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‘For Cleaner Air Tomorrow We Need To Act Now’: CMA CGM

‘For Cleaner Air Tomorrow We Need To Act Now’: CMA CGM

CMA CGM has been one of the pioneers in using LNG as a marine fuel and the shipowner believes it...
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EU Should Consider Trade Impacts Of New Climate Change Mechanism

EU Should Consider Trade Impacts Of New Climate Change Mechanism

The European Union (EU) carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) announced on 14 July could change trade patterns in favour of...
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New Fortress Begins Commercial Operations At LNG Receiving Terminal In Mexico

New Fortress Begins Commercial Operations At LNG Receiving Terminal In Mexico

New Fortress Energy, a growing player in supplying LNG to power plants and industrial customers in the Caribbean and Latin...
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Cosco Orders 10 Boxships With A Planned $1.5B Investment To Grow Fleet

Cosco Orders 10 Boxships With A Planned $1.5B Investment To Grow Fleet

Cosco Shipping Holdings, the parent of Cosco and OOCL, became the latest among the major carriers to announce a significant...
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Shell Brings Its LNG Newbuilding Fleet To 24 Ships

Shell Brings Its LNG Newbuilding Fleet To 24 Ships

Shell Tankers (Singapore) has inked new charter agreements with Knutsen LNG, Pan Ocean Co. and investors advised by J.P. Morgan...
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EU Emissions Trading For Shipping Highlights Europe And Global Shipowner Divide

EU Emissions Trading For Shipping Highlights Europe And Global Shipowner Divide

The announcement of the EU’s new climate plan yesterday including paving the way for shipping to be part of the...
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Hellenic Coast Guard To Enforce COVID Rules For Ferry Passengers

Hellenic Coast Guard To Enforce COVID Rules For Ferry Passengers

The Hellenic Coast Guard will be assuming responsibility for checking passenger compliance with Greece's new COVID-19 rules for inter-island ferry...
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Wärtsilä Reports Progress, Targeting Ammonia Blend Engine This Year

Wärtsilä Reports Progress, Targeting Ammonia Blend Engine This Year

As the efforts continue toward introducing a new generation of zero-carbon emission engines, Wärtsilä is reporting that that has made...
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Seanergy Announces New Time Charter Agreement And New Financing Agreement Of $30.9 Million

Seanergy Announces New Time Charter Agreement And New Financing Agreement Of $30.9 Million

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. reported yesterday that, taking advantage of the current strong market conditions, it has fixed one more...
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Pilbara Ports Handle Record Volumes In Past Year

Pilbara Ports Handle Record Volumes In Past Year

Western Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority handled a record 724.7m tonnes of cargo in the past financial year. Pilbara Ports Authority...
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MOL Charisma Out Of Service For Repairs After Grounding

MOL Charisma Out Of Service For Repairs After Grounding

Containership the MOL Charisma that ran aground on 5 July will have to be taken out of service for repairs....
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KR Signs MOU With Hyundai Motors And Hyundai Global Services: Collaboration Will Focus On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems

KR Signs MOU With Hyundai Motors And Hyundai Global Services: Collaboration Will Focus On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems

Korean Register (KR), Hyundai Motors and Hyundai Global Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to...
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SpaceX May Have The Largest Unmanned Merchant Vessel In Operation

SpaceX May Have The Largest Unmanned Merchant Vessel In Operation

Elon Musk's commercial space launch company, SpaceX, may have deployed the largest fully unmanned commercial vessel in operation today.  The...
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CNC Line Launching New Korea – Thailand Service

CNC Line Launching New Korea – Thailand Service

The intra-Asia, shortsea arm of CMA CGM, is rolling out the New Korea Thailand (NKT) service which will connect to...
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Tackling The Maritime Industry’s PR Paradox

Tackling The Maritime Industry’s PR Paradox

Sea-blindness is a problem in maritime because too many maritime organisations prefer a low profile and do not understand the...
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Crowley To Build And Operate First Fully Electric Tugboat In US

Crowley To Build And Operate First Fully Electric Tugboat In US

The 82-foot vessel with 70 tonnes of bollard pull advances Crowley and the maritime industry’s efforts toward sustainability and decarbonisation....
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Robust Commodity Demand To Spur Dry Bulk Rally Into Q3

Robust Commodity Demand To Spur Dry Bulk Rally Into Q3

The surging demand for infrastructure-related commodities such as iron ore and coal, along with minor bulks such as aggregates, clinker,...
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South Korea’s Shipbuilders See New Orders Hit 13-Year High In H1

South Korea’s Shipbuilders See New Orders Hit 13-Year High In H1

South Korean shipbuilders secured 10.88 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders in the first half of 2021, the...
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Ocean Carriers Push Back On White House’s Scrutiny Of Pricing

Ocean Carriers Push Back On White House’s Scrutiny Of Pricing

Ocean carriers are pushing back against the White House's push to scrutinize pricing power in the container shipping industry.   Last...
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Biden Administration Targets Lines Over Detention And Demurrage

Biden Administration Targets Lines Over Detention And Demurrage

Shipping is again in the cross-hairs - this time the liner business has attracted the attention of the Biden administration,...
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