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International Seaways And Diamond S In $2 Billion Tanker Mega-Merger

International Seaways And Diamond S In $2 Billion Tanker Mega-Merger

In a mega-merger, two US-listed tanker operators have agreed to combine to create one of the world’s largest energy transportation...
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Maersk Injects New Asia/US East Coast String To Bolster Transpacific Supply Chains

Maersk Injects New Asia/US East Coast String To Bolster Transpacific Supply Chains

Florham Park, New Jersey USA – Maersk Inc. North America has announced the start of a new service linking ports...
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Panama Launches Investigation Into Ever Given’s Grounding

Panama Launches Investigation Into Ever Given’s Grounding

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has started an investigation into the grounding of the Ever Given containership in the Suez...
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IMO Publishes Short List Of Actions For Quick Carbon Footprint Reduction In Shipping

IMO Publishes Short List Of Actions For Quick Carbon Footprint Reduction In Shipping

To support the Low Carbon Shipping effort, the IMO Global Industry Alliance (GIA) published a guide with eight practical measures...
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World Bank Sees Western Balkan Economies Rebounding To Growth In 2021

World Bank Sees Western Balkan Economies Rebounding To Growth In 2021

The economies of the six countries in the Western Balkans could grow by 4.4% in 2021, up from a 4.8%...
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Meriaura Group Working On A 100% Carbon Neutral Transport Concept

Meriaura Group Working On A 100% Carbon Neutral Transport Concept

Finnish shipping outfit Meriaura Group has started the preparation and design of a transport concept that is to achieve 100...
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Meyer Werft Wins Rare Cruise Ship Order From Japan

Meyer Werft Wins Rare Cruise Ship Order From Japan

Japanese cruise shipping company NYK Cruises, part of the NYK Group, has ordered an LNG-powered 51,950 GT cruise ship from...
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Seaspan Announces Newbuild Order For Six 15,500 TEU Containerships

Seaspan Announces Newbuild Order For Six 15,500 TEU Containerships

Seaspan Corporation (“Seaspan”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp. (“Atlas”) (NYSE: ATCO), today announced that it has entered into an...
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Qingdao Shipyard Inks Contract For 5,900 Teu Boxship Quartet

Qingdao Shipyard Inks Contract For 5,900 Teu Boxship Quartet

Qingdao Shipyard announced it had entered into the shipbuilding contract with a Belgian shipowner for the construction of four 5,900teu...
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DP World Caucedo Receives Largest Vessel After Completing Expansion

DP World Caucedo Receives Largest Vessel After Completing Expansion

DP World Caucedo has completed its $114m-expansion allowing it to receive the biggest vessel ever to dock in the Dominican...
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Suez Canal Begins Clearing Vessel Backlog

Suez Canal Begins Clearing Vessel Backlog

Transits of the Suez Canal began again in the evening of March 29 after the Ever Given was refloated and...
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Maersk Turns Around Vessels Redirected To Cape Of Good Hope

Maersk Turns Around Vessels Redirected To Cape Of Good Hope

With the Suez Canal reopening following the successful re-floating of the Ever Given Maersk has turned around two vessels it...
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Plans From Norway For An Ammonia-Fuelled Short-Sea Bulker Service

Plans From Norway For An Ammonia-Fuelled Short-Sea Bulker Service

The latest entrant in the race to develop the first zero-emission shipping operation is a new joint venture called Viridis...
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Trade War: Biden Administration Not Ready To ‘Yank’ China Tariffs, But Open To Talks

Trade War: Biden Administration Not Ready To ‘Yank’ China Tariffs, But Open To Talks

In her first interview since taking office earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai signaled openness to trade negotiations...
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Cosco And PPA Disagreement Over Piraeus Shipyard Facilities

Cosco And PPA Disagreement Over Piraeus Shipyard Facilities

Greece’s main opposition party has charged the government and the Cosco Shipping-managed Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) with ignoring conditions of...
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Ever Given Being Towed For Technical Inspection

Ever Given Being Towed For Technical Inspection

Grounded container vessel Ever Given has been fully refloated and is being towed to the Great Bitter Lakes region for...
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Europe’s Ports Call For More Onshore Power Where It Makes Sense

Europe’s Ports Call For More Onshore Power Where It Makes Sense

Onshore Power Supply (OPS) is part of the solution to greening the shipping sector. It is an important tool for...
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Hyundai Heavy Setting Up Hydrogen Supply Chain By 2030

Hyundai Heavy Setting Up Hydrogen Supply Chain By 2030

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group plans to go into all areas of hydrogen value chain, from production to...
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Big Changes Underway In Middle East Crude Oil Market

Big Changes Underway In Middle East Crude Oil Market

Major reforms undertaken by one of the Middle East’s largest oil producers are set to substantially loosen state controls in...
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ICS Welcomes Call From United Nations Agencies To Prioritise Seafarers For COVID-19 Vaccines

ICS Welcomes Call From United Nations Agencies To Prioritise Seafarers For COVID-19 Vaccines

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the joint statement signed by the heads of five UN bodies calling...
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