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ONE adopts electronic delivery order facility on Port Community System
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
ONE (Ocean Network Express Pte Ltd), a global container shipping company, jointly owned by Japanese ...
Fire reignites on laden VLCC off Sri Lanka
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
Sri Lankan authorities have spent the last 20 hours fighting to contain a reignited fire on the lade...
Fuel Cell Industry’s First Commercial Zero-Emission Module To Power Ships Introduced By Ballard
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
Ballard Power Systems announced the launch of the fuel cell industry’s first module designed for p...
World Biggest Container Ship Welcomed On Its Maiden Voyage At Jebel Ali Port
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
Global trade enabler DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port welcomed HMM GDANSK, one of the world’s ...
Captain And Ship Crew Reported Kidnapped From Reefer Ship Off Nigeria
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
In a recent piracy incident that happened off the coast of Lagos, Captain and one other crew member ...
IMO Insists To Allow Crew Changes To Resolve Humanitarian Crisis
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
A humanitarian crisis is taking place at sea and urgent action is needed to protect seafarers’ hea...
Digitisation Makes Headway For The Maritime Sector In Panama
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
The Republic of Panama, a country with the largest registered vessels fleet, attracts shipowners wit...
India’s steel exports fall for second straight month in Aug as local demand rises
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
India’s finished steel exports fell for the second consecutive month in August, falling 24.5% to 1...
Tripura receives first-ever Inland Shipping cargo from Bangladesh
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
Relations between India and Bangladesh reached another milestone recently, following the operational...
Maersk celebrates 30 years in India
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
In August 1990, Maersk made its humble beginnings in India with a single feeder serv...
Unmesh Sharad Wagh takes Additional Charge as MbPT Deputy Chairman
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Date: Sep 09, 2020
Mr Unmesh Sharad Wagh, IRS, Deputy Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), has been given ad...
Explosion on Vietnamese tanker kills one
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
An explosion onboard the 2013-built product tanker Trung Thao 36 BLC at Dung Quat Port in Quang Ng...
Hyundai Heavy suspends operations at Ulsan yard due to coronavirus outbreak
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
South Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has temporarily suspended operations at its Ulsan y...
Maersk Etienne Stuck At Sea With 27 Rescued Migrants For A Month; 3 Jumped Overboard, Rescued Now
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
The situation onboard Maersk Etienne escalated further this morning when three migrants jumped overb...
Deadly Explosion Rips Open Product Tanker In Dung Quat Port Area, One Crew Dead
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
In a deadly explosion onboard the product tanker Trung Thao 36 BLC has resulted in the death of one ...
Filipino Seafarer Dies Falling From Ship At Chittagong Port
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
A Filipino seafarer got critically injured when he fell in the jetty from the ship docked at Chittag...
India’s IOC unlikely to seek replacement crude after oil tanker fire doused: source
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
Indian Oil Corp., or IOC, is unlikely to seek any replacement crude oil cargo in the regional spot m...
Bahri boosts Dry-Bulk fleet with addition of newbuild Alanood
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, today announced that it took delivery of its...
JNPT upgrades its existing Ship Maneuvering Simulator in a major technological push
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Date: Sep 08, 2020
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port, in a major pus...
Shreyas Shipping signs a “unique and advantageous” ship chartering deal with Unifeeder
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Date: Sep 07, 2020
Mumbai-listed Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd, the Indian flagged vessel owning unit of Dubai...
PIL founder dies aged 102
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Date: Sep 07, 2020
Chang Yun Chung, the 102-year-old founder of Pacific International Lines (PIL), passed away peaceful...
New Diamond VLCC blaze extinguished
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Date: Sep 07, 2020
The fire onboard New Shipping’s New Diamond VLCC off Sri Lanka’s eastern waters was finally ex...
Maersk Etienne crisis escalates as three migrants jump ship
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Date: Sep 07, 2020
The month-long refugee crisis on the Maersk Etienne has dangerously escalated over the weekend aft...
Piracy in 2020: the trends you need to know
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Date: Sep 07, 2020
Piracy has existed for as long as there has been maritime trade; it conjures images of sail ships, t...
More ammonium nitrate found at Beirut port
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Date: Sep 05, 2020
The Lebanese army found another 4.35 tonnes of explosive ammonium nitrate yesterday near the entranc...
India: Major Ports To Use Only Indian Built Tug Boats Now Onwards
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Date: Sep 05, 2020
The Ministry of Shipping has directed all major ports to procure or charter tug boats which are only...
BIMCO To Develop A Free-Standing Force Majeure Clause For Use In Variety Of Contracts
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Date: Sep 05, 2020
With an increasing focus on force majeure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, BIMCO has gathered a draftin...
One Crew Dead in VLCC Fire Accident
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Date: Sep 05, 2020
As per the reports of the VLCC ship New Diamond fire, the Indian and Srilankan authorities are condu...
Two Crew Rescued, One Dead And 41 Still Missing From Livestock Ship Gulf 1
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Date: Sep 05, 2020
The Japanese coast guard was able to locate two survivors from the ill-fated Livestock Carrier Gulf ...
Chemical Leak Reported On The Ship Spirit Of Auckland
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Date: Sep 05, 2020
Container ship – Spirit of Auckland, reported chemical leakage from one of its IMDG container pre-...
Global Activists Demand Immediate Ban On Cruise Ships Sailing
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Date: Sep 04, 2020
Community members from around the world have launched the Global Cruise Activist Network, a worldwid...
VLCC Carrying 270000 Tonnes Of Oil Catches Fire Off Sri Lankan Coast
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Date: Sep 04, 2020
A very large crude oil tanker (VLCC) ship which is carrying 2,70,000 tonnes of oil cargo coming from...