The Panama Canal Authority published today, the prequalification documents for two strategic initiatives. These include the development of an energy corridor pipeline and the construction of container port terminals on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The...

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HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the shipbuilding subholding company of HD Hyundai, said Friday it has secured an order to build two liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers from a Japanese shipping company. The vessels will be built at the shipyard...

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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that Northern Lights JV DA (Northern Lights) has awarded the consortium of “K” LINE and Malaysia’s MISC Berhad (MISC) a time charter contract for one newly built 12,000 m3 liquefied CO2 carrier (the...

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The families of 16 Indian seafarers held in Iran since December say they are anxious about the fate of their loved ones as the geopolitical situation in the region remains tense. On 8 December, Iranian authorities seized an oil tanker, MT Valiant Roar, while it was in...

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Panama’s Supreme Court has annulled contracts allowing a Hong Kong-based company to operate container ports on the Panama Canal. The ruling comes a year after US President Donald Trump claimed China was “operating the Panama Canal” – the main shipping link between the...

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Seafarer abandonment has reached its highest level on record, with new figures from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) revealing a sharp rise in both the number of ships involved and the number of seafarers affected. According to ITF data, 6,223...

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