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Maersk celebrates 30 years in India

Maersk celebrates 30 years in India

In August 1990, Maersk made its humble beginnings in India with a single feeder service between Mumbai Port and Dubai...
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Unmesh Sharad Wagh takes Additional Charge as MbPT Deputy Chairman

Unmesh Sharad Wagh takes Additional Charge as MbPT Deputy Chairman

Mr Unmesh Sharad Wagh, IRS, Deputy Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), has been given additional charge as Deputy...
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Explosion on Vietnamese tanker kills one

Explosion on Vietnamese tanker kills one

An explosion onboard the 2013-built product tanker Trung Thao 36 BLC at Dung Quat Port in Quang Ngai of Vietnam yesterday has...
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Hyundai Heavy suspends operations at Ulsan yard due to coronavirus outbreak

Hyundai Heavy suspends operations at Ulsan yard due to coronavirus outbreak

South Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has temporarily suspended operations at its Ulsan yard after three workers tested positive...
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Maersk Etienne Stuck At Sea With 27 Rescued Migrants For A Month; 3 Jumped Overboard, Rescued Now

Maersk Etienne Stuck At Sea With 27 Rescued Migrants For A Month; 3 Jumped Overboard, Rescued Now

The situation onboard Maersk Etienne escalated further this morning when three migrants jumped overboard. The captain and crew were quick...
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Deadly Explosion Rips Open Product Tanker In Dung Quat Port Area, One Crew Dead

Deadly Explosion Rips Open Product Tanker In Dung Quat Port Area, One Crew Dead

In a deadly explosion onboard the product tanker Trung Thao 36 BLC has resulted in the death of one crew...
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Filipino Seafarer Dies Falling From Ship At Chittagong Port

Filipino Seafarer Dies Falling From Ship At Chittagong Port

A Filipino seafarer got critically injured when he fell in the jetty from the ship docked at Chittagong port. The...
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India’s IOC unlikely to seek replacement crude after oil tanker fire doused: source

India’s IOC unlikely to seek replacement crude after oil tanker fire doused: source

Indian Oil Corp., or IOC, is unlikely to seek any replacement crude oil cargo in the regional spot market after...
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Bahri boosts Dry-Bulk fleet with addition of newbuild Alanood

Bahri boosts Dry-Bulk fleet with addition of newbuild Alanood

Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, today announced that it took delivery of its new dry-bulk carrier ‘Alanood’...
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JNPT upgrades its existing Ship Maneuvering Simulator in a major technological push

JNPT upgrades its existing Ship Maneuvering Simulator in a major technological push

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port, in a major push and with a vision of augmenting the...
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Shreyas Shipping signs a “unique and advantageous” ship chartering deal with Unifeeder

Shreyas Shipping signs a “unique and advantageous” ship chartering deal with Unifeeder

Mumbai-listed Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd, the Indian flagged vessel owning unit of Dubai’s Transworld Group, has struck a unique...
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PIL founder dies aged 102

PIL founder dies aged 102

Chang Yun Chung, the 102-year-old founder of Pacific International Lines (PIL), passed away peacefully at home in Singapore on Friday...
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New Diamond VLCC blaze extinguished

New Diamond VLCC blaze extinguished

The fire onboard New Shipping’s New Diamond VLCC off Sri Lanka’s eastern waters was finally extinguished, nearly 79 hours after the incident...
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Maersk Etienne crisis escalates as three migrants jump ship

Maersk Etienne crisis escalates as three migrants jump ship

The month-long refugee crisis on the Maersk Etienne has dangerously escalated over the weekend after Maersk Tankers revealed that three migrants had...
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Piracy in 2020: the trends you need to know

Piracy in 2020: the trends you need to know

Piracy has existed for as long as there has been maritime trade; it conjures images of sail ships, the jolly...
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More ammonium nitrate found at Beirut port

More ammonium nitrate found at Beirut port

The Lebanese army found another 4.35 tonnes of explosive ammonium nitrate yesterday near the entrance to Beirut port, one month...
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India: Major Ports To Use Only Indian Built Tug Boats Now Onwards

India: Major Ports To Use Only Indian Built Tug Boats Now Onwards

The Ministry of Shipping has directed all major ports to procure or charter tug boats which are only made in...
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BIMCO To Develop A Free-Standing Force Majeure Clause For Use In Variety Of Contracts

BIMCO To Develop A Free-Standing Force Majeure Clause For Use In Variety Of Contracts

With an increasing focus on force majeure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, BIMCO has gathered a drafting team to develop...
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One Crew Dead in VLCC Fire Accident

One Crew Dead in VLCC Fire Accident

As per the reports of the VLCC ship New Diamond fire, the Indian and Srilankan authorities are conducting a joint...
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Two Crew Rescued, One Dead And 41 Still Missing From Livestock Ship Gulf 1

Two Crew Rescued, One Dead And 41 Still Missing From Livestock Ship Gulf 1

The Japanese coast guard was able to locate two survivors from the ill-fated Livestock Carrier Gulf 1 till now. However,...
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