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UN Signs Agreement To Offload Oil From Yemen’s FSO Safer
Officials from the United Nations and Yemen’s Houthi represents independently confirmed that progress continues to be made to address the...
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U.S. To Release 30 Million Barrels Of Crude Oil From Its Strategic Petroleum Reserve
On March 1, the U.S. Department of Energy committed to releasing 30 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S....
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Marine Insurers Widen High-Risk Area As Ukraine Conflict Escalates
London’s marine insurance market has widened the area of waters around the Black Sea and Sea of Azov that it...
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Thousands Of Ukrainian And Russian Sailors Remain Stuck In Ports
Thousands of Ukrainian and Russian seafarers are stuck in ports around the world as the war in Ukraine intensifies and...
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Bureau Veritas Joins consortium to assess fire safety on container ships for the European Maritime Safety Agency
Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, will contribute its expertise to a consortium that will...
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IMO Heeds Meeting Call Over Impact Of Ukraine Conflict On Shipping And Seafarers
IMO has responded to calls for council meeting over ships and seafarers trapped in the Ukraine and wider Black Sea...
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Floating Wind Turbines May Help Reverse Some Effects Of Climate Change
Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine...
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Maersk Curbs Belarus Cargo Due To Ukraine Sanctions
Shipping and logistics group Maersk will sharply curtail its transport of goods to Belarus to comply with sanctions over Russia’s...
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IEC: Satphones Are Helping Ukrainian Seafarers Reach Out To Family
Satellite connectivity is proving its worth for crew wellbeing. IEC Telecom reports that it has seen a spike in maritime...
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Sea Lead Launching Asia – US East Coast Service
Singapore-based Sea Lead Shipping is launching its second mainline container service connecting Asia with US East Coast ports. The fortnightly...
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Yangzijiang Issuing S$50m In Bonds, Setting Up Singapore R&D Centre
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is to issue S$50m convertible bonds to strategic investors EDB Investments and Alexandrian Worldwide as it looks to...
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UK North Sea Flaring Reaches Lowest Level Ever Recorded By Oil & Gas Regulator
UK’s petroleum regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is encouraged by the record low annual level of flaring in the...
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PIL Orders Four 14,000 Teu LNG Dual-Fuel Containerships
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has opted for LNG dual-fuel containerships as it orders its largest ever newbuildings. Less than a...
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Repsol And Navantia To Develop Solutions For Decarbonising Shipping
Repsol and Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company Navantia have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop solutions to decarbonise maritime transport....
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Ukraine Situation – Contractual Implications
This short guide highlights some of the key issues that may affect the obligations and rights of contracting parties following...
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UN shipping Agency Calls Special Ukraine Meeting Amid Safety Fears For Ships
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will convene a special meeting next week to discuss the risks to seafarers and ships...
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Philippine Government Works To Evacuate Its Seafarers From Ukraine
The Philippines is stepping up a rescue mission for seafarers stranded in Ukraine, and has so far managed to evacuate 21 of...
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NAPA, ClassNK Join Forces On 3D Ship Design Approval Process
NAPA, a provider of maritime software, services, and data analysis, and classification society ClassNK have decided to jointly support the...
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CMA CGM Cautions On Sanctions And War Fallout
CMA CGM on Friday said intense shipping demand that swelled its earnings last year was continuing in early 2022 but the war in Ukraine was...
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Subsea 7 Eyes Large Contract Award After Getting FEED Study Work
Offshore contractor Subsea 7 has secured a contract from Equinor for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the...
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