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India: Seafarers To Appear For Examination From Home; Online Examinations Launched

India: Seafarers To Appear For Examination From Home; Online Examinations Launched

Manuskh Mandaviya, the Union Minister of State for Shipping of India launched the online exit examinations for seafarers while addressing...
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Anxious Mauritians use hair to stem Japanese ship’s oil spill

Anxious Mauritians use hair to stem Japanese ship’s oil spill

Mauritians are making floating booms of human hair and leaves in a round-the-clock scramble to mop up oil leaking from...
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Anglo-Eastern Solicits Real World Experience for Second Edition of Gender Diversity Manual Gender Diversity Survey Launched In Cooperation with WISTA International, ISWAN and ICS

Anglo-Eastern Solicits Real World Experience for Second Edition of Gender Diversity Manual Gender Diversity Survey Launched In Cooperation with WISTA International, ISWAN and ICS

WISTA International, Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Limited, International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) and International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have...
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IMO sets remote meeting plan for September-December 2020

IMO sets remote meeting plan for September-December 2020

IMO has issued the calendar of meetings for September-December 2020, setting dates for remote sessions of the IMO Council and...
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Shipping Orderbook shrinks to 17-year low on Covid-19 impact : BIMCO

Shipping Orderbook shrinks to 17-year low on Covid-19 impact : BIMCO

Newbuilding orderbook across all ship types has touched its lowest point in 17 years against the backdrop of the coronavirus...
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Chinese Exports to India crash 24.7% in 2020

Chinese Exports to India crash 24.7% in 2020

Mainland China’s exports to India since January 2020 have fallen by 24.7 per cent year-on-year to $32.28 billion, customs data...
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Abducted BW Offshore crew released

Abducted BW Offshore crew released

BW Offshore has announced that all of the offshore workers that were kidnapped by pirates off Nigeria have been safely...
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Hopes for shipping M&A face reality check

Hopes for shipping M&A face reality check

COVID-19 put a temporary kibosh on mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) activity — and not just for shipping. According to Refinitiv, the value...
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CBIC asks Customs to check within 48 hours explosives stored in Warehouses, Ports

CBIC asks Customs to check within 48 hours explosives stored in Warehouses, Ports

Customs Authorities and field formations have been directed to verify and confirm within 48 hours that any hazardous and explosive...
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Mansukh Mandaviya launches the Online Exit Examination system for seafarers

Mansukh Mandaviya launches the Online Exit Examination system for seafarers

Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya launched Online Exit Examination for the seafarers via virtual ceremony here...
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Beirut Explosions: CMA CGM Announces Passing Of Missing Staff Member

Beirut Explosions: CMA CGM Announces Passing Of Missing Staff Member

The CMA CGM Group on 7th August announced the passing of one of the staff members who went missing on...
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40% Increase In Seaborne Trade, With 10% Decrease In CO2 Emissions During 2008-18: IMO Report

40% Increase In Seaborne Trade, With 10% Decrease In CO2 Emissions During 2008-18: IMO Report

The International Maritime Organisation’s fourth Greenhouse Gas Study highlights that the shipping industry has continued its trend of decoupling emissions...
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CLIA Announces Third Voluntary Suspension Of Cruise Operations Until October 2020

CLIA Announces Third Voluntary Suspension Of Cruise Operations Until October 2020

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, announced that its ocean-going cruise line members...
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India Announces Cruise Ships To Commence Sailing From 1st October

India Announces Cruise Ships To Commence Sailing From 1st October

After four months of the country experiencing lockdown, home confinement, restricted movements and no summer vacations, it is now time...
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Installation Of Offshore Wind Turbines On World’s Largest Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Announced

Installation Of Offshore Wind Turbines On World’s Largest Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Announced

Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transport and...
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Captain Of Cargo Chip Claims To Have Warned About Explosive Chemicals Onboard For Years Prior To Blasts

Captain Of Cargo Chip Claims To Have Warned About Explosive Chemicals Onboard For Years Prior To Blasts

Boris Prokoshev, the captain of the Russian cargo ship suspected to have carried the 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate responsible...
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World’s First Zero-Emissions Top Handlers Performing Well At Port Of Los Angeles

World’s First Zero-Emissions Top Handlers Performing Well At Port Of Los Angeles

The world’s first zero-emissions top handlers, unveiled last fall as part of a pre-commercial demonstration project at the Port of...
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AES says pandemic impacts less severe than feared, decarbonization plan on track

AES says pandemic impacts less severe than feared, decarbonization plan on track

The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on second quarter 2020 results did not turn out to be as "severe" as...
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Container ships sent to Tripoli to keep Lebanon supply lines running

Container ships sent to Tripoli to keep Lebanon supply lines running

Leading container lines are diverting ships to Lebanon’s smaller terminal of Tripoli after the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port that...
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$3.5 Billion requested for COVID-19 relief for U.S. maritime industry

$3.5 Billion requested for COVID-19 relief for U.S. maritime industry

The International Propeller Club of the United States has requested that Congress appropriate $3.5 billion for the relief and support...
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