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India: Major Port And Dock Workers Decry Monetisation Plan

India: Major Port And Dock Workers Decry Monetisation Plan

Terming the Centre’s National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) for mobilising ₹6 lakh crore by handing over the national assets as ‘anti-national’,...
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Storm-Hit U.S. Refineries Face Weeks Without Power, Water For Restarts

Storm-Hit U.S. Refineries Face Weeks Without Power, Water For Restarts

Reviving Louisiana refineries shut by Hurricane Ida could take weeks and cost operators tens of millions of dollars in lost...
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SCF And Gazprom Neft Join Forces To Facilitate Decarbonisation And Digitalisation In Energy Shipping

SCF And Gazprom Neft Join Forces To Facilitate Decarbonisation And Digitalisation In Energy Shipping

On 3 September 2021, as part of the VI Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, PAO Sovcomflot and PAO Gazprom Neft...
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Uruguay Assists Greek Bulker After Explosion Kills Crew Member

Uruguay Assists Greek Bulker After Explosion Kills Crew Member

A crew member aboard a Greek managed bulker was killed by an explosion and possible fire. The incident reportedly happened...
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Vladivostok Port Set To Become Container Hub For Northern Sea Route

Vladivostok Port Set To Become Container Hub For Northern Sea Route

Russian transport company Fesco Transportation Group and Atomenergoprom JSC, part of Rosatom, plan to create a transport and logistics hub...
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Port Of Gothenburg Launches Berth Planner Tool

Port Of Gothenburg Launches Berth Planner Tool

Internal users have begun to use Port of Gothenburg’s new digital berth planner tool to reduce emissions and improve efficiency....
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OOCL Orders Ten Eco-Friendly 16,000 TEU Boxships

OOCL Orders Ten Eco-Friendly 16,000 TEU Boxships

Hong Kong-based container shipping and logistics company Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) has ordered ten environmentally friendly 16,000 TEU...
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China Merchants Port And Tencent To Set Up Intelligent Lab

China Merchants Port And Tencent To Set Up Intelligent Lab

China Merchants Port and Chinese internet service provider Tencent signed co-operation agreement to establish smart port technology lab. The two...
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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Secures AiP For LCO2 Carrier Cargo Tank

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Secures AiP For LCO2 Carrier Cargo Tank

Japan’s shipbuilding company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from the classification society Bureau Veritas for a cargo...
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The Bahamas Continues To Be At The Forefront Of Safety Initiatives In The Offshore Sector

The Bahamas Continues To Be At The Forefront Of Safety Initiatives In The Offshore Sector

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) is proud to be part of a working group, brought together by one of The...
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Indonesia Detains “Suspicious” Oil Tanker

Indonesia Detains “Suspicious” Oil Tanker

Indonesian authorities announced that they are detaining a Panama registered oil tanker on suspicion of illegal activity in the country’s...
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CMA CGM Adds 46 Vessels In 2021 In Decarbonisation Push

CMA CGM Adds 46 Vessels In 2021 In Decarbonisation Push

French liner major CMA CGM has added 14 new vessels and 32 second-hand vessels to its fleet in 2021 to speed up maritime decarbonisation...
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Neptune Indicator Points To Stabilization Of The Crew Change Crisis As Seafarer Vaccination Rate Rises

Neptune Indicator Points To Stabilization Of The Crew Change Crisis As Seafarer Vaccination Rate Rises

Travel restrictions, flight cancellations and domestic lockdowns continue to prevent seafarers from going back home. This is according to reporting...
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Port Of Kaohsiung Wins IAPH 2021 Award For Best Resilient Physical Infrastructure

Port Of Kaohsiung Wins IAPH 2021 Award For Best Resilient Physical Infrastructure

The Port of Kaohsiung has been named the honored recipient of the 2021 World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) award for...
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Electrification Not Enough To Meet Net-Zero Target, DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2021 Warns

Electrification Not Enough To Meet Net-Zero Target, DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2021 Warns

A new forecast of the energy transition from DNV has warned that even if all electricity was ‘green’ from this...
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ZIM Charters Another Five 7,000 TEU LNG-Fueled Boxships From Seaspan Corp

ZIM Charters Another Five 7,000 TEU LNG-Fueled Boxships From Seaspan Corp

Israeli shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has exercised its option to long-term charter additional five 7,000 TEU liquefied natural...
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RINA Expands Its Digital Offerings With The Acquisition Of Logimatic Solutions

RINA Expands Its Digital Offerings With The Acquisition Of Logimatic Solutions

RINA has announced its acquisition of the entire share capital of Logimatic Solutions, a leading software company, headquartered in Denmark....
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Crowley And Shell Team For Largest U.S. Jones Act LNG Bunker Barge

Crowley And Shell Team For Largest U.S. Jones Act LNG Bunker Barge

Crowley Maritime and Shell announced plans to work together to build the largest Jones-Act complaint LNG bunker vessel. The vessel,...
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Everfuel To Supply Green Hydrogen For TECO 2030’s Fuel Cells

Everfuel To Supply Green Hydrogen For TECO 2030’s Fuel Cells

Danish green hydrogen fuel provider Everfuel has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 for the...
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Hapag-Lloyd Orders 75,000 Teu Of Standard Containers

Hapag-Lloyd Orders 75,000 Teu Of Standard Containers

Hapag-Lloyd has ordered another 75,000 teus dry boxes, to further ease the scarcity of empty containers. The containers will be...
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