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CMA CGM Announces Overweight Surcharge For Dry Cargo From Asia & India East Coast To Nigeria
CMA CGM has announced the following Overweight Surcharge (OWS) update: Effective April 28th, 2023 (loading date): From China, South East Asia,...
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India Will Pay Tk 220 per Tonne for Transportation of Goods through Mongla and Chittagong Ports
Apart from this, document processing fee of Tk 30 per consignment, container scanning fee of Tk 254 and escort charge of...
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Germany Steps Up LNG Imports Over Fears of Pipeline Attacks
Germany plans to at least double its import capacities for liquefied natural gas on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen...
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IMO Working Towards Regulatory Framework for Autonomous Shipping
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) continues its work to develop a regulatory framework for autonomous ships in response to rapidly...
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MCTC launches new Galley Inspection Course to ensure the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness onboard vessels
International catering management specialist MCTC has underlined its commitment to maintaining high standards of food preparation and quality onboard by...
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Russia renews threats of abandoning the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the UN-backed deal that helped reopen Ukraine’s ports
The basic food security of tens of millions across the globe is hanging by a thread as Russia mulls whether...
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DNV joins Standards working group on methanol bunkering as interest in low-carbon fuels for shipping surges
DNV has joined a working group on methanol bunkering, managed by the Standards Development Organisation at Singapore Chemical Industry Council...
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Baltic index ticks up as higher capesize rates offset dip in smaller vessels
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index edged up on Wednesday as higher rates for capesizes outweighed declines in smaller...
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India Supplies “Green Ships” To EU And US, Aims To Become Global Shipping Hub
Like transporting coals to Newcastle, India has now started supplying indigenously built “green ships” to shipbuilding nations like Norway, the...
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New helpline of the MACN launched to tackle maritime corruption in India
Seafarers, ship owning / managing / operating companies and their agents can now report incidents of corruption in Indian ports...
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One Dead, Two Injured in Trawler Fire in Iceland
A fire aboard a trawler in the harbor at Njardvik, Iceland claimed the life of one crewmember and left two others...
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General cargo ship collided with wind turbine, damaged, North sea
General cargo ship PETRA L collided with wind turbine at Godewind wind farm, NW of Norderney, Germany, North Sea, at around 1800...
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World’s Largest Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) Unveiled In Shanghai
One day before it was supposed to be delivered to its owner Petredec Global in Singapore, the largest Very Large...
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Warner Bros. Declares Production Of New Original Series – The Maritime Masters
Warner Bros. Discovery has reportedly produced and is all prepared to launch a brand new docu-series dubbed Maritime Masters: Expedition...
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Europe’s Economic Outlook Improves, Container Logistics Companies Struggling
Europe’s economic rebound is mixed as the service sector bounce back is the biggest since 2009 while the manufacturing sector...
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A*Star Establishes Centre For Maritime Digitalisation With Flagship Research Programme To Deploy Ai Technologies In The Maritime Industry
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has established a Centre for Maritime Digitalisation (A*STAR’s C4MD) to develop advanced...
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Baltic index slips on weak capesize, panamax demand
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped a four-session winning streak...
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Demolition Market Quietens As Tonnage Supply Is Scarce
Anoticeable lack of tonnage supply is keeping the ship recycling industry quiet. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou...
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India Sends Ship For Evacuation From Port Sudan Under “Operation Kaveri”
According to S. Jaishankar, the Indian External Affairs Minister, 500 Indians have arrived to board the INS Sumedha in Port...
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UN to Pump Out Oil From Decaying Oil Tanker off the Yemen Coast
Dutch dredging and heavy-lift company Boskalis, through its subsidiary SMIT Salvage, has reached an agreement with the United Nations Development...
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