Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei has been designated as the new chairman of the US Federal Maritime Commission, an independent federal agency responsible for regulating the US international ocean transportation system. The designation was made by President Joseph R....

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In a mega-merger, two US-listed tanker operators have agreed to combine to create one of the world’s largest energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products. A year in the making, Diamond S Shipping has agreed to merge into International Seaways....

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Florham Park, New Jersey USA – Maersk Inc. North America has announced the start of a new service linking ports in Vietnam and China with the US East Coast via the Panama Canal, starting in May 2021. The TP23 string will include eight Maersk vessels and two from ZIM....

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The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has started an investigation into the grounding of the Ever Given containership in the Suez Canal last week to determine the causes of the incident. To remind, the 20,000 TEU containership, flagged in Panama, ran aground on March...

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To support the Low Carbon Shipping effort, the IMO Global Industry Alliance (GIA) published a guide with eight practical measures seaports can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. The Port of Rotterdam was actively involved in bringing about the...

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