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MSC’s Giant Container Ship Collides With Gantry Crane In Valencia, Spain

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

One of the world’s largest ship in the world with 23,000+ TEU capacity, MSC MIA, collided with a g...

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Engine Room Accident Disables Bulk Carrier, Crew Airlifted For Medical Assistance

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

Italian Bulk Carrier Cristin was stopped midway after an engine room accident, as per sources. The v...

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Major Maritime Bodies Call Governments To Immediately Recognise Seafarers As Keyworkers

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Secretary-General of the Un...

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World’s First Wind Powered PCTC Concept ‘Oceanbird’ Introduced

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

At a live webcast 10 September 2020, Oceanbird – the world’s first wind powered PCTC concept was...

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Stranded At Sea – Ship Ran Out Of Diesel For Lighting; Crew Without Wages For Months

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

A growing number of crew abandoned on ships in the Arab World without pay, food or water are receivi...

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GP Global’s tanker seized in India over loan dispute: document

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

An Indian court has ordered the seizure of a tanker belonging to Dubai-based oil trading firm GP...

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Indian Register of Shipping receives recognition from US Coast Guard

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has joined a select group of Classification Societies who have...

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DP World signs up as Global Logistics Partner of Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Date: Sep 15, 2020

Leading global provider of smart logistics solutions DP World and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ...

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Workers feel the heat as major ports on cusp of historic make-over

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Date: Sep 14, 2020

Proposed new legal structure seeks to achieve multiple objectives State-owned Jawaharlal Nehr...

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Crew change at Vizhinjam marred by a ship agent's attempt to block rivals from taking up work

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Date: Sep 14, 2020

Crew change on ships at Vizhinjam near Thiruvananthapuram has been roiled by efforts of a local stea...

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Maersk Etienne crisis ends

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Date: Sep 14, 2020

A 38-day standoff onboard Maersk Tankers vessel Maersk Etienne has ended for 27 refugees, who have...

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Covid impact: Cargo handling at Indian ports drops 17% to 245 mn tonnes in Apr-August

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Date: Sep 14, 2020

Impacted by disruptions caused due to COVID-19, India’s major ports continued to witness a fall in...

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India’s Exports jumped 13 % to $ 6.12 bn in September 1st week

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Date: Sep 14, 2020

India’s Exports during the first week of September jumped 13.35 per cent year-on-yea...

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Fujian Port launches 6 Shipping services to Europe & Asia under Silk Road Maritime

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Date: Sep 14, 2020

Six new services linking Fujian ports in China with Asia and Europe have been as part of the Silk Ro...

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IEA predicts ammonia will eventually become shipping’s dominant fuel

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Date: Sep 12, 2020

The International Energy Agency has released a new long-term energy transition forecast, drill...

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Salvage Operation Of Fire Stricken Oil Tanker ‘MT New Diamond’ Begins

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Date: Sep 12, 2020

The Sri Lankan Navy reported that international experts and salvage team arrived at the fire stricke...

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Mauritius Oil Spill: Ship Operator To Pay $9.4 Million To Help Restore Marine Environment

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Date: Sep 12, 2020

Japanese Bulk Carrier MV Wakashio owned by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) caused huge amount of oil spill du...

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Log Carrier Loses Power After Leaving Port Tauranga, Master And Chief Engineer Found Guilty

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Date: Sep 12, 2020

Maritime New Zealand on July 6th, Monday reported that log carrier MV Funing lost its power after le...

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Ro-Ro Vessel Rolls Heavily And Tips Trucks

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Date: Sep 12, 2020

A shortsea ro-ro passenger and freight service operated up to seven sailings per day with a crossing...

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Remotely Controlling A Vessel From Shore, Enabled By Marlink’s Smart Satellite Network

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Date: Sep 12, 2020

Marlink, the leading provider of Smart Network Solutions, is providing a special purpose highly resi...

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ReCAAP: Six Armed Robbery Incidents in Asia During August

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Date: Sep 12, 2020

ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre released the August 2020 Report on the situation of piracy and arm...

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MSC seals deal to take 49% stake in Messina

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Date: Sep 11, 2020

MSC has finally taken a 49% stake in the Ignazio Mesina & C. shipping group, with the deal forma...

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Port Of Rotterdam Takes First Steps Towards Environmentally Responsible Degassing Of Ships

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Date: Sep 11, 2020

In the near future, the Netherlands will no longer allow ships to remove vapours from their holds ...

ECSA & ETF Call EU To Coordinate For Solidary Solution Of Rescued Migrants On Board Maersk Etienne

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Date: Sep 11, 2020

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Feder...

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Huge Fire Breaks Out At Beirut Port, A Month After Deadly Explosion

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Date: Sep 11, 2020

After a month of the devastating Beirut blast, a huge ball of smoke and flame re-erupted in the port...

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Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia: report

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Date: Sep 11, 2020

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, piracy and other crimes have surged in Asian waters in the first s...

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PSA Mumbai Launches First Ever Digital Online Payments For Direct Port Delivery Customers With Odex In Jawaharlal Nehru Port

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Date: Sep 11, 2020

Committed to supporting the Digital India and Ease of Doing Business initiatives, PSA Mumbai has lau...

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Mansukh Mandaviya launches ‘SAROD-Ports’

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Date: Sep 11, 2020

Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya launched ‘SAROD-Ports’ (Societ...

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MV Wakashio Diverted Its Navigation Plan In Relation With Crew Member’s Birthday – Investigation

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Date: Sep 10, 2020

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), through a delegation of experts in maritime accidents relocated...

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Bunker Spill Reported From VLCC, As MT New Diamond’s Rear-Portion Sinks By 3 Feet After Reignition Of Fire

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Date: Sep 10, 2020

Sri Lankan authority and Indian Coast guard are continuously performing boundary cooling in response...

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Govt could make locally manufactured barges mandatory for Coastal & Inland Waterways movement

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Date: Sep 10, 2020

The Government could make domestically manufactured barges mandatory for coastal and inland waterway...

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MSC Partners with WAVE for Wide Adoption of its e-Bill of Lading in India

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Date: Sep 10, 2020

MSC’s electronic bill of lading (e-BL) solution, offered via the WAVE platform, enables its custom...