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Maersk Essen Losses 750 Containers Overboard On Pacific Voyage
With losses of containers overboard already in focus following the ONE Apus incident the 13,092 teu Maersk Essen has lost...
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World’s Largest VLEC Departs Texas With Record Shipment To China
The largest single shipment of ethane to date departed the terminal in Texas bound for China. The gas, which is...
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MOL Has Decided To Establish ‘MOL PLUS’ As Corporate Venture Capital Fund
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that it determined to establish its wholly-owned Corporate...
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DHT Renews Fleet With Scrubber-Fitted, Eco-Design Duo
DHT Holdings, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire two very large crude carriers (VLCCs) built in 2016 at...
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SpaceX Converts Two Ultra-Deepwater Rigs Into Rocket Launch Pads
Commercial space flight operator SpaceX has purchased two oil rigs from Valaris for conversion into seagoing rocket launch pads, according...
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Brazil Includes Port Workers In Priority Group To Receive Covid-19 Vaccine
Brazil is the first country in the Americas to include port workers, as well as other transport professionals in Brazil,...
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Russian Arctic Tanker Reported To Experience Propulsion Problem
Russian media is reporting one of the NOVATEK ice-class Arctic LNG tankers chartered by the Yamal LNG project making late-season...
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Norsepower: World’s 1st Tiltable Rotor Sails Installed On SEA-CARGO RoRo
Norsepower, a Finland-based provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, has successfully installed two 35-metre tall Rotor Sails for SEA-CARGO, a...
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Dozens Of Bulkers Remain Stranded Off China As Coal Standoff Drags On
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, seafarers have become all too used to bureaucratic obstacles to crew change. But...
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Hapag-Lloyd Adds Extra Services To Ease India Disruptions
Hapag-Lloyd has announced it is adding additional services to ease the build-up of containers in India and also to improve...
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COVID-19, Energy Transition Hit Transshipment At Port Of Amsterdam
For the first time in several years, the Port of Amsterdam saw a significant decline in transshipment volumes in 2020,...
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Singapore To Vaccinate Over 10,000 Frontline Maritime Workers By End Of January
Singapore has become one of the first nations to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations of frontline maritime personnel as part of its...
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Avance Gas Orders Two More Dual-Fuel VLGCs At DSME
Norway-based shipping firm Avance Gas Holding has ordered two 91,000 cbm, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large gas carriers...
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Last-Minute Terror Designation Endangers Food Lifeline For Yemen
A U.S. State Department decision to blacklist Yemen's Houthi rebel group may interfere with efforts to prevent a massive spill...
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KVH Adds Remote Expert Intervention To Its Maritime IoT Service
Mobile connectivity provider KVH reports that it has reached an agreement with marine technical services company Kilo Marine to deliver...
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The Panama Maritime Review: Celebrating 20 Years
The new issue of the Panama Maritime Review 2020-2021 celebrates 20 years of publication. It has become a most comprehensive...
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Frank Coles, CEO Of Wallem Group, Resigns
Frank Coles, Chief Executive Officer of the Wallem Group, has resigned and will be leaving the Wallem Group shortly, the...
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Baltic Index Marks 5th Straight Weekly Gain On Capesize Strength
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index retreated on Friday, but still notched up an over 9% weekly rise driven...
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Number-Two Ocean Carrier Joins Partnership On Hydrogen Fuel R&D
Joining global shipping giants like NYK and CMA CGM, number-two ocean carrier MSC has recently joined the Hydrogen Council. MSC...
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Total Withdraws From Membership In American Petroleum Institute
The French oil major Total has ended its membership in the American Petroleum Institute, the industry and lobbying group representing...
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