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The Ports Of Antwerp And Zeebrugge To Join Forces

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Date: Feb 13, 2021

The City of Antwerp and the City of Bruges have reached an agreement to merge their respective port...

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Wärtsilä To Provide Predictive Maintenance For Two Siem Offshore Vessels

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Date: Feb 13, 2021

Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Siem Offshore covering reduction in emissions and predictiv...

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Kongsberg Digital Enters Partnership With Nautilus Labs

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Date: Feb 13, 2021

Kongsberg Digital and Nautilus Labs are pleased to announce a partnership to include the Nautilus P...

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ZIM In Billion-dollar LNG-powered Containerships Charter Deal With Seaspan

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Date: Feb 13, 2021

ZIM is the latest container line to opt for LNG-powered vessels in a more than a billion-dollar lon...

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BIMCO Seeks Industry Help To Combat Fake Contracts

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Date: Feb 12, 2021

BIMCO will add BIMCO’s Contract Authenticity Clause to all their new and revised BIMCO contracts....

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FAL Convention At Heart Of IMO Response To Illegal Wildlife Trade

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Date: Feb 12, 2021

As is the case for other goods being carried by sea, much of the world’s illegal wildlife trade...

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Northwest Passage Expedition Seeks Maritime Partners

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Date: Feb 12, 2021

Ambitious plans for a team of experienced blue-water rowers to cross the 2,300 mile Arctic route be...

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Neoline’s Sailing Cargo Ships To Transport Michelin Products

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Date: Feb 12, 2021

French tyre manufacturer Michelin has signed a letter of commitment for maritime transport with Neo...

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U.S. Coast Guard Calls On Ports To Report Exposure To SolarWinds Hack

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Date: Feb 12, 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard is calling on port and terminal operators to self-report if they have been exp...

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Parliament Passes Landmark Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020

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Date: Feb 11, 2021

Parliament today passed Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020. Shri Mansukh Mandavia, Minister of State...

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ABS Chairman Christopher Wiernicki Elected To National Academy Of Engineering

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Date: Feb 11, 2021

ABS chairman, president and ceo Christopher J. Wiernicki has been elected to the US National Academ...

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Taicang To Work With Shanghai Port On Container Terminal Development

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Date: Feb 11, 2021

Taicang and Shanghai ports have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop the fourth phase ...

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Seanergy Maritime Says Its Capesizes Meet 2030 GHG Requirements

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Date: Feb 11, 2021

Athens-based pure-play Capesize vessel owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that i...

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HMM Posts Record Operating Profit In 2020

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Date: Feb 11, 2021

Despite the negative effects of COVID-19, South Korea’s national flagship carrier HMM closed 2020...

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Hyundai Samho Wins $216 Million Deal For Containership Duo

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Date: Feb 11, 2021

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has secured an order for the construction o...

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Proposal: IMO Needs To Reconsider Draft Sewage Regulation

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Date: Feb 10, 2021

Together with a number of member states and international organisations, BIMCO has proposed that th...

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Columbia Shipmanagement Appoints New Head Of Asia Region

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Date: Feb 10, 2021

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has appointed Demetris Chrysostomou as its new Managing Director of A...

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Singapore Conducts One-time Covid-19 Test Sweep On All Harbour Craft Crew

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Date: Feb 10, 2021

Singapore has conducted a one-time Covid-19 test of 825 crew onboard 98 harbour craft with all the ...

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Port Worker Vaccination And Boxship Queues Highlighted At US Maritime Transportation Sub-committee

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Date: Feb 10, 2021

A meeting of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sub-committee saw the issues of stevedores...

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Maersk Sues Glencore Over Bad Bunkers

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Date: Feb 10, 2021

Danish logistics giant Maersk has filed a lawsuit against commodity trader Glencore Ltd over contam...

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Hamburg Sud Appoints Poul Hestbaek As New CEO

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Date: Feb 08, 2021

Hamburg Sud has appointed Poul Hestbaek to be its new ceo, taking over from Dr Arnt Vespermann. ...

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Windship Technology Unveils ‘Tesla Of The Seas’ Solution, Teams Up With DNV GL

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Date: Feb 08, 2021

UK-based Windship Technology has unveiled its zero-emission ship design and announced an investment...

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SCMA And Baltic Exchange Asia Deepen Collaboration

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Date: Feb 08, 2021

The Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) and the Baltic Exchange Asia have agreed to de...

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Hyundai Mipo Wins New LPG, Petrochemical Ship Orders

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Date: Feb 08, 2021

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), part of Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Eng...

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NYK Pens $50 Million Sustainability-linked Loan

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Date: Feb 08, 2021

Japanese shipping major NYK has signed a sustainability-linked loan agreement worth $50 million wit...

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Saudi Arabia’s IMI In Talks With Prominent Chinese Shipbuilding Suppliers To Set Up Permanent Facilities In The Kingdom

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Date: Feb 06, 2021

International Maritime Industries (IMI), the Middle East and North Africa’s largest maritime faci...

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MSC Aries Suffers Container Spill In The Pacific

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Date: Feb 06, 2021

A Neopanamax containership operated by Swiss shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) lo...

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New CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Hamburg Süd’s Integration

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Date: Feb 06, 2021

German container shipping company Hamburg Süd, part of Maersk Line, has appointed new Chief Execut...

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Maersk Tankers Signs Sea Cargo Charter

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Date: Feb 06, 2021

Maersk Tankers has become a signatory of the Sea Cargo Charter, a global framework that establishes...

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Peninsula Petroleum Launches LNG Bunkering Business As Part Of Global Sustainability Initiative

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Date: Feb 05, 2021

Global integrated marine fuel supplier Peninsula Petroleum Group (PPG) on Thursday (4 February) sai...

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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Fined $18 Million For Cartel Conduct In Australia

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Date: Feb 05, 2021

Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS has been fined A$24 million...

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OPEC+ Focuses On Overproduction Despite Optimism Over Demand Recovery

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Date: Feb 05, 2021

With Brent prices within spitting distance of $60/b and Saudi Arabia shouldering an extra load of p...