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Trade Associations Call on FMC to Address Bottlenecks and Port Charges

Trade Associations Call on FMC to Address Bottlenecks and Port Charges

Retailers and other shippers are experiencing growing delays and increased charges as ports across the United States struggled this fall...
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Pacific Carriers Pleads Guilty and Fined $12 Million in Pollution Case

Pacific Carriers Pleads Guilty and Fined $12 Million in Pollution Case

In the latest example of a shipowner and its crew knowingly concealing the discharge of oily water, Pacific Carriers Limited,...
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Rolls-Royce Acquires Supplier of Ship Control Systems Servowatch

Rolls-Royce Acquires Supplier of Ship Control Systems Servowatch

Rolls-Royce has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large...
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Waterfront Shipping Orders Eight Additional Methanol Dual-Fuel Vessels

Waterfront Shipping Orders Eight Additional Methanol Dual-Fuel Vessels

Waterfront Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, ordered eight additional methanol dual-fuel vessels to its fleet. These vessels are...
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ONE Boxship Suffers Container Stack Collapse in Mid-Pacific

ONE Boxship Suffers Container Stack Collapse in Mid-Pacific

The container ship ONE Apus "suffered collapsed containers" due to rolling in severe weather conditions in the Pacific, according to commercial operator...
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UN Adopts Seafarer Resolution as Union Calls for Home for the Holidays

UN Adopts Seafarer Resolution as Union Calls for Home for the Holidays

The plight of seafarers caught at sea or unable to reach their ships to start work due to the travel...
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BHP Moves Forward With Plan for LNG-Fueled Bulk Carriers

BHP Moves Forward With Plan for LNG-Fueled Bulk Carriers

In the continuing efforts to deploy LNG-fueled vessels, Australian mining giant BHP has become the latest to reach agreements to...
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Chinese Ports Allow Hundreds of Banned N. Korean Voyages

Chinese Ports Allow Hundreds of Banned N. Korean Voyages

The U.S. Department of State accused the Chinese government of turning a blind eye to trade with North Korea, allowing...
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Tero Marine Launches Game Changing Data Visualization Tool

Tero Marine Launches Game Changing Data Visualization Tool

Tero Marine has launched its TM Insights solution, an interactive visualization tool that converts real-time data into intuitive reports and...
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Volkswagen Switches to Biofuel Bunkers for Chartered Ro/Ro

Volkswagen Switches to Biofuel Bunkers for Chartered Ro/Ro

In a sign of the increasing sensitivity of shippers to the carbon footprint of their supply chain, carmaker Volkswagen has...
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“Wind Hunter Project” Starts -Zero-Emission Project with Wind Propulsion and Hydrogen

“Wind Hunter Project” Starts -Zero-Emission Project with Wind Propulsion and Hydrogen

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced that it has joined a wide-ranging corporate-academic partnership in a zero-emission initiative called the...
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RightShip Launches Familiarization Period For Updated Safety Score

RightShip Launches Familiarization Period For Updated Safety Score

RightShip, the world’s largest maritime risk management and environmental assessment organisation, has today announced the launch of a new familiarisation...
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Latest Attack In GoG Pushes Kidnapping Tally To 122 Seafarers

Latest Attack In GoG Pushes Kidnapping Tally To 122 Seafarers

Four seafarers have been kidnapped in the latest piracy attack in the Gulf of Guinea involving a crude oil tanker....
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Ultra Large Ore Carrier Hit Two Capesize Bulk Carriers, Heavy Damages

Ultra Large Ore Carrier Hit Two Capesize Bulk Carriers, Heavy Damages

Ultra Large Ore Carrier NSU CARAJAS contacted two, understood berthed, ships, while maneuvering to berth at Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal, Sao...
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Shipyard In Costa Rica Is Making Way For A Clean Shipping Revolution With A Cargo Ship Made Of Wood

Shipyard In Costa Rica Is Making Way For A Clean Shipping Revolution With A Cargo Ship Made Of Wood

In a small, rustic shipyard on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, a small team is building what they say...
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LR, Anemoi And SDARI Join Forces On Rotor Sail Designs

LR, Anemoi And SDARI Join Forces On Rotor Sail Designs

LR has signed a joint development project (JDP) with Anemoi Marine Technologies (Anemoi) and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research...
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India: Steel Demand To Fall 12% This Year: Report

India: Steel Demand To Fall 12% This Year: Report

Hit by stringent Covid-induced lockdown, steel demand in this year is expected to fall by a record 10 per cent...
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Fair Treatment Of Seafarers And The Covid-19 Pandemic On Legal Committee’s Agenda

Fair Treatment Of Seafarers And The Covid-19 Pandemic On Legal Committee’s Agenda

The IMO Legal Committee has begun its 107th session, meeting in virtual session (27 and 30 November and 1 December)....
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World’s 1st Zero-Emission Container Vessel, Yara Birkeland, Delivered

World’s 1st Zero-Emission Container Vessel, Yara Birkeland, Delivered

The long-awaited zero-emission container vessel Yara Birkeland has been delivered to its owner Yara International, Norway-based shipbuilder Vard informed. Upon...
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Projects Explore Solid Oxide Fuel Cells to Replace Diesel Generators

Projects Explore Solid Oxide Fuel Cells to Replace Diesel Generators

Two projects underway in South Korea are each seeking to develop Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology to be used...
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