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Mol Announces The Integration Of The Dry Bulk Business, Wood Chip Carrier Business, And Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd., And The Establishment Of A New Company
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced the policy for the reorganization of the Dry Bulk business within the Group. 1....
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MOL Secures Transport Deal For Wind-Powered Coal Carrier
Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has reached a coal transport deal with Tohoku Electric Power Co., using a coal carrier...
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Shanghai – Europe Spot Container Rates Jump 24% In A Week
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) Shanghai – Europe reported a rate of $2,948 per teu on Friday compared to...
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BBG And Harren & Partner Combining Bulker Businesses
Bremen-based bulker alliance of BBG and Harren & Partner will manage a fleet of 23 bulk carriers. “By joining forces,...
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Inmarsat’s Most Powerful Satellite Enters Service
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, confirms commercial service introduction (CSI) of GX5, the company’s newest, most...
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IMO: United in the fight against corruption
On International Anti-Corruption Day 2020 (9 December), IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has highlighted the Organization’s support for the fight against...
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Baltic Exchange Launches New Service For Ship Investors
Leading publisher of maritime market benchmarks, the Baltic Exchange, has launched a new service for shipping investors which provides a...
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Ships’ Recycling Activity Up, As Bangladesh Returns To The Market
The return of Bangladesh in the ships’ recycling market captured all the headlines this past week. In its latest weekly...
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JSW Steel Crude Steel Production Rises 3% Yoy In November
JSW Steel said its crude steel production rose 3% to 13.32 lakh tonnes in November 2020 from 12.90 lakh tonnes...
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Tristar Group Wins Exclusive GCC Helium Carriage Contract
Tristar will utilise its specially designed fleet of trucks which has advanced built-in safety features, to ensure the safe transport and delivery...
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K Line To Help Develop Hydrogen Supply Chain To Drive Decarbonisation
The Japan Hydrogen Association seeks to promote global cooperation in hydrogen-oriented activities and establish a hydrogen supply chain. “Hydrogen is...
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Ports of Auckland Fully-Electric Tug Hits The Water
Vietnam-based Song Cam Shipyard launched the world’s first fully-electric ship-handling tug of 70 tonnes bollard pull, the Damen RSD-E Tug...
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Seaspan Orders Five 12,200 TEU Boxships
Hong Kong-based containership owner Seaspan Corporation has entered into purchase orders to build five 12,200 TEU containerships. The order is...
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Fireworks, Batteries And Liquid Ethanol Among Cargoes Lost From ONE Apus
Among the 1,816 containers estimated to have been lost from the 14,000 teu ONE Apus when it hit severe weather...
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CDB Financial Leasing Acquiring 14 Vessels From Maersk Tankers Singapore
CDB Financial Leasing is to acquire the 14 product tankers via its 14 wholly-owned special purpose companies incorporated in Hong...
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Plan for Large Green Ammonia Production Plant for Shipping Industry
With attention focused on the potential of ammonia as the fuel source of the future for the shipping industry, Norway’s...
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Images of World’s Largest Iceberg Drifting in the Southern Ocean
Britain’s Royal Air Force released dramatic images of what is believed to be the world’s largest iceberg as it drifts...
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OPEC+ Agrees To Increase Output after Tense Negotiations
Tense negotiations and rumours of a rift between Saudi Arabia and UAE ended with a compromise deal for OPEC+ on...
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Amendments To California’s Marine Invasive Species Program Will Come Into Force Soon
California has amended regulation in section 2298.5 in Article 4.8 of Title 2, Division 3 of Chapter 1 of the...
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Shipping Industry Commits to Eliminating Single-Use Plastics in 2021
Plastic waste floating in the world’s ocean has been ranked as one of the largest ecological problems as a menace...
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