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China Pushes Coal Trade On The Longer Route – A Boon For Smaller Vessels?

China Pushes Coal Trade On The Longer Route – A Boon For Smaller Vessels?

China continues to block Australian coal and is diversifying its import sources (long haul countries) which will support coal shipping...
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Dry Bulk Market: Conditions Are Favorable For More Upward Momentum

Dry Bulk Market: Conditions Are Favorable For More Upward Momentum

The dry bulk market is primed for a renewed upward momentum in the weeks and months to come. In its...
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DEME Claims World’s Most Powerful Dredger With Spartacus Launch

DEME Claims World’s Most Powerful Dredger With Spartacus Launch

Last week, Belgium-based DEME held naming ceremony for most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world – Spartacus. Despite the...
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China’s COSCO Hopes For Greek Deal On Piraeus Despite Delay

China’s COSCO Hopes For Greek Deal On Piraeus Despite Delay

Chinese shipping group COSCO hopes to reach a deal with the Greek government to complete the purchase of an extra...
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ONE Declares General Average On The Delphinus

ONE Declares General Average On The Delphinus

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has declared General Average for cargo onboard the containership Delphinus which suffered an engine fire on...
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Australia In Longest-Ever Ban For Aswan Shipping Bulker Over ‘Appalling’ Conditions

Australia In Longest-Ever Ban For Aswan Shipping Bulker Over ‘Appalling’ Conditions

Australia has banned the bulker Maryam from its waters for an unprecedented 36 months with conditions onboard described as “absolutely...
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BP, Baker Hughes, And Odfjell Drilling In Pact To Maximize Clair Performance

BP, Baker Hughes, And Odfjell Drilling In Pact To Maximize Clair Performance

Oil major BP, oilfield services provider Baker Hughes, and offshore driller Odfjell Drilling have entered into a tripartite agreement to...
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Maersk Supply Orders Hybrid Battery For AHTS In Push To Decarbonise Fleet

Maersk Supply Orders Hybrid Battery For AHTS In Push To Decarbonise Fleet

Danish offshore vessel provider Maersk Supply Service has ordered a battery pack for one of its M-class vessels as part...
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Baltic Index Falls On Lower Capesize Rates

Baltic Index Falls On Lower Capesize Rates

The Baltic exchange’s main sea freight index fell on Thursday largely due to a fall in rates for the capesize...
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Tankers: Covid Cloud Continues To Dampen The Dirty Tanker Market, Whilst Glimmers Of Recovery Surface For Clean Tankers

Tankers: Covid Cloud Continues To Dampen The Dirty Tanker Market, Whilst Glimmers Of Recovery Surface For Clean Tankers

Using VesselsValue Trade, we will assess the current status of the Tanker market, using historical and current AIS derived supply...
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Tanker Newbuilding Orders On Pace For Doubling During 2021

Tanker Newbuilding Orders On Pace For Doubling During 2021

Ship owners’ appetite for crude tankers has intensified since the start of 2021, manifesting itself in an increased newbuilding contracting...
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IMO Paving The Way For Autonomous Vessel Regulation

IMO Paving The Way For Autonomous Vessel Regulation

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) completed a regulatory scoping exercise to assess future regulation of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)....
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CHEC To Build $600m Peruvian Chancay Port For Cosco Shipping

CHEC To Build $600m Peruvian Chancay Port For Cosco Shipping

Cosco Shipping Ports Chancay Peru has signed a contract with the Chinese consortium CHEC SAC-CCCC4TH for the construction of the...
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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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