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Port Of Felixstowe Congestion Could Hit $2.7 Billion Worth Of UK Imports

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Date: Oct 14, 2021

The UK’s Port of Felixstowe is the latest to be hit by congestion and delays could impact up to G...

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SAAM Towage Joins SIGTTO

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Date: Oct 14, 2021

Chile-based SAAM Towage has joined the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (...

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Hyundai Mipo Delivers First LNG-Fueled Ro-Ro Built In South Korea

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Date: Oct 14, 2021

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard recently completed South Korea’s first LNG-fueled ro-ro. The vessel, which ...

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Inmarsat: COVID-19 Has Accelerated Digitalization In Shipping

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Date: Oct 14, 2021

According to a new report sponsored by satcom provider Inmarsat, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly ...

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Swire Group Joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center For Zero Carbon Shipping As Strategic Partner

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Date: Oct 13, 2021

John Swire & Sons Limited, the parent company of the Swire Group, and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller ...

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MAN Energy Solutions And DP World Sign Cooperation Agreement To Further Maritime Energy Transition

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Date: Oct 13, 2021

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a cooperation agreement with DP World, the leading provider of smar...

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MarTrust Launches New E-Wallet And Card To Enhance Seafarers’ Welfare

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Date: Oct 13, 2021

MarTrust, the leading global maritime payment solutions company, and a subsidiary of Marcura, has a...

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Cyprus President Anastasiades Launches Strategic Vision For Shipping

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Date: Oct 13, 2021

Cyprus has launched its long-term strategic vision for shipping with the country’s President Nico...

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Yantian, Hong Kong And Other Ports Closed As Tropical Storm Approaches

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Date: Oct 13, 2021

Chinese officials issued warnings and ordered ports in the Shenzhen region to suspend operations as...

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Stohle Joins Angelicoussis As Deputy CEO

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Date: Oct 13, 2021

Angelicoussis Shipping Group, Greece’s largest shipowner, has ended its 12-month long search for ...

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Mawani, DP World Break Ground On Jeddah Islamic Port Upgrading

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Date: Oct 12, 2021

Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and DP World Jeddah have jointly started work on the expansion and r...

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Rizhao Port Starts Operations Of Fully Automated Container Terminal

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Date: Oct 12, 2021

Rizhao port in China has started operations of a fully automated container terminal with an innovat...

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Omantel Along With Hutchison Ports Sohar And Huawei Completes The First 5G Smart Port PoC In Middle East

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Date: Oct 12, 2021

Omantel, the leading integrated telecommunications services provider in the Sultanate, has embarked...

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Euronav Successfully Tests Biodiesel Blend On Suezmax Tanker

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Date: Oct 12, 2021

Euronav, which has a fleet of more than 70 owned and operated tankers, recently completed one of th...

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U-Ming Takes Onboard Jotun’s Hull Skating Solutions For Bulker Newbuild

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Date: Oct 12, 2021

U-Ming, SWS and Jotun have signed commercial agreement for the groundbreaking Jotun Hull Skating So...

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Biden Administration Pushing Shippers, Carriers To Expand Operating Hours

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Date: Oct 11, 2021

Big-box retailers and their rail- and truck-carrier partners are the next targets of a more round-t...

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Singapore Registry Introducing New Technology, Welfare And Green Notations

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Date: Oct 11, 2021

Four new notations are being introduced for vessels on the Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) to rec...

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Samsung Heavy Orders Cavotec’s Shore Power Connections

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Date: Oct 11, 2021

Swiss cleantech company Cavotec has received three orders from South Korean shipbuilding company Sa...

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Crowley Opens Offshore Wind Services Office In Rhode Island

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Date: Oct 11, 2021

Crowley Maritime Corporation has opened a new Rhode Island office to advance the development and op...

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Insurers’ Concerns Mount As US Pipeline Probe Deepens

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Date: Oct 11, 2021

P&I insurers and their US-based lawyers are said to be ‘gravely concerned’ over the outcome...

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NGO: Bangladeshi Scrapyards See Record Number Of Fatalities

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Date: Oct 08, 2021

A few weeks ago, seven separate accidents that killed five workers were reported by the Platform....

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Maersk Boxship To Trial Silverstream Air Bubble System

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Date: Oct 08, 2021

As explained, the trial will examine possible improvements to the ship’s overall efficiency, focu...

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Hapag-Lloyd Boxship Cleared Of Responsibility In SoCal Spill Inquiry

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Date: Oct 08, 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard has considered and reportedly set aside the possibility that the boxship ...

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Chinese Traders Turn To New Routes To Get Much-Needed Coal

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Date: Oct 08, 2021

The coal shortage in China and India may give a boost to dry bulk shipping as traders look to new s...

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Port Everglades Inks Honduran MoU

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Date: Oct 08, 2021

As one of Port Everglades' leading overall trade partners, Honduras' Port Authority and OPC have ag...

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Hanjin Heavy Industries Returns With $270m Boxship Order

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Date: Oct 08, 2021

The South Korean shipbuilder has signed a contract with an undisclosed European shipping company to...

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GEA Sets Sail For Marine Technologies Of The Future: In The Safe Harbor For Digitalization And Fuels

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Date: Oct 07, 2021

Due to worldwide efforts to stop global warming, the shipping industry is also on the lookout for a...

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$6.5M Settlement For Oil Discharge In 2008 Mississippi River Collision

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Date: Oct 07, 2021

Indiana-based American Commercial Barge Line has agreed to pay $6.5 million and acquire land for pr...

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Capital Ship Management To Secure ABS Decarbonization Notations For Current Newbuild Tankers

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Date: Oct 07, 2021

In an industry first, Capital Ship Management (CAPITAL) is to secure ABS notations recognizing inve...

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Drydocks World Dubai Cuts First Steel On FSO Conversion

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Date: Oct 07, 2021

Drydocks World Dubai has cut first steel on an aframax tanker conversion to an FSO for Dixstone. ...

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Stena And Global Energy Storage Announce LNG Cooperation

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Date: Oct 07, 2021

Stena Power and LNG Solutions, a subsidiary of leading shipping conglomerate Stena AB, and Global E...

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France Seizes Ton Of Cocaine And Detains Crew Of Bulker

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Date: Oct 07, 2021

French authorities are reporting a record seizure of more than a ton of cocaine worth tens of milli...