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40% Increase In Seaborne Trade, With 10% Decrease In CO2 Emissions During 2008-18: IMO Report
The International Maritime Organisation’s fourth Greenhouse Gas Study highlights that the shipping industry has continued its trend of decoupling emissions...
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CLIA Announces Third Voluntary Suspension Of Cruise Operations Until October 2020
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, announced that its ocean-going cruise line members...
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India Announces Cruise Ships To Commence Sailing From 1st October
After four months of the country experiencing lockdown, home confinement, restricted movements and no summer vacations, it is now time...
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Installation Of Offshore Wind Turbines On World’s Largest Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Announced
Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transport and...
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Captain Of Cargo Chip Claims To Have Warned About Explosive Chemicals Onboard For Years Prior To Blasts
Boris Prokoshev, the captain of the Russian cargo ship suspected to have carried the 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate responsible...
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World’s First Zero-Emissions Top Handlers Performing Well At Port Of Los Angeles
The world’s first zero-emissions top handlers, unveiled last fall as part of a pre-commercial demonstration project at the Port of...
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AES says pandemic impacts less severe than feared, decarbonization plan on track
The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on second quarter 2020 results did not turn out to be as "severe" as...
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Container ships sent to Tripoli to keep Lebanon supply lines running
Leading container lines are diverting ships to Lebanon’s smaller terminal of Tripoli after the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port that...
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$3.5 Billion requested for COVID-19 relief for U.S. maritime industry
The International Propeller Club of the United States has requested that Congress appropriate $3.5 billion for the relief and support...
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Plane carrying WHO trauma and surgical supplies arrives in Beirut, Lebanon
A plane carrying 20 tonnes of WHO health supplies has landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to support the treatment of patients...
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Bulk carrier sitting on reef off Mauritius starts to leak bunker fuel
The 203,000 dwt Wakashio bulk carrier, which ran aground on a reef just off the southeast coastline of Mauritius on July 26, has started...
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AMSA Fines $20000 To Gold Coast Boat Share Company For Operating Illegally
Gold Coast company, GC Princess Boatshare Pty Ltd, has been found guilty of operating a domestic commercial vessel unlawfully and...
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Crew Change Crises Worsens In Australia As Crew Of Two Ships Refuse To Sail
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says Australia is facing economic carnage from clogged ports as a result of rapidly...
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Beirut Port Officials Placed Under House Arrest Over Negligence Of Duty
On 4th August two massive explosions shook the port of Beirut, Lebanon and the surrounding areas. The blast occurred in...
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Beirut Blast: 10 Out Of 11 Missing Filipino Seafarers Located And Declared Safe
As per the report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Philippines, 10 of the 11 missing Filipinos lost during...
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U.S. sends first shipment of crude to Saudi Arabia in over a decade
The United States sent a shipment of crude to Saudi Arabia in June, data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed...
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China to promote Tianjin Port as an International Shipping Hub
China’s National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Transport jointly issued guidelines to speed up Tianjin’s development to be...
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Cranes collapse at JNPT due to cyclonic winds
Three rail mounted quay cranes used for loading and unloading containers at the terminal run by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust...
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Beirut Port Suffers Total Destruction From Blasts
The internet was shaken on 4th August when videos of the explosion near the port of Beirut, Lebanon, went viral....
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Shipping Emissions Are Projected To Increase By Up To 50% Until 2050 – New Study
The greenhouse gas emissions of shipping have increased from 977 million tonnes in 2012 to 1,076 million tonnes in 2018...
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