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Suez Canal blocked after large container ship runs aground
The large container ship named 'Ever Given' was on its way to Rotterdam when it ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking the crucial international shipping artery and causing a major traffic jam of vessels [...]
Ship management companies and Tonnage Tax Rules
A longstanding maritime legacy and EU accession have been instrumental to Malta consistently improving its status as a leading maritime hub in the Mediterranean and becoming the largest maritime flag in Europe. The Malta flag [...]
Tankers: VLCC Market Slips Further
VLCC Overall rates slipped further downwards, for Middle East region 280,000mt to US Gulf via the Cape/Cape routing continues to be assessed at WS18-18.5 level. Meanwhile, rates for 270,000mt to China eased another 1.5 points [...]
Containers well-placed to spearhead shipping decarbonization: Maersk
Container shipping, with its direct exposure to retailers and consumers, should lead the maritime industry’s journey to a zero-carbon future, Morten Bo Christiansen, head of decarbonization at A.P. Moller-Maersk , told S&P Global Platts in [...]
CMA CGM sees brisk shipping demand continuing in first half
Container shipping group CMA CGM [CMACG.UL] said on Friday that it expected activity to remain strong in the first half of this year after brisk demand for consumer goods boosted its profits at the end [...]
Full steam ahead for Wall Street’s shipping stocks
After a decade of head fakes and disappointments, investors can be forgiven their skepticism toward shipping stocks. Add to that the pandemic unknowns. As Diamond S (NYSE: DSSI) CEO Craig Stevenson said on Friday’s analyst [...]
Is worldwide container shortage crisis for long?
The global transportation system is currently experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. The extraordinary cascade of events caused by the pandemic has led to a severe container shortage crisis. This situation can be classified as [...]
Timely engine control system upgrade enhances reliability and efficiency for Gunvor Maersk
To mitigate the risk of delays posed by aging equipment, leading global shipping operator Maersk engaged Wärtsilä to undertake an extensive retrofit of the control systems onboard it’s Gunvor Maersk container vessel. The upgrade allowed [...]
Fujairah Uniper refinery outage sends delivered marine fuel premium at the port to 49-week high
An unexpected outage in the week started March 7 at German energy trader Uniper’s Fujairah-based crude processing unit has crimped product availability, sending the premium for marine fuel 0.5%S bunker delivered at the port to [...]
Delivery of Next-generation Environmentally Friendly Car Carrier Fueled by LNG “Century Highway Green”
On March 12, the “CENTURY HIGHWAY GREEN”, a car carrier fueled by LNG (liquefied natural gas) that had been under construction at Tadotsu Shipyard Co., Ltd., part of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, has been delivered [...]
Bauxite – A cargo that may liquefy
The IMO has introduced amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMBSC) code regulations concerning the carriage of bauxite, that came into force on 1 January 2021. If you are involved in the bauxite [...]
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