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Dutch Court Orders Shell To Curb Emissions In ‘Historic Ruling’

Dutch Court Orders Shell To Curb Emissions In ‘Historic Ruling’

A Dutch court has ordered oil major Shell to deepen its carbon emissions cuts in a ruling described as the...
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Kawasaki Heavy Builds World’s First Tanker For Liquid Hydrogen

Kawasaki Heavy Builds World’s First Tanker For Liquid Hydrogen

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., a pioneer in transporting liquified natural gas (LNG), has now developed the world’s first tanker for...
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Association Of Average Adjusters Champions Highest Professional Standards Amid Challenges Of An “Extraordinary Year”

Association Of Average Adjusters Champions Highest Professional Standards Amid Challenges Of An “Extraordinary Year”

At the Association of Average Adjusters recent virtual annual general meeting, the over-riding message from chairman Michiel Starmans was that...
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Wärtsilä Selected To Supply World’s Largest BioLNG Production Plant

Wärtsilä Selected To Supply World’s Largest BioLNG Production Plant

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a biogas liquefaction plant to Norway-based Biokraft, a subsidiary of the Scandinavian Biogas Group...
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Sri Lanka Passes Controversial Port City Bill

Sri Lanka Passes Controversial Port City Bill

Sri Lanka's parliament has passed the controversial Port City Bill, creating the country's first Special Economic Zone despite complaints around...
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Vitol Launches Global Bunkering Service

Vitol Launches Global Bunkering Service

Vitol today announces the launch of a global bunkering service, Vitol Bunkers. Vitol Bunkers will offer ship and fleet owners...
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Abu Dhabi Ports Announces Green Ammonia Production Project

Abu Dhabi Ports Announces Green Ammonia Production Project

Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) announced the formation of a green ammonia production facility in the zone by Helios...
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The Bahamas Welcomes The Registry’s First LNG Powered Passenger Ship

The Bahamas Welcomes The Registry’s First LNG Powered Passenger Ship

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) is delighted to welcome its first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) powered passenger ship, Mardi Gras,...
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Ports Of Auckland Inks LSF Supply Deal With BP

Ports Of Auckland Inks LSF Supply Deal With BP

The Ports of Auckland subsidiary Seafuels and British multinational oil and gas major BP have reached an agreement to deliver very...
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DNV Awards AiP To Keppel Offshore & Marine For Its Digital Asset Lifecycle Solution

DNV Awards AiP To Keppel Offshore & Marine For Its Digital Asset Lifecycle Solution

Leading classification society DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) for...
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Wärtsilä Lifecycle Solutions For LNG Carriers – Together We Can Achieve More

Wärtsilä Lifecycle Solutions For LNG Carriers – Together We Can Achieve More

In the final tech talk of our series, Jeremy Crossman, General Manager, Sales Excellence at Wärtsilä, is joined by subject...
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Oxygen Concentrators Sent To India To Save Seafarers’ Lives

Oxygen Concentrators Sent To India To Save Seafarers’ Lives

Hundreds of lives will be saved thanks to two new emergency projects being funded by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust and...
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Tianjin Port Signs 5G Technology Development Deal With China Mobile

Tianjin Port Signs 5G Technology Development Deal With China Mobile

Tianjin port, China Mobile Tianjin branch and China Mobile (Shanghai) Information and Communication Technology signed a cooperation agreement to jointly...
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DP World Changes UAE Leadership

DP World Changes UAE Leadership

DP World CEO and Managing Director for the UAE region, Mohammed Al Muallem, has been promoted to a new role....
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Castor Maritime Inc. Announces Reverse Stock Split To Be Effective May 28, 2021

Castor Maritime Inc. Announces Reverse Stock Split To Be Effective May 28, 2021

Castor Maritime Inc., a diversified global shipping company, announces that its board of directors (the “Board”) has determined to effect...
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Ship Owner Says Suez Canal Was At Fault Over Ever Given Grounding: Lawyer

Ship Owner Says Suez Canal Was At Fault Over Ever Given Grounding: Lawyer

The owner of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March says the canal authority was at fault...
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IMO Agrees On New Measures To Detect And Report Containers Lost At Sea

IMO Agrees On New Measures To Detect And Report Containers Lost At Sea

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 103) meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was held remotely from 5 to 14...
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World 1st Successful Demonstration Test Of Auto Berthing And Un-Berthing System, Using A Large Car Ferry And Actual Pier

World 1st Successful Demonstration Test Of Auto Berthing And Un-Berthing System, Using A Large Car Ferry And Actual Pier

Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen)...
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Stranded Grains Ships To Be Towed Free From Rosario, Says Ports Chamber

Stranded Grains Ships To Be Towed Free From Rosario, Says Ports Chamber

Seven grains ships stranded at Argentina’s export hub of Rosario will be towed free and sent out to sea after...
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Sabrina Chao Elected BΙMCO President

Sabrina Chao Elected BΙMCO President

BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has elected Sabrina Chao of Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited as President at...
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