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Why shipping’s smartest fleets are swapping fuel bets for operational intelligence
As regulatory delays leave shipowners hesitant over future fuel investments, the industry’s competitive edge is shifting from speculative asset-playing to...
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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Board of Directors Unanimously Rejects Diana Shipping’s Revised, Unsolicited Tender Offer
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, today announced...
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Republic of the Marshall Islands Registry Recognizes Milestones and Achievements at Posidonia
Mr. Anthony E. Comninos honored with the Captain Xenakoudis Excellence in Shipping Award The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)...
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ESL Shipping starts work on first 17,000-dwt methanol-ready Green Handy vessel at Jinling Shipyard
ESL Shipping has started construction of its first 17,000-dwt methanol-powered Green Handy vessel at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing,...
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146-metre Niwa damaged in collision with 2,700-TEU Papu off Karachi
A UAE-flagged cable-layer was damaged after a collision with the Liberian-flagged 2,700-TEU container ship Papu near the approaches to Karachi...
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Kinetics LNG expands FSRU fleet to 11 vessels with two conversions under way
Kinetics LNG Holdings has expanded its floating LNG fleet to 11 vessels, including nine LNG vessels on the water and...
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Oil rises over 3% as US-Iran strikes lift Brent to $93.90
Oil prices rose more than 3% on Monday after new US-Iran military exchanges revived concern over Gulf energy flows, with...
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Ventia wins A$133m five-year extension at Australian Marine Complex
Ventia Services Group has secured a five-year, A$133m ($95.6m) extension to manage and operate the Australian Marine Complex–Common User Facility...
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Port of Oakland April box volume slips 0.5% to 184,492 TEU
Port of Oakland handled 184,492 TEU in April, down 0.5% year on year, as vessel calls fell to 80 from...
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Russian Gov’t to provide state guarantees for financing construction of Project 22220 icebreaker duo and Project 22770 MSATV vessel
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government, together with the Bank of Russia, Rosatom State Corporation, and the State...
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Zinus wins first Australian contract for ZPP800 charging tower at Sydney’s Barangaroo Wharf
Norway’s Zinus AS has won its first Australian contract to supply a fully autonomous ZPP800 DC Charging Tower for a...
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Tankers top wind propulsion uptake with 37 ships as IWSA fleet passes 100 vessels
Tankers have moved ahead of other ship types in the uptake of wind-assisted propulsion, with 37 vessels fitted with the...
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ABS grants Seatrium AIP for NEXTGEN Energy Hub concept
ABS has granted approval in principle to Singapore’s Seatrium for its NEXTGEN Energy Hub concept, an offshore design integrating ammonia...
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Vietnam’s port throughput rises 15% in 5M
Cargo volumes handled through Vietnam’s seaports and inland waterway ports rose strongly in the first five months of 2026, driven...
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Anglo-Eastern reinforces fleet security through its Global Security Desk as Hormuz disruption continues
Anglo-Eastern Univan Group (Anglo-Eastern), a global leader in independent ship management services, is drawing on its centralised Global Security Desk...
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Global shipping resilience ‘fragile’ without cooperation, Ningbo forum warns
Global shipping, logistics, and trade have shown remarkable resilience despite such disruptions, such as the closure of the Strait of...
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Korean shipbuilders seize bulk of VLGC/VLAC orders as LPG demand surges
The high-value ship order range of Korean shipbuilders is expanding from liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to very large gas...
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ABS Advances Safe, Scalable Operational Solutions for Urgent Shipping Challenges
“Shipping has entered a period where complexity is building faster than it can be absorbed. Costs are rising and decision...
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Use of scrubbers in the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area (Med ECA)
From 1 May 2025, ships operating within the Mediterranean Emission Control Area (Med ECA) became subject to full compliance with...
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Evidence supports safety impact of NorthStandard ECDIS Training Assessment tool
Owner evidence and accumulated data indicate that NorthStandard’s online training assessment tool is helping bridge teams address ECDIS knowledge gaps...
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