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UN Adopts Seafarer Resolution as Union Calls for Home for the Holidays

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

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

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 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

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

“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 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

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 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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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