The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped a five-day winning streak on Thursday, falling about 0.2% to 3,057 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes including...

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Indian state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has invited bids to build up to six LNG dual-fuel container vessels. The tender includes two firm orders and options for four additional vessels, according to the tender notice. Each vessel will have a capacity of...

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Hitachi, Ltd. (hereinafter “Hitachi”), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (hereinafter “MOL”), and Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “JAL”) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct Japan’s first(Note 1) pilot test on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture,...

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Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU – CIC on cargo securing Through a press release issued on 03 August, the Paris and Tokyo MoUs published their questionnaire for this year’s CIC. The questionnaire contains ten questions to verify compliance with cargo securing requirements....

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