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OOIL Orders Seven 23,000 TEU Boxships At Cosco Shipyards
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Date: Nov 02, 2020
Seven indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of OOIL respectively entered into the shipbuilding contract...
“Hero at sea” Wins ITF Seafarers’ Trust Photography Competition
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Date: Nov 01, 2020
The ITFST has announced the winners of the Still At Sea photography competition, which invited seafa...
Centre Proposes Mandating License For Foreign Vessels Engaged In Coastal Shipping In India
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Date: Nov 01, 2020
Foreign vessels engaged in coastal shipping in India may be required to obtain a license f...
ECB Survey See Lower Growth, Inflation Next Year
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Date: Nov 01, 2020
The euro zone economy may shrink less this year than feared but its rebound is also likely to be mor...
CMA CGM Takes Delivery Of 2nd LNG-powered 23,000 TEU Giant
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Date: Nov 01, 2020
The CMA CGM Champs Elysees has joined CMA CGM Group’s fleet as the company’s second 23,000 TEU c...
170 Ships Sold for Scrap During the Third Quarter of 2020
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Date: Oct 31, 2020
There were a total of 170 ships broken in the third quarter of 2020. Of these, 110 ships were sold t...
DNV GL Hits Remote Survey Hat Trick With 20K Surveys, 2-year Anniversary And New Operational Centre
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Date: Oct 31, 2020
A new state-of-the-art Operational Centre to support the delivery of remote services to maritime cus...
Hapag-Lloyd Postpones November Trans-Pacific Container Rate Hike
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Date: Oct 31, 2020
German container shipowner Hapag-Lloyd will postpone its Nov. 1 rate hike for East Asia to North Ame...
Lloyd’s Register Launches Dedicated Maritime Decarbonisation Hub
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Date: Oct 31, 2020
LR has launched a dedicated centre of excellence to accelerate the safe, sustainable and cost-effect...
Researchers Explore Concept for UK Zero Carbon Costal Shipping Network
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Date: Oct 31, 2020
A team of UK maritime researchers have set out their vision for a fleet of zero carbon coastal ships...
IMO and Republic of Korea Partner to Address Ships’ GHG Emissions
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Date: Oct 30, 2020
The Republic of Korea and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have signed an agreement to ...
EXMAR Reports Third Quarter Operating Results Of $22 Million On Solid Midsize Gas Carrier Market
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Date: Oct 30, 2020
The Executive Committee of EXMAR NV reports its third quarter results 2020. Highlights • The o...
U.S. Oil Production Will Not Return Soon To Pre-pandemic Levels, Energy Secretary Says
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Date: Oct 30, 2020
U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Wednesday he does not expect U.S. oil production to re...
Crews Stranded in Italy Repatriated with Support of Maritime Charity
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Date: Oct 30, 2020
The global maritime charity Stella Maris is reporting a successful effort at repatriating seafarers ...
60 Stranded Fishermen Return to South Africa
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Date: Oct 30, 2020
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) reported the successful conclusion of South Afri...
Decaying Oil Tanker Off Yemen Threatens Environmental Disaster
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Date: Oct 29, 2020
The satellite image above shows a decaying floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility moored off...
Cochin Shipyard Signs MoU With Fincantieri
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Date: Oct 29, 2020
Cochin Shipyard and Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, signed a Memorand...
MPA Launches Request For Proposal For New LNG Bunker Supplier Licence
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Date: Oct 29, 2020
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched a request for proposal (RFP) today f...
ClassNK Has Granted Its First “Digital Smart Ship(DSS)” Notation For LNG-Fueled PCTC “SAKURA LEADER”
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Date: Oct 29, 2020
Leading Classification Society ClassNK has granted its “Digital Smart Ship(DSS)” notation for ...
Maersk Forges Supply Chain Agreement To Deliver Covid-19 Vaccine Worldwide
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Date: Oct 28, 2020
Maersk has announced a partnership with Covaxx to establish a supply chain service to deliver up t...
Smart Ports Are The Gates To The Maritime Industry’s Digital Future
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Date: Oct 28, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic will hopefully speed up the digital transformation of the global sea port c...
Russia Launches Criminal Probe into Deadly Tanker Explosion
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Date: Oct 28, 2020
Russian authorities reported that they now believe they have located the remains of three sailors mi...
British Authorities Search for Containers Overboard in Bristol Channel
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Date: Oct 28, 2020
British authorities are warning ships operating in the Bristol Channel that a container ship lost se...
World Shipping Council Urges IMO Member States To Take Concrete Action Towards Decarbonising Shipping
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Date: Oct 27, 2020
Amid the criticism of the results of the IMO intercessional GHG working group, the World Shipping Co...
Port Of Gdynia Authority Set To Launch Outer Port Call For Tender
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Date: Oct 27, 2020
The Port of Gdynia Authority S.A. is about to launch a call for tender for a private partner for the...
APM Terminals Poti To Develop New Bulk Cargo Facility
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Date: Oct 27, 2020
APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed a deal to jointly de...
Foreship Adds Drones Service For Draught Surveys
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Date: Oct 27, 2020
Ship design and engineering firm Foreship has employed the use of drones as a method of enhancing sp...
Mixed Reaction To Imo’s Latest Green Deliberations
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Date: Oct 27, 2020
Shipping has had a mixed reaction to last week’s Intersessional Working Group on Reducing Greenhou...
Sagarmala Development Co To Bail Out Idling Cargo, Ropax Vessels Of IWAI
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Date: Oct 26, 2020
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has sought bids to privatise the multi-modal terminal...
New Cargo Support Policy For Indian Ship-Owners May Not Fetch Order In-Flows For Local Yards
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Date: Oct 26, 2020
The Shipping Ministry’s plan to drive demand for ships built in India by linking a government-mand...
Japan’s Sea Missile Defense System Faces Mounting Costs
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Date: Oct 26, 2020
Basing Japan’s missile defence systems at sea may cost at least twice as much to complete as its n...
UK Special Forces Gain Control of Nave Andromeda; Seven Arrested
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Date: Oct 26, 2020
British Special Forces boarded a Greek-operated oil tanker in the English Channel on Sunday and deta...