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UN Adopts Seafarer Resolution as Union Calls for Home for the Holidays
The plight of seafarers caught at sea or unable to reach their ships to start work due to the travel...
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BHP Moves Forward With Plan for LNG-Fueled Bulk Carriers
In the continuing efforts to deploy LNG-fueled vessels, Australian mining giant BHP has become the latest to reach agreements to...
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Chinese Ports Allow Hundreds of Banned N. Korean Voyages
The U.S. Department of State accused the Chinese government of turning a blind eye to trade with North Korea, allowing...
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Tero Marine Launches Game Changing Data Visualization Tool
Tero Marine has launched its TM Insights solution, an interactive visualization tool that converts real-time data into intuitive reports and...
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Volkswagen Switches to Biofuel Bunkers for Chartered Ro/Ro
In a sign of the increasing sensitivity of shippers to the carbon footprint of their supply chain, carmaker Volkswagen has...
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“Wind Hunter Project” Starts -Zero-Emission Project with Wind Propulsion and Hydrogen
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced that it has joined a wide-ranging corporate-academic partnership in a zero-emission initiative called the...
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RightShip Launches Familiarization Period For Updated Safety Score
RightShip, the world’s largest maritime risk management and environmental assessment organisation, has today announced the launch of a new familiarisation...
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Latest Attack In GoG Pushes Kidnapping Tally To 122 Seafarers
Four seafarers have been kidnapped in the latest piracy attack in the Gulf of Guinea involving a crude oil tanker....
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Ultra Large Ore Carrier Hit Two Capesize Bulk Carriers, Heavy Damages
Ultra Large Ore Carrier NSU CARAJAS contacted two, understood berthed, ships, while maneuvering to berth at Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal, Sao...
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Shipyard In Costa Rica Is Making Way For A Clean Shipping Revolution With A Cargo Ship Made Of Wood
In a small, rustic shipyard on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, a small team is building what they say...
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LR, Anemoi And SDARI Join Forces On Rotor Sail Designs
LR has signed a joint development project (JDP) with Anemoi Marine Technologies (Anemoi) and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research...
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India: Steel Demand To Fall 12% This Year: Report
Hit by stringent Covid-induced lockdown, steel demand in this year is expected to fall by a record 10 per cent...
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Fair Treatment Of Seafarers And The Covid-19 Pandemic On Legal Committee’s Agenda
The IMO Legal Committee has begun its 107th session, meeting in virtual session (27 and 30 November and 1 December)....
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World’s 1st Zero-Emission Container Vessel, Yara Birkeland, Delivered
The long-awaited zero-emission container vessel Yara Birkeland has been delivered to its owner Yara International, Norway-based shipbuilder Vard informed. Upon...
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Projects Explore Solid Oxide Fuel Cells to Replace Diesel Generators
Two projects underway in South Korea are each seeking to develop Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology to be used...
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Rystad Predicts Shortage of Wind Farm Installation Vessels
In a new report, the consultancy Rystad Energy predicts that the world's supply of offshore wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs)...
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Shipping Implications From The IMO’s MEPC 75
Newbuilding orderbooks have dipped to historically low levels relative to existing fleets, with the dry bulk carrier sector one of...
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India: Ministry Issues Draft Merchant Shipping Bill With Updated Global Norms
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has issued a draft of the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2020 with all updated...
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OPEC+ To Meet For Talks On Continuing Oil Cuts, But Members Are Growing Restless
What seemed to be shaping up as a smooth OPEC+ meeting, with traders largely expecting a rollover of production quotas, has hit...
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Finland and Japan are Studying Hydrogen Powered Ship Designs
An increasing number of projects are seeking to develop hydrogen-based power technologies that can be commercially viable for the shipping...
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