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MSC Mediterranean Shipping: CEO Soren Toft Calls For Global Approach To R&D And Carbon Pricing

MSC Mediterranean Shipping: CEO Soren Toft Calls For Global Approach To R&D And Carbon Pricing

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has joined other carriers in reiterating support for a global R&D decarbonisation fund and also in...
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Eagle Bulk Acquires Scrubber-Fitted Ultramax Pair

Eagle Bulk Acquires Scrubber-Fitted Ultramax Pair

US-based shipowner Eagle Bulk Shipping has purchased two 2015-built scrubber-fitted Ultramax bulk carriers from Nautical Bulk Holdings for total of $44...
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Bureau Veritas Grants First Type Approval For LTO Battery System

Bureau Veritas Grants First Type Approval For LTO Battery System

Swedish energy system supplier Echandia Marine has obtained type approval from the classification society Bureau Veritas for its lithium titanium...
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CMPort Sees 25.5% Container Volumes Growth In First Four Months

CMPort Sees 25.5% Container Volumes Growth In First Four Months

China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has recorded a significant growth in both container throughput and bulk cargo volumes so far...
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Study Finds FuelEU Maritime May Promote Biofuels, Raising Substantial Enforcement Concerns

Study Finds FuelEU Maritime May Promote Biofuels, Raising Substantial Enforcement Concerns

Arecent study on the upcoming FuelEU Maritime proposal finds that a promotion of biofuels may raise serious enforcement concerns, as...
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Baltic Main Index Hits Over One-Month Low On Weaker Capesize Segment

Baltic Main Index Hits Over One-Month Low On Weaker Capesize Segment

The Baltic exchange’s main sea freight index fell for a seventh straight session on Thursday to a more than one-month...
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Aft Section Of X-Press Pearl Sinks To Seabed, Pollution Fears

Aft Section Of X-Press Pearl Sinks To Seabed, Pollution Fears

The aft section of the heavily fire damaged X-Press Pearl has sunk to the seabed at 21 metres while the...
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UN Security Council To Discuss Decaying FSO Tanker Anchored Off Yemen

UN Security Council To Discuss Decaying FSO Tanker Anchored Off Yemen

After months of talks aimed to permit UN inspectors permission to board a decaying oil tanker anchored off Yemen as...
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Belgium Is First EU Country To Start Seafarer Vaccination

Belgium Is First EU Country To Start Seafarer Vaccination

Belgium has officially started its vaccination campaign for seafarers this morning in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and...
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Damen Opens UK Service Hub

Damen Opens UK Service Hub

Damen Shipyards Group is expanding its global service hub network with the opening a new Service Hub in Southampton, UK....
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Hyundai Heavy Join Hands With SNU To Foster AI Professionals

Hyundai Heavy Join Hands With SNU To Foster AI Professionals

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has joined hands with Seoul National University (SNU) to foster artificial intelligence (AI) professionals and technology...
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Denmark, Norway, And The United States To Lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

Denmark, Norway, And The United States To Lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

Governments of the three countries, together with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon...
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June Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator Shows Increase In Seafarers Stranded Onboard Vessels

June Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator Shows Increase In Seafarers Stranded Onboard Vessels

Increasing infection rates in key crew source countries and stricter crew-change protocols in major crew-change hubs are seen as the...
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CTI-Maritec Opens Shanghai Fuel Test Centre As It Unveils New “Fuel Expert” System

CTI-Maritec Opens Shanghai Fuel Test Centre As It Unveils New “Fuel Expert” System

CTI-Maritec, the maritime industry’s leading fuel and environmental technical advisory company has cut ribbon on a new fuel testing centre...
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Singapore Exploring Ammonia Bunkering For First Castor Initiative Vessel

Singapore Exploring Ammonia Bunkering For First Castor Initiative Vessel

Singapore is looking into being able to fuel the first ammonia-powered ship under the Castor Initiative in two-to-three years time....
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Brazil Bans Disembarkation Of International Crew At Its Ports

Brazil Bans Disembarkation Of International Crew At Its Ports

Brazil’s federal government has restricted the arrival in the country of foreign seafarers working onboard vessels or platforms to prevent...
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Kalmar Introduces New Remote Services For Container Terminals

Kalmar Introduces New Remote Services For Container Terminals

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, introduces new remote services for manual and automated container terminals. The Kalmar Remote Service offering now...
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Ulstein Design For New Korean Seismic Research Vessel

Ulstein Design For New Korean Seismic Research Vessel

Ulstein has designed a new seismic research vessel for the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). The 92-meter...
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Ultragas And Evergas Set-Up First Shipping Company To Transport CO2

Ultragas And Evergas Set-Up First Shipping Company To Transport CO2

The captured CO2 will be transported by vessels for storage (CCS) and reuse (CCU) and thereby enabling large-scale emission reductions....
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Maritime Corporate Diplomacy: A Modern Management Tool With Added Value For Shipping

Maritime Corporate Diplomacy: A Modern Management Tool With Added Value For Shipping

In the global business ecosystem, the shipping industry has invariably faced the interconnection between geopolitical events, risks, and opportunities. To...
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