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Australian Coal Trade Up Despite Chinese Woes

Australian Coal Trade Up Despite Chinese Woes

The value of Australia’s coal exports increased by 26% in the month of December, compared with November, despite the ongoing...
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Maersk Tankers Sells Its First Wind-Assisted Vessel

Maersk Tankers Sells Its First Wind-Assisted Vessel

Maersk Tankers, which spearheads Maersk's liquid bulk business, recently announced a decision to sell Maersk Pelican. Pelican was the first product tanker in the...
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IMO Says Transition To LSFO Went Extremely Smooth With Only 55 FONAR Reports

IMO Says Transition To LSFO Went Extremely Smooth With Only 55 FONAR Reports

The transition to low sulphur in fuel oil in 2020 saw only 55 cases of 0.50% compliant fuel being unavailable,...
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Grimaldi Welcomes 3rd Hybrid RO-RO Vessel Into The Fleet

Grimaldi Welcomes 3rd Hybrid RO-RO Vessel Into The Fleet

Eco Livorno, the third of twelve hybrid vessels of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class, has been delivered to the Grimaldi Group...
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US Shipbuilders Show Support For Biden Following ‘Buy American’ Executive Order

US Shipbuilders Show Support For Biden Following ‘Buy American’ Executive Order

US shipbuilders and the offshore sector have added their support to new US President Biden this as an Executive Order...
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MOL Sends Its First LNG Carrier To The Breakers

MOL Sends Its First LNG Carrier To The Breakers

Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has bid farewell to the first and oldest LNG carrier in its fleet –...
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Italy & France Pull The Plug On Fincantieri’s Takeover Of Chantiers De l’Atlantique

Italy & France Pull The Plug On Fincantieri’s Takeover Of Chantiers De l’Atlantique

The planned mega-merger between Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri with its French counterpart Chantiers de l’Atlantique has fallen through. The decision...
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Wartsila’s Marine New Orders Decline 23% In 2020

Wartsila’s Marine New Orders Decline 23% In 2020

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a slump in shipbuilding contracting resulted in Wartsila’s marine businesses seeing a 23%...
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Alfa Laval Joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center For Zero Carbon Shipping

Alfa Laval Joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center For Zero Carbon Shipping

Alfa Laval has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to work on the development of low-...
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Huge Shift Underway To LNG As A Fuel To Reduce Emissions

Huge Shift Underway To LNG As A Fuel To Reduce Emissions

LNG as a transition fuel to reduce CO2 emissions is fast gaining traction as is evidenced by a growing number...
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Biden Backs The Jones Act In A New Executive Order

Biden Backs The Jones Act In A New Executive Order

The U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, who took office just a week ago, is powering through very busy first days...
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Kanfer Shipping AS Signs LOI For Two Small-Scale LNG Bunker Vessels

Kanfer Shipping AS Signs LOI For Two Small-Scale LNG Bunker Vessels

Kanfer Shipping AS (“Kanfer”), the Norway-based shipping company focusing on small-scale LNG sea transportation and LNG bunkering, has signed a...
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Shell Awarded LNG Bunkering License In Gibraltar

Shell Awarded LNG Bunkering License In Gibraltar

Shell has secured a LNG bunkering licence from the Gibraltar government, allowing the oil major to develop a range of...
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Czech Republic Added To Philippines International Crew Change Ban

Czech Republic Added To Philippines International Crew Change Ban

The Philippine's temporary ban on international crew change is being extended to cover seafarers coming the Czech Republic, the 36th...
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Red Sea Gateway Terminal To Sell 40% Stake To Cosco And PIF

Red Sea Gateway Terminal To Sell 40% Stake To Cosco And PIF

China’s Cosco Shipping Ports Limited (CSPL) and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have entered into separate agreements to each...
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Havyard Wins Deal To Develop Hydrogen Zero-Emission Vessel Concept

Havyard Wins Deal To Develop Hydrogen Zero-Emission Vessel Concept

Norway’s Havyard has received a contract from a European company to develop a new zero-emission ship concept for cargo transport....
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Scotland Opts For Greenports Instead Of Freeports

Scotland Opts For Greenports Instead Of Freeports

Scotland has unveiled plans to establish a new model of greenports focused on inclusive growth, fair work practices and delivering...
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Crew Abandoned For 11 Months Calls For Action Staging A Hunger Strike

Crew Abandoned For 11 Months Calls For Action Staging A Hunger Strike

The crew of a  bulk carrier abandoned by its owner and flag state is staging a hunger strike to call...
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Panama Canal Signs MoUs With Panama Ports Company And PSA Panama International Terminal To Optimize Supply Routes for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Panama Canal Signs MoUs With Panama Ports Company And PSA Panama International Terminal To Optimize Supply Routes for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

The Panama Canal has signed memorandums of Understanding with Panama Ports Company (PPC) and PSA Panama International Terminal (PSA Panama)...
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Maersk Essen Losses 750 Containers Overboard On Pacific Voyage

Maersk Essen Losses 750 Containers Overboard On Pacific Voyage

With losses of containers overboard already in focus following the ONE Apus incident the 13,092 teu Maersk Essen has lost...
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