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Chinese Exports to India crash 24.7% in 2020

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Date: Aug 11, 2020

Mainland China’s exports to India since January 2020 have fallen by 24.7 per cent year-on-year to ...

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Abducted BW Offshore crew released

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Date: Aug 10, 2020

BW Offshore has announced that all of the offshore workers that were kidnapped by pirates off Nigeri...

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Hopes for shipping M&A face reality check

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Date: Aug 10, 2020

COVID-19 put a temporary kibosh on mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) activity — and not just for ...

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CBIC asks Customs to check within 48 hours explosives stored in Warehouses, Ports

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Date: Aug 10, 2020

Customs Authorities and field formations have been directed to verify and confirm with...

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Mansukh Mandaviya launches the Online Exit Examination system for seafarers

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Date: Aug 10, 2020

Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya launched Online Exit Examination ...

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Beirut Explosions: CMA CGM Announces Passing Of Missing Staff Member

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

The CMA CGM Group on 7th August announced the passing of one of the staff members who went missing o...

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40% Increase In Seaborne Trade, With 10% Decrease In CO2 Emissions During 2008-18: IMO Report

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

The International Maritime Organisation’s fourth Greenhouse Gas Study highlights that the shipping...

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CLIA Announces Third Voluntary Suspension Of Cruise Operations Until October 2020

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, anno...

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India Announces Cruise Ships To Commence Sailing From 1st October

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

After four months of the country experiencing lockdown, home confinement, restricted movements and n...

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Installation Of Offshore Wind Turbines On World’s Largest Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Announced

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transp...

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Captain Of Cargo Chip Claims To Have Warned About Explosive Chemicals Onboard For Years Prior To Blasts

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

Boris Prokoshev, the captain of the Russian cargo ship suspected to have carried the 2750 tonnes of ...

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World’s First Zero-Emissions Top Handlers Performing Well At Port Of Los Angeles

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

The world’s first zero-emissions top handlers, unveiled last fall as part of a pre-commercial demo...

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AES says pandemic impacts less severe than feared, decarbonization plan on track

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on second quarter 2020 results did not turn out to be as "se...

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Container ships sent to Tripoli to keep Lebanon supply lines running

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

Leading container lines are diverting ships to Lebanon’s smaller terminal of Tripoli after the dev...

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$3.5 Billion requested for COVID-19 relief for U.S. maritime industry

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Date: Aug 08, 2020

The International Propeller Club of the United States has requested that Congress appropriate $3.5 b...

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Plane carrying WHO trauma and surgical supplies arrives in Beirut, Lebanon

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

A plane carrying 20 tonnes of WHO health supplies has landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to support the trea...

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Bulk carrier sitting on reef off Mauritius starts to leak bunker fuel

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

The 203,000 dwt Wakashio bulk carrier, which ran aground on a reef just off the southeast coastli...

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AMSA Fines $20000 To Gold Coast Boat Share Company For Operating Illegally

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

Gold Coast company, GC Princess Boatshare Pty Ltd, has been found guilty of operating a domestic com...

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Crew Change Crises Worsens In Australia As Crew Of Two Ships Refuse To Sail

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says Australia is facing economic carnage fr...

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Beirut Port Officials Placed Under House Arrest Over Negligence Of Duty

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

On 4th August two massive explosions shook the port of Beirut, Lebanon and the surrounding areas. Th...

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Beirut Blast: 10 Out Of 11 Missing Filipino Seafarers Located And Declared Safe

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

As per the report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Philippines, 10 of the 11 missing Fili...

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U.S. sends first shipment of crude to Saudi Arabia in over a decade

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

The United States sent a shipment of crude to Saudi Arabia in June, data from the U.S. Census Bureau...

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China to promote Tianjin Port as an International Shipping Hub

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

China’s National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Transport jointly...

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Cranes collapse at JNPT due to cyclonic winds

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Date: Aug 07, 2020

Three rail mounted quay cranes used for loading and unloading containers at the terminal run by Jawa...

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Beirut Port Suffers Total Destruction From Blasts

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Date: Aug 06, 2020

The internet was shaken on 4th August when videos of the explosion near the port of Beirut, Lebanon,...

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Shipping Emissions Are Projected To Increase By Up To 50% Until 2050 – New Study

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Date: Aug 06, 2020

The greenhouse gas emissions of shipping have increased from 977 million tonnes in 2012 to 1,076 mil...

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Maritime UK launches Mental Health Benchmark Survey

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Date: Aug 06, 2020

Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the £46bn maritime sector, is partnering with Safer Highways to ...

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India’s jet fuel exports seen extending declines on refinery works, weak demand

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Date: Aug 06, 2020

India’s jet fuel exports which dropped almost 60% in June from a year earlier are expected to keep...

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Govt taking steps to reduce Logistics cost to boost growth: Mansukh Mandaviya

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Date: Aug 06, 2020

The Government has initiated multiple steps to reduce high logistics cost, including s...

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Deadly port explosion rocks Beirut

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Date: Aug 05, 2020

A massive explosion ripped through central Beirut on Tuesday, killing dozens of people, injuring t...

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All Ports Across UAE To Resume Crew Change Operations

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Date: Aug 05, 2020

All ports across UAE will now resume crew change operations as per an announcement made by the Feder...

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Railways stress on transporting cars by trains to reduce carbon emissions

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Date: Aug 05, 2020

The Central Railway is emphasising on transporting cars by trains to reduce carbon emissions, helpin...