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India: Cargo Traffic At 12 Major Ports Falls For Eleventh Month In February 2021
India’s top-12 ports witnessed a considerable decline in cargo traffic for the eleventh straight month in February to 600.62 million...
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IGGS Group Will Host Mediterranean Maritime Forum Online
MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME FORUM ONLINE Online Event, 1:00 PM (GMT+2), March 23 - 24 | 2021 Organized by IGGS Group This...
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Qatar Petroleum Issues Invitation To Tender Package To Ship Owners For Future LNG Carrier Fleet
Qatar Petroleum issued an ‘Invitation to Tender’ (ITT) for the chartering of LNG carriers for its future LNG shipping requirements,...
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Hyundai Heavy Industries Suffers Triple Whammy
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHIC) suffered a triple whammy on March 17 — a raid by the prosecution, a strike...
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Crowley And ESVAGT To Partner For US Offshore Wind Support Vessels
US-based Crowley and Denmark’s ESVAGT plan to set-up a joint venture to offer purpose-built, Jones Act compliant offshore wind support...
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Concerns Of Rise In Number Of Seafarers Impacted By Crew Change Due To New COVID-Variants
Shipping is concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are on the rise due...
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Shell Expands LNG Capabilities With First US Aframax Tanker Bunkering
Efforts are continuing to build out the global infrastructure to support the use of LNG as a marine fuel. As...
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NYK Collects Samples For World’s First Large Survey Of Microplastics
NYK has completed a year-long effort working with the Chiba Institute of Technology to collect samples of ocean water for...
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Seafarers Exempt From UK COVID Travel Quarantine Rules
Seafarers of all nationalities will be exempt from the UK’s COVID travel restrictions, including mandatory hotel quarantines. The UK Department...
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Container Stack Collapse Can Result In PTSD For Seafarers, Warns CSSS
Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers (CSSS) has voiced concern over the physical and psychological impact of a container stack collapse on...
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Greek Owned Fleet Grows To Record Tonnage Levels
The Covid–19 pandemic seems to have had little impact on the appetite of Greek shipowners as they continue to build...
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Port Of Los Angeles Loaded Container Import-Export Imbalance Hits 4:1
The Port of Los Angeles saw the imbalance between loaded container imports and exports hitting record levels in February. Presenting...
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CMA CGM Expands China Inland Services
CMA CGM is strengthening its inland service in China through a new joint venture with CIMC Modern Logistics at the...
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BIMCO: Scrubber-Fitted Ships Nearly Double In 15 Months
Since January 1, 2020, the number of scrubber-fitted ships has nearly doubled from 2,011 ships to 3,935 by March 1,...
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. To Acquire Two Additional Capesize Vessels
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that it has entered into agreements with unaffiliated third parties to purchase two Capesize vessels....
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Wilson Sons Invests In An Israeli Startup Of Port Technology
Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operator in Brazil, acquired a minority equity participation at Docktech, an...
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Hapag-Lloyd Continues Container Consolidation With NileDutch Acquisition
Continuing the trend of consolidation in container shipping Hapag-Lloyd has acquired Africa specialist NileDutch. Hapag-Lloyd is acquiring 100% of the...
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MOL Announces Issuance Of Publicly Offered Hybrid Corporate Bonds
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. on March 17, announced the submission of an amended version of the shelf registration statement regarding...
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DP World Callao In Peru Gets Approval For $333.6m Expansion
Peru’s National Port Authority (APN) has approved the technical works files of Phase 2 and additional investments of the New...
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Lack of Tonnage Hinders Scrapping Activity
A lack of available tonnage has proven to be a hindrance when it comes to increasing ship recycling activity. In...
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