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Orca AI Receives World-First ABS PDA For AI-Based Navigation Safety Platform

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Date: Feb 23, 2022

Orca AI’s AI-powered collision avoidance and navigation safety platform has received Product Desi...

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Windward Launches AI-Powered Ocean Freight Visibility Solution Leveraging Data-Backed Insights And Over A Decade Of Maritime Expertise To Solve Supply Chain Visibility Challenges

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Date: Feb 23, 2022

Windward (LSE: WNWD), the Predictive Intelligence company applying AI to transform global maritime ...

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DNV Approves Odfjell Oceanwind Floating Offshore Wind Foundation

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Date: Feb 23, 2022

DNV has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to Odfjell Oceanwind’s Deepsea Semi floating wind ...

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Around $400 Million Worth Of Cars Could Be Lost In Felicity Ace Fire

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

The fire on the Felicity Ace ship off the coast of Portugal’s Azores Islands is expecte...

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RINA Approves 2050-Ready LNG/Hydrogen MR Tanker

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

RINA has granted approval in principle to a MR tanker designed FKAB which uses LNG to create hydrog...

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WTO Sees Signs Of Trade Turning Point

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

The world Trade Organization’s (WTO) Goods Trade Barometer shows signs of bottoming out, despite ...

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IMI And Columbia Shipmanagement Ink Agreement On Collaboration

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s International Maritime Industries (IMI) and Columbia Ship Management (CSM) have co...

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Wrist Ship Supply Acquires Panama Chandler Centralam

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

Denmark-based Wrist Ship Supply has acquired Panama’s ship chandler Centralam, expanding its glob...

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European Freight Forwarders Call On EU To Investigate Container Lines

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

Calls are continuing to build for regulators to investigate the business practices of the container...

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SQLearn & Moore Greece Combine Their Areas Of Expertise And Introduce The Maritime Financial Reporting Masterclass

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

Moore Greece and SQLearn have come together to develop a platform that aims to be the point of refe...

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ExxonMobil Kicks Off Drilling Ops In Brazil With Seadrill Drillship

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Date: Feb 22, 2022

U.S. oil and gas major ExxonMobil has started drilling an exploration well on the Cutthroat pr...

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Singapore Extends Withholding Tax Exemptions On Maritime Leases

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

Singapore has extended withholding tax exemption on lease agreements under the country’s incentiv...

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S&P Sets New Record In 2021 As Prices Climb

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

Secondhand ship sales set a new record in 2021, according to data from Clarkson Research, with 2,50...

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English Law Charterparty Issues Relating To Potential Hostilities Between The Ukraine And Russia

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

As is known, armed conflict is possible between Ukraine and Russia. Events are fast moving, and it ...

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Containership Queues Grow At Asian Ports

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

Port congestion is growing in Asia with an increase in the average numbers of containerships per da...

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ADNOC Dishes Out Drilling Deals Worth Nearly $2 Billion For Thousands Of New Wells

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded framework agreements to four oilfield se...

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Small Vessel Passes Halfway Mark In Attempt For Record World Voyage

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

Eleven weeks into the voyage, an intrepid crew of four and their captain report that they have pass...

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GTT: 2021 Full-Year Results: Solid Earnings At High-End Of Annual Targets; Excellent Commercial Performance; GTT Has A Record Order Book That Will Support Growth In The Years Ahead

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz), the technological expert in membrane containment systems used t...

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Gazprom Neft Further Strengthens Its Market Leadership In Environmentally Friendly Russian Marine Fuels In 2021

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

2021 year-end results for Gazpromneft-Marine Bunker, operator of Gazprom Neft’s marine bunkering ...

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RVO To Study Morphological And Scour Conditions At IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone

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Date: Feb 21, 2022

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland; RVO) will open a tender ...

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Flames Engulf Grimaldi Ferry Travelling From Greece To Italy; Eight Missing

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Date: Feb 19, 2022

Eight passengers were missing after a blaze engulfed a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy early on ...

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ONE Support Coral Reef Conservation In Singapore

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Date: Feb 19, 2022

Container line Ocean Network Express (ONE) is supporting coral reef conservation in Singapore as it...

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Lamprell Awaits Large Contract Award From Saudi Operator

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Date: Feb 19, 2022

Following the initial written notice to proceed with some of the work required for a project relate...

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Government Support Critical If Hydrogen And Carbon Capture Are To Deliver Net Zero, Says ABS Chairman, President And CEO

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Date: Feb 19, 2022

“Transportation and safety, as well as standards and regulation, are going to be nothing short of...

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Boers Crew Services Reports High Demand For Specialist Services At German Ports

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Date: Feb 19, 2022

The uptake of Covid-19 vaccinations from seafarers entering German ports has been strong in 2021, a...

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Class Societies Approve China’s First Design For Methanol-Fuel VLCC

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Date: Feb 19, 2022

Expanding on their previous design for an LNG-powered supertanker, China’s Dalian Shipbuilding In...

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Containership Queues Grow At Asian Ports

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Date: Feb 19, 2022

Port congestion is growing in Asia with an increase in the average numbers of containerships per da...

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Fire Breaks Out On Drillship In Sri Lanka

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Date: Feb 18, 2022

A drillship owned by Aquadrill Offshore, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has caught fire while...

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Wärtsilä And Grimaldi Unveil New Filter System To Tackle Ocean Microplastics

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Date: Feb 18, 2022

The technology group Wärtsilä, together with the shipping company Grimaldi Group, have unveiled a...

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James Fisher Helps Bring Jubilee Field Back To Full Production By Year-End

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Date: Feb 18, 2022

Subsea solutions provider James Fisher Offshore (JFO) has completed the pipeline cuts on the Jubile...

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Wrist Acquires Centralam Panama, Strengthening Its Position At Strategically Important Maritime Hub

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Date: Feb 18, 2022

Wrist, the world’s largest supplier of provisions, stores and spare parts logistics to ships and ...

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Car Carrier Felicity Ace Abandoned After Catching Fire In Atlantic Ocean

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Date: Feb 18, 2022

A car carrier is abandoned and on fire in the North Atlantic near the Azores. All 22 crew member...