French officials have taken the Indian captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker into custody days after the oil tanker was seized. On Thursday, the French navy intercepted the tanker – named the Grinch – which President Emmanuel Macron said was “subject to...

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As profits return to Korea’s shipyards after years of stagnation, so has an old fault line. A dispute over performance bonuses is exposing persistent inequalities between full-time workers and the subcontracted labor that underpins much of the industry. Korea’s...

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Weathernews Inc. has issued a stark warning to the global shipping industry, noting that the major strides made in vessel efficiency over the past decade are increasingly being cancelled out by a more unpredictable and hostile operating environment. While ships have...

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Seafarers continue to face serious mental health challenges following encounters with maritime piracy, according to Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS), member of OneCare Group. Clinical Psychologist at MHSS, Alexander Dimitrevich, has extensive experience working...

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The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, was up for a second session on Monday, rising about 1% to 1,780 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal,...

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