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U.S. Coast Guard Calls On Ports To Report Exposure To SolarWinds Hack

U.S. Coast Guard Calls On Ports To Report Exposure To SolarWinds Hack

The U.S. Coast Guard is calling on port and terminal operators to self-report if they have been exposed to the...
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Parliament Passes Landmark Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020

Parliament Passes Landmark Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020

Parliament today passed Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020. Shri Mansukh Mandavia, Minister of State (I / C) Ports, Shipping and...
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ABS Chairman Christopher Wiernicki Elected To National Academy Of Engineering

ABS Chairman Christopher Wiernicki Elected To National Academy Of Engineering

ABS chairman, president and ceo Christopher J. Wiernicki has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Wiernicki...
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Taicang To Work With Shanghai Port On Container Terminal Development

Taicang To Work With Shanghai Port On Container Terminal Development

Taicang and Shanghai ports have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop the fourth phase container terminal at Taicang and...
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Seanergy Maritime Says Its Capesizes Meet 2030 GHG Requirements

Seanergy Maritime Says Its Capesizes Meet 2030 GHG Requirements

Athens-based pure-play Capesize vessel owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that its existing fleet will remain compliant with applicable greenhouse gas...
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HMM Posts Record Operating Profit In 2020

HMM Posts Record Operating Profit In 2020

Despite the negative effects of COVID-19, South Korea’s national flagship carrier HMM closed 2020 with a significant earnings boost. The...
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Hyundai Samho Wins $216 Million Deal For Containership Duo

Hyundai Samho Wins $216 Million Deal For Containership Duo

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has secured an order for the construction of two containerships from an unnamed...
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Proposal: IMO Needs To Reconsider Draft Sewage Regulation

Proposal: IMO Needs To Reconsider Draft Sewage Regulation

Together with a number of member states and international organisations, BIMCO has proposed that the IMO should reconsider the direction,...
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Columbia Shipmanagement Appoints New Head Of Asia Region

Columbia Shipmanagement Appoints New Head Of Asia Region

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has appointed Demetris Chrysostomou as its new Managing Director of Asia region, working out of the Singapore...
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Singapore Conducts One-time Covid-19 Test Sweep On All Harbour Craft Crew

Singapore Conducts One-time Covid-19 Test Sweep On All Harbour Craft Crew

Singapore has conducted a one-time Covid-19 test of 825 crew onboard 98 harbour craft with all the results returning negative,...
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Port Worker Vaccination And Boxship Queues Highlighted At US Maritime Transportation Sub-committee

Port Worker Vaccination And Boxship Queues Highlighted At US Maritime Transportation Sub-committee

A meeting of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sub-committee saw the issues of stevedores as key workers for vaccinations,...
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Maersk Sues Glencore Over Bad Bunkers

Maersk Sues Glencore Over Bad Bunkers

Danish logistics giant Maersk has filed a lawsuit against commodity trader Glencore Ltd over contaminated bunker fuel supplied to two...
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Hamburg Sud Appoints Poul Hestbaek As New CEO

Hamburg Sud Appoints Poul Hestbaek As New CEO

Hamburg Sud has appointed Poul Hestbaek to be its new ceo, taking over from Dr Arnt Vespermann. The change will...
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Windship Technology Unveils ‘Tesla Of The Seas’ Solution, Teams Up With DNV GL

Windship Technology Unveils ‘Tesla Of The Seas’ Solution, Teams Up With DNV GL

UK-based Windship Technology has unveiled its zero-emission ship design and announced an investment partnership with DNV GL, one of the...
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SCMA And Baltic Exchange Asia Deepen Collaboration

SCMA And Baltic Exchange Asia Deepen Collaboration

The Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) and the Baltic Exchange Asia have agreed to deepen their collaboration on cross-promotion...
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Hyundai Mipo Wins New LPG, Petrochemical Ship Orders

Hyundai Mipo Wins New LPG, Petrochemical Ship Orders

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), part of Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), has received contracts from Oceanian...
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NYK Pens $50 Million Sustainability-linked Loan

NYK Pens $50 Million Sustainability-linked Loan

Japanese shipping major NYK has signed a sustainability-linked loan agreement worth $50 million with the compatriot Shiga Bank. This is...
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Saudi Arabia’s IMI In Talks With Prominent Chinese Shipbuilding Suppliers To Set Up Permanent Facilities In The Kingdom

Saudi Arabia’s IMI In Talks With Prominent Chinese Shipbuilding Suppliers To Set Up Permanent Facilities In The Kingdom

International Maritime Industries (IMI), the Middle East and North Africa’s largest maritime facility located on Saudi Arabia’s east coast at...
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MSC Aries Suffers Container Spill In The Pacific

MSC Aries Suffers Container Spill In The Pacific

A Neopanamax containership operated by Swiss shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) lost 41 empty containers overboard in the Pacific...
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New CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Hamburg Süd’s Integration

New CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Hamburg Süd’s Integration

German container shipping company Hamburg Süd, part of Maersk Line, has appointed new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the...
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