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U.S. sanctions five Iranian ship captains for bringing oil to Venezuela – Pompeo
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Date: Jun 25, 2020
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who had delivered oil...
Mansukh Mandaviya reviews seaplane operation projects
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Date: Jun 25, 2020
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Shipping (I/C), reviewed the seaplane projects on Indi...
Lockdown Feat: TCS deploys Digital Solution remotely to help Adani Ports transform Mundra operations
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Date: Jun 25, 2020
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions org...
Baltic index hits over 7-month high on increasing vessel activity
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Date: Jun 24, 2020
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index touched its highest level in more than seven months o...
Milaha partners with Major Indian NGOs in their fight against COVID-19
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Date: Jun 24, 2020
As part of its social commitment towards Qatar’s strategic trade partners, Milaha – Qatar’s ol...
DG Shipping extends validity of seafarers’ certificates till December 2021
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Date: Jun 24, 2020
The Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping) has extended the validity of seafarers’ certific...
New threat faces global trade: Exhausted crews want off cargo ships
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Date: Jun 23, 2020
Global trade is facing another coronavirus crisis just as economies begin to reopen: 200,000 seafare...
First Remote Marine Survey Conducted For Harbour Tug In Singapore
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Date: Jun 23, 2020
Bureau Veritas Marine Singapore (“BV”), in collaboration with PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd (“PSA Marin...
Cargo movement on National Waterways poised to grow further, says IWAI
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Date: Jun 23, 2020
Cargo movement on National Waterways (NW) has reached 73.64 million metric tonnes (mmt) in 2019-20 a...
Singapore launches ‘Playbook’ to accelerate maritime’s digital transformation
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Date: Jun 22, 2020
Going digital has become a part of Singapore’s plan to reboot its economy and enter a new normal p...
Stuck at sea: How to save the world’s seafarers and the supply systems they support
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Date: Jun 22, 2020
Clapping for essential workers on suburban streets cannot be heard at sea, where hundreds of thousan...
Tanker Market Could Suffer During the Second Half of 2020
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Date: Jun 22, 2020
With floating storage having peaked and more tonnage being gradually released, supply is on the rise...
Viking Line gets DNV GL verification for COVID-19 management
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Date: Jun 20, 2020
Finland-based ferry company Viking Line became the first shipping company in the world to get DNV GL...
The world’s first crewless ship trial run: Working toward the development of a “route planning system” that uses AI to recommend the optimum sea route
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Date: Jun 20, 2020
Weathernews Inc. has been selected as a member of the “Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Shi...
Railways offers discounts if customers book ‘round-trip’ freight haulage
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Date: Jun 20, 2020
To boost its falling earnings and compete with road transport, the Indian Railways has decided to of...
Wärtsilä to design and equip two zero-emissions battery powered ferries
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Date: Jun 19, 2020
The technology group Wärtsilä’s experience and leading position in the development of battery an...
Baltic index sees best day ever as capesize vessel rates surge
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Date: Jun 19, 2020
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index marked its largest single-day percentage rise on Thur...
Mumbai Port achieves a rare feat of simultaneous Sign-off & Sign- On of over 900 Seafarers
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Date: Jun 19, 2020
Continuing record performance of providing safe & secure homeward passage for Indian seafarers t...
Cargo volumes in Panamanian ports grew by 15.9% during January-May 2020, in spite of the country fighting against the spread of the Coronavirus.
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Date: Jun 18, 2020
According to the Panama Maritime Authority statistics, cargo volumes for the first five months of th...
BIMCO launches information page focusing on seafarers’ mental health
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Date: Jun 18, 2020
To assist seafarers and their mental wellbeing in coping with the challenges imposed by COVID-19 pan...
Centre’s Plan For Major Port At Vadhavan Clears A Big Hurdle
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Date: Jun 18, 2020
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has said that ports as an industry are allowe...
Iraq cuts July Basra crude exports to Asia in order to meet OPEC cuts
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Date: Jun 17, 2020
Iraq’s Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) has made deep cuts in Basra crude supplies to Asia in July as ...
Seafarers head home; 10,000 to land at Mumbai Port by June 28
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Date: Jun 17, 2020
Indian seafarers – mainly crew members of luxury cruise liners – are finally heading home after ...
COVID-19 measures prove costly for crewing sector
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Date: Jun 17, 2020
Ship operators are doing all they can to ensure the safety of seafarers around the globe and the tra...
Allcargo Logistics distributes essential seeds to villagers in Maharashtra
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Date: Jun 16, 2020
As an expression of support, Avashya Foundation, the CSR arm of Allcargo Logistics distributed essen...
Cargo movement on National Waterways poised to grow further, says IWAI
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Date: Jun 16, 2020
Cargo movement on National Waterways (NW) has reached 73.64 million metric tonnes (mmt) in 2019-20 a...
Port of Rotterdam eyeing investment opportunities in India
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Date: Jun 16, 2020
The Port of Rotterdam is eyeing opportunities in India and the country’s Sagarmala Programme to de...
UN chief calls for seafarers to be designated as ‘key workers’, with many stranded at sea
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Date: Jun 15, 2020
Due to COVID-related travel restrictions, hundreds of thousands of the world’s two million seafare...
What will prompt Gulf energy companies to merge post-pandemic?
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Date: Jun 15, 2020
Worldwide lockdowns, shrinking demand and a supply glut have sent shockwaves through the oil & gas s...
Libya’s Return To The Market Could Help Tankers
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Date: Jun 15, 2020
The implications from Libya’s latest absence from the tanker market are bound to affect rates in t...