The basic food security of tens of millions across the globe is hanging by a thread as Russia mulls whether it will preserve a deal that has permitted Ukrainian grain to move through the Black Sea. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday renewed threats of...

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DNV has joined a working group on methanol bunkering, managed by the Standards Development Organisation at Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC-SDO), the classification society announced at Singapore Maritime Week. The multi-stakeholder working group will develop...

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The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index edged up on Wednesday as higher rates for capesizes outweighed declines in smaller vessel segments. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels carrying dry bulk...

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Like transporting coals to Newcastle, India has now started supplying indigenously built “green ships” to shipbuilding nations like Norway, the US, and Germany, boosting its aim to emerge as a global shipping hub. This move has come through amid a global environmental...

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Seafarers, ship owning / managing / operating companies and their agents can now report incidents of corruption in Indian ports / seaside through a new, dedicated, state-of-the-art, multilingual and 24/7 helpline provided by MACN in India and operated by ISWAN. This...

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A fire aboard a trawler in the harbor at Njardvik, Iceland claimed the life of one crewmember and left two others injured, according to first responders.  At about 0200 hours on Tuesday, a fire broke out aboard the trawler Grímsnes at the port of...

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