HD Hyundai Heavy Industries dispatched 97 employees to Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan in 1972 to learn shipbuilding technology while constructing the Ulsan Shipyard. At the time, South Korea, which had just begun building its shipyard, had to learn from Japan,...

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Color Line chose to upgrade its vessels to hybrid exhaust gas cleaning systems not just because the technology was promising, but because embracing this solution offered clear economic advantages for their operations. That is the current reality in the Northern...

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IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez delivered the following statement to the IMO Council (8 July) to update members on the situation facing shipping and seafarers in and around the Strait of Hormuz. The following is an extract of the Secretary-General’s statement...

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Maritime piracy and armed robbery incidents fell to their lowest level since 1992 in the first half of 2026, according to the latest report from ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB), released today. However, IMB warns there is no room for complacency, with crew...

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Asia’s high sulfur fuel oil cash differentials declined July 7 to their widest discounts so far in 2026, weighed by expectations of increasing near-term supply from the Middle East, market sources said, adding that renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz may...

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