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IGGS Group Will Host Mediterranean Maritime Forum Online

IGGS Group Will Host Mediterranean Maritime Forum Online

MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME FORUM ONLINE Online Event, 1:00 PM (GMT+2), March 23 - 24 | 2021 Organized by IGGS Group This...
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Qatar Petroleum Issues Invitation To Tender Package To Ship Owners For Future LNG Carrier Fleet

Qatar Petroleum Issues Invitation To Tender Package To Ship Owners For Future LNG Carrier Fleet

Qatar Petroleum issued an ‘Invitation to Tender’ (ITT) for the chartering of LNG carriers for its future LNG shipping requirements,...
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Hyundai Heavy Industries Suffers Triple Whammy

Hyundai Heavy Industries Suffers Triple Whammy

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHIC) suffered a triple whammy on March 17 — a raid by the prosecution, a strike...
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Crowley And ESVAGT To Partner For US Offshore Wind Support Vessels

Crowley And ESVAGT To Partner For US Offshore Wind Support Vessels

US-based Crowley and Denmark’s ESVAGT plan to set-up a joint venture to offer purpose-built, Jones Act compliant offshore wind support...
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Concerns Of Rise In Number Of Seafarers Impacted By Crew Change Due To New COVID-Variants

Concerns Of Rise In Number Of Seafarers Impacted By Crew Change Due To New COVID-Variants

Shipping is concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are on the rise due...
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Shell Expands LNG Capabilities With First US Aframax Tanker Bunkering

Shell Expands LNG Capabilities With First US Aframax Tanker Bunkering

Efforts are continuing to build out the global infrastructure to support the use of LNG as a marine fuel. As...
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NYK Collects Samples For World’s First Large Survey Of Microplastics

NYK Collects Samples For World’s First Large Survey Of Microplastics

NYK has completed a year-long effort working with the Chiba Institute of Technology to collect samples of ocean water for...
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Seafarers Exempt From UK COVID Travel Quarantine Rules

Seafarers Exempt From UK COVID Travel Quarantine Rules

Seafarers of all nationalities will be exempt from the UK’s COVID travel restrictions, including mandatory hotel quarantines. The UK Department...
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Container Stack Collapse Can Result In PTSD For Seafarers, Warns CSSS

Container Stack Collapse Can Result In PTSD For Seafarers, Warns CSSS

Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers (CSSS) has voiced concern over the physical and psychological impact of a container stack collapse on...
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Greek Owned Fleet Grows To Record Tonnage Levels

Greek Owned Fleet Grows To Record Tonnage Levels

The Covid–19 pandemic seems to have had little impact on the appetite of Greek shipowners as they continue to build...
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Port Of Los Angeles Loaded Container Import-Export Imbalance Hits 4:1

Port Of Los Angeles Loaded Container Import-Export Imbalance Hits 4:1

The Port of Los Angeles saw the imbalance between loaded container imports and exports hitting record levels in February. Presenting...
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CMA CGM Expands China Inland Services

CMA CGM Expands China Inland Services

CMA CGM is strengthening its inland service in China through a new joint venture with CIMC Modern Logistics at the...
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BIMCO: Scrubber-Fitted Ships Nearly Double In 15 Months

BIMCO: Scrubber-Fitted Ships Nearly Double In 15 Months

Since January 1, 2020, the number of scrubber-fitted ships has nearly doubled from 2,011 ships to 3,935 by March 1,...
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. To Acquire Two Additional Capesize Vessels

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. To Acquire Two Additional Capesize Vessels

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that it has entered into agreements with unaffiliated third parties to purchase two Capesize vessels....
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Wilson Sons Invests In An Israeli Startup Of Port Technology

Wilson Sons Invests In An Israeli Startup Of Port Technology

Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operator in Brazil, acquired a minority equity participation at Docktech, an...
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Hapag-Lloyd Continues Container Consolidation With NileDutch Acquisition

Hapag-Lloyd Continues Container Consolidation With NileDutch Acquisition

Continuing the trend of consolidation in container shipping Hapag-Lloyd has acquired Africa specialist NileDutch. Hapag-Lloyd is acquiring 100% of the...
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MOL Announces Issuance Of Publicly Offered Hybrid Corporate Bonds

MOL Announces Issuance Of Publicly Offered Hybrid Corporate Bonds

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. on March 17, announced the submission of an amended version of the shelf registration statement regarding...
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DP World Callao In Peru Gets Approval For $333.6m Expansion

DP World Callao In Peru Gets Approval For $333.6m Expansion

Peru’s National Port Authority (APN) has approved the technical works files of Phase 2 and additional investments of the New...
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Lack of Tonnage Hinders Scrapping Activity

Lack of Tonnage Hinders Scrapping Activity

A lack of available tonnage has proven to be a hindrance when it comes to increasing ship recycling activity. In...
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Ship Repair Sector Returns to Normalcy

Ship Repair Sector Returns to Normalcy

The ship repair sector faced significant disruptions during most of 2020, as a result of the pandemic. However, things are...
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