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Huge Shift Underway To LNG As A Fuel To Reduce Emissions
LNG as a transition fuel to reduce CO2 emissions is fast gaining traction as is evidenced by a growing number...
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Biden Backs The Jones Act In A New Executive Order
The U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, who took office just a week ago, is powering through very busy first days...
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Kanfer Shipping AS Signs LOI For Two Small-Scale LNG Bunker Vessels
Kanfer Shipping AS (“Kanfer”), the Norway-based shipping company focusing on small-scale LNG sea transportation and LNG bunkering, has signed a...
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Shell Awarded LNG Bunkering License In Gibraltar
Shell has secured a LNG bunkering licence from the Gibraltar government, allowing the oil major to develop a range of...
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Czech Republic Added To Philippines International Crew Change Ban
The Philippine's temporary ban on international crew change is being extended to cover seafarers coming the Czech Republic, the 36th...
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Red Sea Gateway Terminal To Sell 40% Stake To Cosco And PIF
China’s Cosco Shipping Ports Limited (CSPL) and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have entered into separate agreements to each...
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Havyard Wins Deal To Develop Hydrogen Zero-Emission Vessel Concept
Norway’s Havyard has received a contract from a European company to develop a new zero-emission ship concept for cargo transport....
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Scotland Opts For Greenports Instead Of Freeports
Scotland has unveiled plans to establish a new model of greenports focused on inclusive growth, fair work practices and delivering...
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Crew Abandoned For 11 Months Calls For Action Staging A Hunger Strike
The crew of a bulk carrier abandoned by its owner and flag state is staging a hunger strike to call...
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Panama Canal Signs MoUs With Panama Ports Company And PSA Panama International Terminal To Optimize Supply Routes for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
The Panama Canal has signed memorandums of Understanding with Panama Ports Company (PPC) and PSA Panama International Terminal (PSA Panama)...
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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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