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15 COVID Affected Filipino Seafarers In Singapore Had Arrived From India, Says MPA
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Date: Aug 19, 2020
The Maritime Port and Authority, Singapore has reported that the vessel carrying the 15 COVID-19 pos...
India Cruise Lines Association (INCLA) Lauds Shipping Ministry’s Initiative To Reduce 70% Berthing Charges To Boost Cruise Tourism
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Date: Aug 19, 2020
Close on the heels of the Indian Government permitting cruise ships to start sailing in India in Oct...
Cruise Lines Rehire Filipino Seafarers As Operations Resume Gradually
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Date: Aug 19, 2020
Foreign cruise lines scheduled to re-commence operations by September are now recalling Filipinos se...
Pakistani Ship Master Returns Home After A Month Of Medical Care In India
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Date: Aug 19, 2020
As a gesture of humanitarian goodwill, The Ministry of External Affairs, India facilitated the journ...
MSC enhances Indian Subcontinent & U.S. East Coast connections
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Date: Aug 19, 2020
MSC has announced the enhancement of its Indus service with a new port call at Colombo...
PM chairs meeting to review preparedness of Master Plan for Multi-Modal connectivity in Industrial hubs
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Date: Aug 19, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently chaired a meeting with key Cabinet Ministers, including Ni...
MSC Grandiosa Becomes The First Ship To Welcome Guests Back
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Date: Aug 18, 2020
MSC Grandiosa became the first ship from the MSC Cruises’ fleet to welcome guests back and the fir...
Innovative AI-based Screening Software Developed To Detect and Identify Incidents of Mis-declared Hazardous Cargo
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Date: Aug 18, 2020
ZIM has developed and implemented an innovative AI-based screening software to detect and identify i...
BIMCO and ICS Prepare for New Seafarer Report
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Date: Aug 18, 2020
With the future of crewing high on the agenda, BIMCO and ICS are preparing for the launch of the lat...
Asian ports tighten sea crew changes, testing as coronavirus cases reemerge
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Date: Aug 18, 2020
Several major seaports in Asia have tightened crew change restrictions and stepped up screening of s...
S. Korean shipbuilders dominate global orders for July
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Date: Aug 18, 2020
South Korea’s shipbuilders won more orders than those of any other country in July with more than ...
Kamarajar Port implements 22 projects for Port Modernization: Chairman Sunil Paliwal
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Date: Aug 18, 2020
Kamarajar Port (KPL) has identified 22 projects related to Port modernization, capacity expansion an...
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust dredging contract heads for litigation
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Date: Aug 17, 2020
Belgian-Dutch contractors invoke arbitration to recover ₹200 crore unpaid dues India’s bigges...
Hong Kong port at the centre of major Covid-19 outbreak
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Date: Aug 17, 2020
A new wave of the Covid-19 outbreak has hit Hong Kong with nearly half of the latest cases coming fr...
Investigations step up as salvage team grapples with broken up bulk carrier off Mauritius
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Date: Aug 17, 2020
The crew of the Wakashio bulk carrier, which split in two on reefs off Mauritius on Saturday, are ...
Greek Shippers Threatened With Sanctions, Forced to Hand Over Iranian Oil Cargo to US, Report Says
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Date: Aug 17, 2020
Last year, the White House pledged to sanction any actor involved in purchase or transaction of Iran...
India: Govt scraps new policy on right of first refusal granted to local fleet owners in public tenders
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Date: Aug 17, 2020
The government has scrapped a key policy change announced in February last year on granting license ...
JNPT pays tribute to the Frontline Corona Warriors on India's 74th Independence Day
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Date: Aug 17, 2020
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s Premier Container Port observed India’s 74th Indepen...
SCI to launch India - Maldives Shipping Service from next month
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Date: Aug 17, 2020
During the visit of Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Maldives in June 2019, the Hono...
Wakashio splits in two off Mauritius
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Date: Aug 16, 2020
The Japanese bulk carrier which spilt tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius split in two...
Chennai Port to Maduravoyal project receives NHAI’s approval
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Date: Aug 16, 2020
There is fresh lease of life for the stalled elevated ‘Chennai Port to Maduravoyal’ road project...
Ship Carrying Ammonium Nitrate Stalled At Indian Port
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Date: Aug 16, 2020
The Indian port of Visakhapatnam suspended berthing of MV Kraszewski, a 20,000-tonne freighter on We...
In ₹1,000-crore deal, JSW Infra to acquire Chettinad Builders
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
JSW’s arm gets two terminals at Kamarajar Port, one at New Mangalore JSW Infrastructure Ltd...
Shipping Ministry slashes port charges for cruises
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
Further rebates have been introduced for cruise ships based on calls per year Ministry of Shi...
Seafarer Welfare Sector Under Threat Due To Lack Of Funding
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
The chaplain of the mission for seafarers in Lyttleton is concerned about its funding in the close f...
Indonesian Crew Member Dies On Chinese Vessel Due To Accident
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
In what was termed as a ‘workplace accident’, Chinese vessel Long Xing 629 has reported the deat...
Cargo Ship Grounded After Officer On Watch Falls Asleep
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
A cargo ship boring the flag of Vietnam ran aground in Filipino waters after its Officer on Watch fe...
Tankers ship Iranian fuel cargoes to U.S. for seizure – sources
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
Tankers carrying Iranian fuel cargoes covered by a U.S. warrant for seizure are sailing to the Unite...
Bristol Community College and Maersk Training announce international offshore wind training partnership
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
Bristol Community College’s National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI) announced that it has entered ...
Seafarers stranded at sea as pandemic upends global shipping markets
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
Global shipping markets are struggling to resume normal trade operations as the coronavirus-induced ...
Birthday party and quest for wifi revealed in lead up to Wakashio grounding off Mauritius
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Date: Aug 15, 2020
The 58-year-old captain of the ill-fated newcastlemax Wakashio could face negligence charges after ...
Annual Checks Had Been Cleared By Cargo Ship Responsible For The Mauritius Oil Spill
Categories: News Flash
Date: Aug 14, 2020
The Japanese Bulk carrier that caused the oil spill off the coast of Mauritius had reportedly cleare...