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Explore the latest developments in the shipping industry, including market trends, fleet management, and the impact of global trade on maritime logistics.


Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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Shipping News

Cargill Looks to Wind Propulsion to Cut Carbon from Shipping

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Cargill, one of the world’s biggest charterers of ships, is working with technology partners to fit

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 171

Elon Musk Starlink Internet Logo
Shipping News

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Mariners Eagerly Await Starlink But How Many Can Afford It?

By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – SpaceX is offering its Starlink broadband satellite internet service to test users for $99 a month, plus $499 for a setup

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 1768

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Police Continue to Question Nave Andromeda Stowaways
Shipping News

Police Continue to Question Nave Andromeda Stowaways

Officers in the England have been granted more time to question the seven men arrest after the maritime security incident on board the Nave Andromeda on

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 193

Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus
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Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus

Update: Maersk Launceston Captain Arrested A Greek Navy minesweeper was badly damaged after colliding with a much larger containership off Piraeus port on

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 1800

Dayang Topaz: Crew Jump Overboard After Vessel Hits Platform in Malaysia
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Dayang Topaz: Crew Jump Overboard After Vessel Hits Platform in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Two crew of a Malaysian offshore support vessel died on Tuesday after their ship hit a rig operated by state oil firm

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 2661

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Environment

Green Power to Draw $11 Trillion Investment by 2050: BNEF

By William Mathis and Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) — Green power is set to draw around $11 trillion of investment in the coming decades as the cost of

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 148

Shipping Digitalization Could Help Cut Carbon By Eliminating Food Waste
Shipping

Shipping Digitalization Could Help Cut Carbon By Eliminating Food Waste

By Ann Koh and Heesu Lee (Bloomberg) –One of the largest container port operators is calling on the shipping industry to tackle a growing yet often

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 115

Maersk to Manage Global Distribution of COVAXX’s COVID-19 Vaccine
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Maersk to Manage Global Distribution of COVAXX’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Container shipping giant Maersk has partnered with COVID-19 vaccine developer COVAXX to distribute up to a billion doses of the COVAXX synthetic vaccine

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 137

Monday, October 26, 2020
Judge Gavel
Shipping News

Four Charged in $200K Phony Mariner Credentialing Scheme

Prosecutors in Virginia have charged four men for their respective roles in a conspiracy to sell phony Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk as

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 742

Oil Producers Shut-In as Hurricane Zeta Barrels Toward Gulf Coast
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Oil Producers Shut-In as Hurricane Zeta Barrels Toward Gulf Coast

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Oil producers on Monday shut offshore production and pulled workers off platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 127

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Ports

Container Lines Expect U.S. Import Boom to Lose Steam

By Jonathan Saul and Lisa Baertlein LONDON/LOS ANGELES, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Surging shipments into the United States are fueling record high freight costs

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 151

Oil tanker on the horizon at sunset
Shipping News

U.S. Issues Fresh Sanctions Targeting Iranian Oil

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The United States on Monday imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s oil sector,

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 123

Delaware’s Mystery Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Recover 55 Tons of Oiled Debris
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Delaware’s Mystery Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Recover 55 Tons of Oiled Debris

Clean-up crews have recovered approximately 55 tons of oiled debris from beaches in Delaware one week after mysterious oil patties began washing up along a

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 106

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Cruise Ships

Cruise Line Stocks Crash Further As Europe Clamps Down

Cruise line stocks are falling sharply today as the number of Covid-19 cases climbs worldwide and as Europe clamps down on travel restrictions. Stock

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 286

Equinor: Hammerfest LNG Repairs Could Take a Year
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Equinor: Hammerfest LNG Repairs Could Take a Year

The Hammerfest LNG plant in Norway will be closed for up to 12 months for repairs following a fire last month, its operator Equinor said Monday. The fire on

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 170

Offshore Workers Flee as Zeta Heads Toward Gulf of Mexico Rigs
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Offshore Workers Flee as Zeta Heads Toward Gulf of Mexico Rigs

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Oil producers on Monday were evacuating offshore production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as the 27th

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 90

Nord Stream 2 Pipe-Laying Vessel Underway to Project Hub
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Nord Stream 2 Pipe-Laying Vessel Underway to Project Hub

MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Russian pipe-laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy, expected to be used to finish the Moscow-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, is

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 252

A sailboat passes in front of the Liberia-flagged oil tanker Nave Andromeda at Southampton Docks, following a security incident aboard the ship the night before off the coast of Isle of Wight, in Southampton
Shipping News

Nave Andromeda: Police Arrest Seven Stowaways for Seizing Ship

By Henry Nicholls SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of seizing control of a ship, British police said on

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 185

lng ship bunkering in fog
Shipping News

LNG Shippers Seek Profit From ‘Carbon-Neutral’ Cargoes

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) –Seeking to blunt concerns about the damage natural gas does to the environment, some of the

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 138

Sunday, October 25, 2020
Update: UK Special Forces Gain Control of Nave Andromeda; Seven Arrested
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Update: UK Special Forces Gain Control of Nave Andromeda; Seven Arrested

By Henry Nicholls SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct 25 (Reuters) – British special forces boarded a Greek-operated oil tanker in the English channel on Sunday

October 25, 2020
Total Views: 331