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Freight Rates Spike As Asian Cargo Ships Jam US West Coast Ports

Freight Rates Spike As Asian Cargo Ships Jam US West Coast Ports

An influx of imports from Asia to the U.S. has created a bottleneck at West Coast ports, with backed up...
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Shipping Costs Add To Near-Term Global Inflationary Pressures

Shipping Costs Add To Near-Term Global Inflationary Pressures

Supply-chain bottlenecks in global shipping and semiconductor markets are adding to near-term pressures on inflation, amplifying the impact of higher...
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Digital Connections

One of the many benefits of recent bridge improvements is that displays can now be replicated in real time on...
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Good Samaritans Save Family of Four From Burning Yacht

Good Samaritans Save Family of Four From Burning Yacht

On Saturday, a family of four had a narrow escape from a yacht that caught fire in the harbor at...
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Limited Sovereignty As African Countries Mortgage Resources To China

Limited Sovereignty As African Countries Mortgage Resources To China

Governments in Africa have been mortgaging their natural resources to secure loans from China, a trend that often ignites debt...
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STI In Chile First With Dual Berthing Of Neo-Panamax Boxship

STI In Chile First With Dual Berthing Of Neo-Panamax Boxship

The containerships MSC Katrina and MSC Rene y measure 366m in length and span 48m in beam with a cargo...
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Singapore To Continue STCW Certificate Validity Extension

Singapore To Continue STCW Certificate Validity Extension

In a circular the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) noted...
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Biden Gives Full Power To US Offshore Wind

Biden Gives Full Power To US Offshore Wind

The Biden administration continues making its renewable energy moves and has set a goal of deploy 30 gW of power...
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Hapag-Lloyd Launches New Service Connecting Asia And East Africa

Hapag-Lloyd Launches New Service Connecting Asia And East Africa

Hapag-Lloyd is to launch a new service connecting Asia and East Africa in late April. This new East Africa Service...
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Egypt To Seek Over $1 Billion In Compensation For Suez Blockage

Egypt To Seek Over $1 Billion In Compensation For Suez Blockage

Egypt will ask for over $1 billion in compensation for damages caused by Ever Given's grounding and the resulting blockage of the...
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Seaspan Orders Six Boxships At CSSC Yards

Seaspan Orders Six Boxships At CSSC Yards

The containership owner Seaspan has placed orders at Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding and Jiangnan Shipyard, two major shipbuilding arms of China...
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MOL Sets Fueling Process For LNG-Powered Ferries Under Construction

MOL Sets Fueling Process For LNG-Powered Ferries Under Construction

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is continuing preparation for the launch of Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferries due to enter service in late...
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Biden Appoints New Chair Of Federal Maritime Commission

Biden Appoints New Chair Of Federal Maritime Commission

Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei has been designated as the new chairman of the US Federal Maritime Commission, an independent federal...
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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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