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China Merchants Energy Shipping orders four multi-purpose vessels at Jinling

May 28, 2020

RightShip launching new safety score

May 28, 2020

IMO, ICAO and ILO in urgent plea on crew changes, key worker status

May 28, 2020

Asian shipowners dismayed over canal toll increases

May 28, 2020

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May 25, 2020

Abu Sayyaf targeting kidnapping from vessels off East Malaysia

May 26, 2020

World’s largest containership HMM Algeciras transits the Suez Canal

May 26, 2020

Yang Ming 2,800 teu newbuilds to receive Smart Ship notations

May 20, 2020

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Asian shipowners dismayed over canal toll increases

May 28, 2020

Asian shipowners have called for stability of tolls levied by the major waterways of the Panama and Suez Canals.

Informa Markets Maritime launches Digital Maritime Week

May 27, 2020

Brands from across Informa Markets Maritime have come together to launch Digital Maritime Week, where a series...

Crude tanker spot rates face negative impact in late-2020 and into 2021

May 22, 2020

Spot rates for crude tankers are expected to be negatively impacted later this year and into 2021, though tanker...

Lamprell wins EPIC contract with SNOC

May 20, 2020

United Arab Emirates (UAE) offshore shipyard and engineering firm Lamprell has won an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract (EPIC) from Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC).

LogiPoint sets up bonded corridor from Jeddah Islamic Port to airport

May 19, 2020

LogiPoint has established a bonded corridor between Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) and King Abdulaziz International Airport.

Drydocks World cuts steel on Boskalis conversion job

May 19, 2020

Drydocks World has started work on the conversion of a drillship to an offshore installation vessel for Boskalis.

Dry bulk ‘very close’ to supply-demand balance

May 15, 2020

Dry bulk shipping is “very close” to seeing a supply and demand balance and an improved outlook is expected in the second half of this year and into 2021.

Crew kidnapped in two attacks off Equatorial Guinea

May 11, 2020

There were two reported kidnappings of seafarers from vessels at anchorages in Equatorial Guinea on 9 May.

ZPMC ships first batch of cranes to Haifa port

May 08, 2020

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has shipped the first batch of four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and two rail-mounted...

Volatile oil market sends bunker prices collapsing at ‘fastest rate’

May 08, 2020

With oil market volatility at an all-time high, even exceeding the volatility of equity markets, supply and demand shocks have...

KOTUG acquires Marsol International in Dubai

May 05, 2020

Netherlands-based KOTUG International has completed the 100% acquisition of Dubai-based Marsol International, a leading offshore and marine terminal service centre, specialised in offshore single point mooring (SPM) buoy terminals and its related...

10 seafarers kidnapped from product tanker off Nigeria

May 01, 2020

Ten seafarers are reported to have been kidnapped by pirates from the product tanker Vemahope off Nigeria.

Container fleet to shrink with prices and rates on slow recovery from COVID-19

Apr 30, 2020

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will lead to a contraction in the shipping container fleet and keep prices and lease rates under pressure in 2020, according to analyst Drewry.

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