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KOSE And Hyundai Mipo To Develop Liquid CO2 Carrier

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Date: Mar 23, 2021

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. and its parent Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KOSE) will ...

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DSME Shuts Down Production Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

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Date: Mar 23, 2021

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has stopped production...

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India: Cargo Traffic At 12 Major Ports Falls For Eleventh Month In February 2021

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Date: Mar 22, 2021

India’s top-12 ports witnessed a considerable decline in cargo traffic for the eleventh straight ...

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IGGS Group Will Host Mediterranean Maritime Forum Online

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Date: Mar 22, 2021

MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME FORUM ONLINE Online Event, 1:00 PM (GMT+2), March 23 - 24 | 2021 Organized b...

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Qatar Petroleum Issues Invitation To Tender Package To Ship Owners For Future LNG Carrier Fleet

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Date: Mar 22, 2021

Qatar Petroleum issued an ‘Invitation to Tender’ (ITT) for the chartering of LNG carriers for i...

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Hyundai Heavy Industries Suffers Triple Whammy

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Date: Mar 22, 2021

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHIC) suffered a triple whammy on March 17 — a raid by the prosecut...

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Crowley And ESVAGT To Partner For US Offshore Wind Support Vessels

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Date: Mar 22, 2021

US-based Crowley and Denmark’s ESVAGT plan to set-up a joint venture to offer purpose-built, Jone...

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Concerns Of Rise In Number Of Seafarers Impacted By Crew Change Due To New COVID-Variants

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Date: Mar 20, 2021

Shipping is concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are on...

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Shell Expands LNG Capabilities With First US Aframax Tanker Bunkering

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Date: Mar 20, 2021

Efforts are continuing to build out the global infrastructure to support the use of LNG as a marine...

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NYK Collects Samples For World's First Large Survey Of Microplastics

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Date: Mar 20, 2021

NYK has completed a year-long effort working with the Chiba Institute of Technology to collect samp...

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Seafarers Exempt From UK COVID Travel Quarantine Rules

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Date: Mar 20, 2021

Seafarers of all nationalities will be exempt from the UK’s COVID travel restrictions, including ...

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Container Stack Collapse Can Result In PTSD For Seafarers, Warns CSSS

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Date: Mar 20, 2021

Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers (CSSS) has voiced concern over the physical and psychologic...

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Greek Owned Fleet Grows To Record Tonnage Levels

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Date: Mar 19, 2021

The Covid–19 pandemic seems to have had little impact on the appetite of Greek shipowners as they...

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Port Of Los Angeles Loaded Container Import-Export Imbalance Hits 4:1

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Date: Mar 19, 2021

The Port of Los Angeles saw the imbalance between loaded container imports and exports hitting reco...

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CMA CGM Expands China Inland Services

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Date: Mar 19, 2021

CMA CGM is strengthening its inland service in China through a new joint venture with CIMC Modern L...

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BIMCO: Scrubber-Fitted Ships Nearly Double In 15 Months

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Date: Mar 19, 2021

Since January 1, 2020, the number of scrubber-fitted ships has nearly doubled from 2,011 ships to 3...

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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. To Acquire Two Additional Capesize Vessels

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Date: Mar 19, 2021

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that it has entered into agreements with unaffiliated th...

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Wilson Sons Invests In An Israeli Startup Of Port Technology

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Date: Mar 18, 2021

Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operator in Brazil, acquired a mino...

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Hapag-Lloyd Continues Container Consolidation With NileDutch Acquisition

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Date: Mar 18, 2021

Continuing the trend of consolidation in container shipping Hapag-Lloyd has acquired Africa special...

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MOL Announces Issuance Of Publicly Offered Hybrid Corporate Bonds

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Date: Mar 18, 2021

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. on March 17, announced the submission of an amended version of the shelf ...

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DP World Callao In Peru Gets Approval For $333.6m Expansion

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Date: Mar 18, 2021

Peru’s National Port Authority (APN) has approved the technical works files of Phase 2 and additi...

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Lack of Tonnage Hinders Scrapping Activity

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Date: Mar 17, 2021

A lack of available tonnage has proven to be a hindrance when it comes to increasing ship recycling...

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Ship Repair Sector Returns to Normalcy

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Date: Mar 17, 2021

The ship repair sector faced significant disruptions during most of 2020, as a result of the pandem...

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Panama Calls On IMO To Help Seafarers Stuck In China Amid Coal Trade Spat With Australia

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Date: Mar 17, 2021

Coal trade between Australia and China has turned into a nightmare for over 74 vessels and more tha...

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North Star Makes Grand Entrance into Offshore Wind with Dogger Bank

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Date: Mar 17, 2021

Aberdeen-based company North Star Renewables has won the tender for the delivery of three service o...

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Tangier Med Takes Mediterranean Top Container Port Crown In 2020

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Date: Mar 17, 2021

There was close competition for the title of the Med’s largest container terminal last year with ...

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Taiwan's Wan Hai Launches Aggressive Expansion With $1.5B In Orders

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Date: Mar 16, 2021

Taiwan-based Wan Hai Lines is continuing its fleet renewal and expansion program announcing another...

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India’s Oil Diversification Could Be Good News For Tankers

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Date: Mar 16, 2021

Diversification of India’s oil sources could be positive news for tanker ton-mile demand, accordi...

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KSOE Lands Shipbuilding Orders Worth $724 Million

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Date: Mar 16, 2021

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has wo...

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ABS Launches Smart Emissions Reporting Tool

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Date: Mar 16, 2021

ABS has added another smart digital tool to its industry-leading environmental compliance support f...

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Growing Support Seen For Industry R&D Decarbonisation Fund Proposal At IMO

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Date: Mar 16, 2021

An industry proposal for a $5bn research fund to decarbonise shipping submitted to the Internationa...

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Panama Calls Market Consultation On LRIT Operations

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Date: Mar 16, 2021

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) is seeking potential partners for Long-Range Identification Tra...