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Summit Aims For Clean-Up Of Shipping Industry
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Date: Nov 18, 2020
Governments from around the world will try to reach agreement on a deal to clean up international sh...
Port Everglades Receives World’s Largest Low-Profile STS Cranes
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Date: Nov 18, 2020
Measuring only 53 metres high, the cranes are able to handle containers stacked eight high and reach...
How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Use of Technology in Shipping
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Date: Nov 17, 2020
A recent study by McKinsey[i] has highlighted that responses to COVID-19 have speeded up the adoptio...
Dnv Gl Grants Wilhelmsen World’s First Type Approval For The Digital Boiler Water Test And Treat System
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Date: Nov 17, 2020
Rune Nygaard, Business Manager Ventures in Wilhelmsen Marine Products’ recently established Open I...
Testing Of Ballast Water Systems On The Agenda As IMO Meets
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Date: Nov 17, 2020
As the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) ...
Shipowner Bodies Urge IMO to Back $5bn Decarbonisation R&D Fund
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Date: Nov 16, 2020
To be managed through a non-governmental International Maritime Research and Development Board (IMR...
Asia Forms World’s Biggest Trade Bloc, a China-Backed Group Excluding U.S.
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Date: Nov 16, 2020
Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world’s largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backe...
India Trims Palm Oil Purchases As Rising Prices Make Soyoil Attractive
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Date: Nov 16, 2020
Indian edible oil refiners are trimming imports of palm oil to make space for soyoil as a rally in t...
Pirates Kidnap 14 Crew from Heavy Lift Vessel in GoG
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Date: Nov 16, 2020
On 13 November, the Liberia-flagged Zhen Hua 7 was boarded while drifting 78 nautical miles northwes...
Lng Becoming Increasingly Popular In The Shipping Sector
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Date: Nov 16, 2020
Early in the morning of Thursday, 12 November, Total’s bunker vessel Gas Agility started bunkering...
India’s Sep Crude Imports Fall 10% On Month, But Q4 Rebound Forecast On Festive Fuel Demand
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Date: Nov 15, 2020
India imported 15.18 million mt, or an average 3.71 million b/d, of crude oil in September, down 9.8...
China Development Forum 2020 Focuses On Post-pandemic Recovery, Cooperation
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Date: Nov 15, 2020
Economic recovery and international cooperation in a post-pandemic era – that’s the theme of thi...
Unlocking The First Wave Of Zero-Emission Shipping
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Date: Nov 15, 2020
The maritime industry has no time to waste if it is to meet the International Maritime Organization...
Cargo Ship Catches Fire Off Greek Coast, Crew Evacuated
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Date: Nov 15, 2020
The fire started in the afternoon hours of 11 November. Its origin has not been determined so far. ...
China Denies Restricting Indian Ship Carrying Australian Coal From Leaving Its Port
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Date: Nov 14, 2020
China on Friday denied that it has restricted an Indian ship carrying Australian coal from leaving i...
Trump Bans American Investment in 31 Chinese Firms, Including CSSC
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Date: Nov 14, 2020
On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order prohibiting Americans from buying or...
INTERCARGO Supports IMO Measures Before Environmental Committee Meets
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Date: Nov 14, 2020
INTERCARGO, the association of dry bulk carriers announced its support for the International Maritim...
Amidst Treaty Rights Dispute, First Nations Buy $750M Fishing Company
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Date: Nov 14, 2020
In a stunning move, the Mi’kmaq First Nations Coalition has partnered with a B.C.-based distributo...
Hapag-Lloyd Delivers Good Result In First Nine Months of 2020
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Date: Nov 14, 2020
Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first nine months of 2020 with earnings before interest, taxes, deprec...
Stena Line Ferry Stranded at Holyhead After COVID-19 Outbreak
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Date: Nov 13, 2020
Seven crewmembers of the Stena Line ro/pax ferry Stena Horizon have tested positive for COVID-19, ...
Maersk Works With HTA To Solve Issues
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Date: Nov 13, 2020
The 2020 transpacific peak season has created challenges for many landside logistics providers tryin...
Seafarers, Heroes Of The Pandemic As Shipping Plays Vital Role In Crisis
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Date: Nov 13, 2020
“The pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of maritime transport as an essential sector ...
Shipowners Announce New Surcharges As Container Shortage Worsens
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Date: Nov 13, 2020
Container shipowners have nominated further surcharges and rate increases for Asia-to-Europe routes ...
d’Amico International Shipping Reports Net Profit of $15.4 Million for 9-Month Period, More Than Half Compared to a Year Ago
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Date: Nov 13, 2020
The Board of Directors of d’Amico International Shipping S.A. (Borsa Italiana: “DIS”) (hereina...
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...