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China Pushes Coal Trade On The Longer Route – A Boon For Smaller Vessels?

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Date: Jun 01, 2021

China continues to block Australian coal and is diversifying its import sources (long haul countrie...

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Dry Bulk Market: Conditions Are Favorable For More Upward Momentum

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Date: Jun 01, 2021

The dry bulk market is primed for a renewed upward momentum in the weeks and months to come. In its...

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DEME Claims World’s Most Powerful Dredger With Spartacus Launch

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Date: May 31, 2021

Last week, Belgium-based DEME held naming ceremony for most powerful cutter suction dredger in the ...

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China’s COSCO Hopes For Greek Deal On Piraeus Despite Delay

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Date: May 31, 2021

Chinese shipping group COSCO hopes to reach a deal with the Greek government to complete the purcha...

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ONE Declares General Average On The Delphinus

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Date: May 31, 2021

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has declared General Average for cargo onboard the containership Delphi...

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Australia In Longest-Ever Ban For Aswan Shipping Bulker Over ‘Appalling’ Conditions

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Date: May 31, 2021

Australia has banned the bulker Maryam from its waters for an unprecedented 36 months with conditio...

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BP, Baker Hughes, And Odfjell Drilling In Pact To Maximize Clair Performance

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Date: May 28, 2021

Oil major BP, oilfield services provider Baker Hughes, and offshore driller Odfjell Drilling have e...

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Maersk Supply Orders Hybrid Battery For AHTS In Push To Decarbonise Fleet

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Date: May 28, 2021

Danish offshore vessel provider Maersk Supply Service has ordered a battery pack for one of its M-c...

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Baltic Index Falls On Lower Capesize Rates

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Date: May 28, 2021

The Baltic exchange’s main sea freight index fell on Thursday largely due to a fall in rates for ...

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Tankers: Covid Cloud Continues To Dampen The Dirty Tanker Market, Whilst Glimmers Of Recovery Surface For Clean Tankers

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Date: May 28, 2021

Using VesselsValue Trade, we will assess the current status of the Tanker market, using historical ...

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Tanker Newbuilding Orders On Pace For Doubling During 2021

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Date: May 28, 2021

Ship owners’ appetite for crude tankers has intensified since the start of 2021, manifesting itse...

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IMO Paving The Way For Autonomous Vessel Regulation

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Date: May 27, 2021

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) completed a regulatory scoping exercise to assess...

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CHEC To Build $600m Peruvian Chancay Port For Cosco Shipping

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Date: May 27, 2021

Cosco Shipping Ports Chancay Peru has signed a contract with the Chinese consortium CHEC SAC-CCCC4T...

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Dutch Court Orders Shell To Curb Emissions In ‘Historic Ruling’

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Date: May 27, 2021

A Dutch court has ordered oil major Shell to deepen its carbon emissions cuts in a ruling described...

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Kawasaki Heavy Builds World’s First Tanker For Liquid Hydrogen

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Date: May 27, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., a pioneer in transporting liquified natural gas (LNG), has now deve...

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Association Of Average Adjusters Champions Highest Professional Standards Amid Challenges Of An “Extraordinary Year”

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Date: May 27, 2021

At the Association of Average Adjusters recent virtual annual general meeting, the over-riding mess...

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Wärtsilä Selected To Supply World’s Largest BioLNG Production Plant

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Date: May 27, 2021

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a biogas liquefaction plant to Norway-based Biokraft, a...

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Sri Lanka Passes Controversial Port City Bill

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Date: May 26, 2021

Sri Lanka's parliament has passed the controversial Port City Bill, creating the country's first Sp...

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Vitol Launches Global Bunkering Service

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Date: May 26, 2021

Vitol today announces the launch of a global bunkering service, Vitol Bunkers. Vitol Bunkers wil...

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Abu Dhabi Ports Announces Green Ammonia Production Project

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Date: May 26, 2021

Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) announced the formation of a green ammonia production fac...

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The Bahamas Welcomes The Registry’s First LNG Powered Passenger Ship

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Date: May 26, 2021

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) is delighted to welcome its first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) ...

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Ports Of Auckland Inks LSF Supply Deal With BP

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Date: May 26, 2021

The Ports of Auckland subsidiary Seafuels and British multinational oil and gas major BP have ...

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DNV Awards AiP To Keppel Offshore & Marine For Its Digital Asset Lifecycle Solution

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Date: May 25, 2021

Leading classification society DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Singapore-based Ke...

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Wärtsilä Lifecycle Solutions For LNG Carriers – Together We Can Achieve More

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Date: May 25, 2021

In the final tech talk of our series, Jeremy Crossman, General Manager, Sales Excellence at Wärtsi...

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Oxygen Concentrators Sent To India To Save Seafarers’ Lives

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Date: May 25, 2021

Hundreds of lives will be saved thanks to two new emergency projects being funded by the ITF Seafar...

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Tianjin Port Signs 5G Technology Development Deal With China Mobile

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Date: May 25, 2021

Tianjin port, China Mobile Tianjin branch and China Mobile (Shanghai) Information and Communication...

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DP World Changes UAE Leadership

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Date: May 25, 2021

DP World CEO and Managing Director for the UAE region, Mohammed Al Muallem, has been promoted to a ...

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Castor Maritime Inc. Announces Reverse Stock Split To Be Effective May 28, 2021

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Date: May 24, 2021

Castor Maritime Inc., a diversified global shipping company, announces that its board of directors ...

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Ship Owner Says Suez Canal Was At Fault Over Ever Given Grounding: Lawyer

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Date: May 24, 2021

The owner of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March says the canal authority was at ...

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IMO Agrees On New Measures To Detect And Report Containers Lost At Sea

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Date: May 24, 2021

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 103) meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) wa...

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World 1st Successful Demonstration Test Of Auto Berthing And Un-Berthing System, Using A Large Car Ferry And Actual Pier

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Date: May 24, 2021

Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Tokyo University of Marine Scienc...

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Stranded Grains Ships To Be Towed Free From Rosario, Says Ports Chamber

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Date: May 24, 2021

Seven grains ships stranded at Argentina’s export hub of Rosario will be towed free and sent out ...