some instances have been preventing crew changes from occurring, according to INTERCAR...