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Maersk Forges Supply Chain Agreement To Deliver Covid-19 Vaccine Worldwide

Maersk Forges Supply Chain Agreement To Deliver Covid-19 Vaccine Worldwide

Maersk has announced a partnership with Covaxx to establish a supply chain service to deliver up to a billion doses...
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Smart Ports Are The Gates To The Maritime Industry’s Digital Future

Smart Ports Are The Gates To The Maritime Industry’s Digital Future

The coronavirus pandemic will hopefully speed up the digital transformation of the global sea port community, changing the role of...
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Russia Launches Criminal Probe into Deadly Tanker Explosion

Russia Launches Criminal Probe into Deadly Tanker Explosion

Russian authorities reported that they now believe they have located the remains of three sailors missing after the tanker they...
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British Authorities Search for Containers Overboard in Bristol Channel

British Authorities Search for Containers Overboard in Bristol Channel

British authorities are warning ships operating in the Bristol Channel that a container ship lost several containers that it was...
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World Shipping Council Urges IMO Member States To Take Concrete Action Towards Decarbonising Shipping

World Shipping Council Urges IMO Member States To Take Concrete Action Towards Decarbonising Shipping

Amid the criticism of the results of the IMO intercessional GHG working group, the World Shipping Council urges member states...
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Port Of Gdynia Authority Set To Launch Outer Port Call For Tender

Port Of Gdynia Authority Set To Launch Outer Port Call For Tender

The Port of Gdynia Authority S.A. is about to launch a call for tender for a private partner for the...
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APM Terminals Poti To Develop New Bulk Cargo Facility

APM Terminals Poti To Develop New Bulk Cargo Facility

APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed a deal to jointly develop a new bulk...
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Foreship Adds Drones Service For Draught Surveys

Foreship Adds Drones Service For Draught Surveys

Ship design and engineering firm Foreship has employed the use of drones as a method of enhancing speed, safety and...
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Mixed Reaction To Imo’s Latest Green Deliberations

Mixed Reaction To Imo’s Latest Green Deliberations

Shipping has had a mixed reaction to last week’s Intersessional Working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships at...
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Sagarmala Development Co To Bail Out Idling Cargo, Ropax Vessels Of IWAI

Sagarmala Development Co To Bail Out Idling Cargo, Ropax Vessels Of IWAI

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has sought bids to privatise the multi-modal terminals at Varanasi and Haldia. The...
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New Cargo Support Policy For Indian Ship-Owners May Not Fetch Order In-Flows For Local Yards

New Cargo Support Policy For Indian Ship-Owners May Not Fetch Order In-Flows For Local Yards

The Shipping Ministry’s plan to drive demand for ships built in India by linking a government-mandated cargo support policy for...
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Japan’s Sea Missile Defense System Faces Mounting Costs

Japan’s Sea Missile Defense System Faces Mounting Costs

Basing Japan’s missile defence systems at sea may cost at least twice as much to complete as its now-abandoned plans...
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UK Special Forces Gain Control of Nave Andromeda; Seven Arrested

UK Special Forces Gain Control of Nave Andromeda; Seven Arrested

British Special Forces boarded a Greek-operated oil tanker in the English Channel on Sunday and detained seven suspected stowaways who...
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IMO’s Draft CO2 Amendment Stirs Controversy

IMO’s Draft CO2 Amendment Stirs Controversy

This week, the IMO's Intersessional Working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships produced a draft of a new...
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India’s Container Market To Rebalance In Coming Months: FIEO

India’s Container Market To Rebalance In Coming Months: FIEO

Growing demand from India’s consumer and industrial sectors could help boost imports and rebalance the country’s container markets over the...
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Crew of Vessel Suspected in New Zealand COVID-19 Case Tests Positive

Crew of Vessel Suspected in New Zealand COVID-19 Case Tests Positive

Health authorities in Queensland, Australia and New Zealand believe that they have isolated the source of the recent COVID-19 in...
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Stranded Seafarers Rescued by South African Research Vessel

Stranded Seafarers Rescued by South African Research Vessel

South African authorities are reporting the successful rescue of 62 seafarers that had been stranded on a remote South Atlantic...
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Unique Design Technologies to Improve Ship Performance

Unique Design Technologies to Improve Ship Performance

A Canadian ship design and research company is presenting several unusual looking new technologies for ocean-going and inland waterway vessels...
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Japanese Car Carrier Arrested In Melbourne Over Crew Change Breach

Japanese Car Carrier Arrested In Melbourne Over Crew Change Breach

According to the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), which was involved in getting the vessel arrested, three seafarers including the...
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MSC Cruises First To Use Fincantieri’s New Air Sanitation System For Cruise Ships

MSC Cruises First To Use Fincantieri’s New Air Sanitation System For Cruise Ships

MSC Seashore, a yet-to-be-delivered cruise ship owned by Switzerland-based cruise line MSC Cruises, will become the first vessel to feature...
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