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Ships Divert To India As Sri Lanka Crisis Slows Colombo Port
Sri Lanka’s political turmoil is prompting some shipping lines to detour to Indian ports instead of calling at Colombo, one...
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IMO: MEPC 78 Preview
Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) – 78th session, 6-10 June 2022 Highlights: 1. The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) –...
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Better Cybersecurity At Sea Starts With The Crew
Fixing cybersecurity problems requires understanding how seafarers themselves perceive cyber risks. It was the afternoon of June 27, 2017, when...
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Admiral Stavridis Calls For Black Sea Ship Convoys
When I was operations officer on an Aegis guided-missile destroyer in the late 1980s, we were given a mission in...
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Former USTRANSCOM Commander Appointed As New White House Port Envoy
The White House and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday the appointment of retired General Stephen R. Lyons, former...
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Calculating And Reducing CO2 Emissions On Charter Voyages
Start-up Spot Ship, which aims to reduce C02 emissions in shipping by optimising ballast voyages, recently launched version 2.0 of...
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PwC Greece: New Executives Further Enhance Shipping Industry Audit Services
PwC Greece, in response to the continuous challenges and changes taking place in the shipping industry and the increasing needs...
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BW Offshore And Saipem Target Shell’s Gato Do Mato Contract
FPSO operator BW Offshore has been awarded a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) by Shell and its partners for early-stage...
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Executive Achievement: Alfonso Castillero, COO, Liberian Registry
Having previously run the world’s largest ship registry – Panama – Alfonso Castillero came to the Liberian Registry eight years...
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Gabon Project Still On Track For First Oil, But Risk Of Delay Remains
E&P company BW Energy is still on track for the first oil from its Hibiscus/Ruche development off Gabon later this...
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Yang Ming And Wan Hai joining Silk Alliance
Taiwan-based shipping lines, Yang Ming Marine and Wan Hai Lines have joined The Silk Alliance launched by Lloyd’s Register with...
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ION Solution Helps Monitor GHG Emissions In UK Port
ION Geophysical Corporation said that its climate-smart, digital platform, Marlin SmartPort, fulfilled its role in helping monitor greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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North And Standard Club Members Approve Creation Of Marine Insurance Major NorthStandard
Approval is given to merging North and Standard Club after separate member meetings resoundingly back plans to create a market-leading...
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Port Of Amsterdam To Witness Fivefold Increase In Biofuel Production
The British-Dutch biofuel producer Argent Energy is expanding its second-generation biodiesel production capacity in the Port of Amsterdam to contribute...
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Signing Of A Memorandum Of Understanding Between NTUA And CMMI In Larnaca
The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) and the National Technical University of Athens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
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LR And Partners Unveil ‘Silk Alliance’ Green Corridor Project
Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and partners launch ‘The Silk Alliance’ to develop a Green Corridor Cluster beginning with intra-Asia...
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Sumitomo Firms Up Cable Order For First Middle East Subsea Transmission System
Sumitomo Electric Industries has concluded the contract with Samsung C&T Corporation for the delivery of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine...
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Subsea 7 Wins Major EPCI Contract With Petrobras
Subsea 7 has won a “major” engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning (EPCI) contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 8...
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Delivery Of New W-MAX Class LNG Carrier For Petronas LNG Ltd. Named “LAGENDA SURIA”
The newly-built W-Max class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier for Petronas LNG Ltd. is delivered at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co.,...
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Ship It Zero Urges Shipping Companies To Break Up With Fossil Fuels
The Ship It Zero coalition has urged shipping companies to cancel all new fossil fuel newbuilds in their orderbooks and...
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