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Anglo-Eastern Maritime Academy graduates make their mark in shipping
Lockdowns leave future seafarer sitting on the sidelines
'Sailing' through the headwinds: how Ince put together charity single in a pandemic
Esben Poulsson: Dire challenges faced by seafarers greatest in 50 years
Hudong-Zhonghua aims to snare larger share of LNG newbuilding market
SCI's Joshi tells women seafarers 'the sea will not discriminate'
Maritime must tackle seafarer crew challenges with greater transparency
Vitol eyes fuel choice mix in $500m newbuilding deals at two shipyards
Golar: 'We are kicking ourselves' over period charters in strong spot market
Seaspan forward fixes charters on 17 boxships in Cosco deal
Costamare emerges behind Kristen Marine handysize buy
Insight & Opinion
Genco Shipping reigns as governance king in new Webber scorecard
Boxship disrupters put squeeze on minnows
Product tanker owners confident as rates remain tepid
Frontline's Barstad: A quarter of older tankers carry sanctions risk
GSL deals cast spotlight on container shipping’s busiest double act
Car carrier sector now ‘firing on all cylinders’, Clarksons says
Panic selling on inflation fears sends shipping stocks down
Charterers go under the radar as brokers struggle to get a fix on VLCC rates
'Rising tide lifts all boats' as BTIG predicts supercycle
Shipping ‘should woo outsiders’ to tackle gender gap
IMO disappoints but sets up debate over long-term measures
Rollercoaster dry bulk market climbs but opinions split on future prospects
Chinese navy shipbuilding's pressure on the orderbook could help tankers
China's rising grain imports lock bulkers in port congestion
VLCCs stay in doldrums as crude in-transit to China falls to lowest in three years
Clarksons boxship index hits record after 'extraordinary' 350% rise
New VLCCs and suezmaxes could scoop Asian jet fuel cargoes on maiden voyages
Capesize rates expected to stay around $40,000 for third quarter
Oil demand booms west of Suez but don’t bet on big rates boost
Dry bulk ends strong week as sentiment fuels rises across size classes
Greek bulker owner sues after barge captain refuses to deliver fuel
Limited scrapping could derail tanker recovery, Alphatanker warns
Norway moves to set up first of fuelling hubs for marine hydrogen
Arne Blystad's new boxship firm emerges in wake of Songa Container sale
Talks begin to create Singapore yard giant through Keppel O&M and Sembcorp merger
Carnival posts sixth consecutive quarterly loss on eve of return to sailing
Clearing house EEX launches zero-carbon freight index for bulkers
Wartsila to design propulsion drive for GEV hydrogen carrier
My Alerts
Boxships
Bulkers strap box cargoes to decks amid port chaos in southern China
Matson-APL battle in the Pacific rages on with another legal challenge
MSC shells out up to $44m for 17-year-old panamax containership
German containership leaks oil off India after fuel tank cracks
Shoei Kisen increases its offer to settle $550m Suez Canal claim
Hapag's Habben Jansen plays down threat of shippers opting for DIY-style charters
K Line revises full-year profit forecast upwards by $1.4bn
SITC pens two feeder boxships worth $38.4m at Dae Sun Shipbuilding
Global Ship Lease buys four reefer boxships with three-year charters attached
Sun shines on liner operators, but Santa is feeling the chill
Deutsche Bank set to make $1bn from Zim bets in boxship boom
China United Lines orders $60m feedership brace for intra-Asian trade
Navios Partners clinches $220m boxship charter deal
Costamare makes dry bulk splash with newly acquired fleet of secondhand vessels
Embiricos containerships in the frame as Fredriksen's SFL splashes out again
China’s Covid-19 spike brings record container freight rates
Global Ship Lease swoops on Borealis containership fleet in $233.9m deal
Cosmoship piles up asset plays with containerships and bulkers
Seaspan Corp splits $1.5bn order three ways at CSSC
Eastern Pacific orderbook tops 60 vessels with boxship deal for up to $420m in China
Bunker suppliers face ‘liquidity squeeze’ amid shipping’s decarbonisation drive
Leaked EU fuel proposal points to big jump in LNG and biofuels bunker usage
IMO rules leave shipowners in Greece and Cyprus guessing about future
Exmar finally gets its pioneering LPG-fuelled VLGC newbuilding
Trafigura targets gas and renewables expansion with new $4.4bn loan
Stena Line claims world fuelling first for recycled methanol on ropax
ESG
Rust-busting unit tested by Klaveness to stop plastic entering sea
Wider pressure to go further on Poseidon Principles builds for shipping
Stolt Tankers biofuel trial shows up to 90% emissions cut
Hoegh Autoliners mulls over public listing for low-emission newbuilding project
ABS and Marin launch wind-assisted research project
KPI OceanConnect enters carbon market, enjoys more sales post-merger
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition pushes to decarbonise shipping in US and Canada
MOL and K Line to research large-scale carbon dioxide carrier designs
James Fisher claims dual-fuel first for coastal tankers
Farmers could hold the answer to shipping’s burning carbon question
Renewables expert says diesel from agricultural waste offers cost-effective sustainability
Agricultural waste to marine diesel process is scalable worldwide, says sustainable fuel expert
Eastern Pacific Shipping joins Singapore university ammonia bunker study
Stolt and Tufton team up on new chemical tanker pool and decarbonisation drive
Energy transition venture GoGreen taps former Frontline boss Macleod
Japan pressures Europe to ditch shipping emissions trading plan
Wilhelmsen poaches from Dr Peters for new decarbonisation guru
McQuilling enters carbon market by partnering with emissions trader Vertis
Climate activism hits Hapag-Lloyd as shareholder lobby revolts
Danish vessel performance experts make landfall in Greece
Bunker Holding shows ambition to be ‘one-stop shop’ for green fuels
Tanker rates rebound as crude liftings increase to 13-month high
Fremantle port workers to strike on Friday as dispute intensifies
Executives start putting numbers to US offshore wind push
Swedish grant allows Terntank to install battery packs on new tankers
Zero Emission Mission added to shipping's carbon-cutting efforts
Interview
Chipolbrok seeks to 'surprise competitors' as it turns 70
Gary Vogel's steady hand lifts 'new Eagle' to lofty perch
Vogel to focus on secondhand buys ahead of carbon clarity
Chipolbrok moving into box trades but 'not making a noise' about it
Neoline boss reveals pressures behind rejigged sailing ro-ro deal
Christoph Toepfer: ‘People forget that selling is part of a successful investment’
Adnoc L&S guns for growth on multiple fronts
Shipping and logistics arm Adnoc L&S eyes growth along with its parent
A decade of disruption: how VesselsValue carved out ship valuation niche
VesselsValue to move beyond shipping as new Asian offices open
Cesare d’Amico targets acquisitions of 20 eco-bulkers at pivotal juncture
100-ship fleets? Edward Buttery is happy to be 'the guy with one ship'
A family affair: father and sister key to Edward Buttery's IPO journey
'Totally overwhelmed': clients offer to co-invest in Wartsila's carbon capture plans
Magnus Fyhr returns to US analyst circles with positive view on tankers
WISTA Norway president calls on men to pitch in for gender equality
Claus-Peter Offen's succession plan charts course for next decade
International Seaways-Diamond S deal was more than a year in making
Oman Shipping gears up for five-year, 35-ship green expansion drive
Oman Drydock Co set to realise its full potential
South Africa has 'abundance' of potential to produce zero-carbon fuels
Rising period and spot markets spur capesize S&P deal activity
Star Bulk cutting costs with $400m loan and $50m bond buyback
Seaspan strikes again as it adds two more to huge 37-ship newbuild list
DNV expects charterers to use IMO carbon regulations to select ships
Yangzijiang reveals $715m order windfall that includes first dual-fuel LPG carriers
LNG
Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Gas inks LNG carrier duo at Hyundai Heavy Industries
LNG regasification guru Rob Bryngelson rides again with WaveCrest
Bryngelson recalls the long and rocky road back into LNG with WaveCrest Energy
GasLog Partners ties up LNG carriers on multi-month deals with energy majors
Dynagas Partners sees higher LNG rates on offer for project business
Chinese LNG giants order newbuilding trio for CNOOC
GasLog fixes steam turbine LNG carriers on multi-month deal to Cheniere Energy
IMO’s carbon intensity requirements for LNG carriers will up emissions, Rystad says
BW Group offloads stake in John Fredriksen-backed Flex LNG
KARMOL in talks with Mozambique on second FSRU
Shell sells its ‘gold-plated’ debut LNG bunker vessel
Maran Gas swoops on LNG options at Samsung Heavy Industries
Hyundai LNG Shipping inks LNG newbuilding for Repsol with DSME
EEXI and CII regulations expected to hit old LNG steamships
MSC eyes $1bn effort to convert 40 boxship newbuildings to dual fuel
CNOOC taps owners for trio of LNG carrier newbuildings
Mystery FSRU player poised to seal Australian terminal contract
Laid-up Sinokor LNG carrier finally sold for demolition
Scorpio tanker and Knutsen LNG carrier damaged in clash off Spain
Gunvor drops Exmar FSRU after arbitration decision
Shipping bankers get bullish: 'It's not a head fake. This is real'
Carnival Corp beefs up flagship brand as Aida Cruises is scaled back
Japanese ropaxes attract trading buyers as pandemic fears subside
GoodFuels targets Nordic biofuels push in alliance with NGO Zero
MPC Container buys Arne Blystad's boxship company Songa in $210m deal
Euronav shareholders OK buyback plan extension at special meeting
Offshore
Maersk Supply Service reveals first move into chartered-in tonnage
Stanford Marine eyes growth with $45m loan and new board
Arne Fredly sells entire stake in Axxis Geo Solutions as firm mulls new direction
'Progress made' on DOF's $2.2bn refinancing but further payment freeze needed
Brazil FPSO mooring job is Maersk Supply's biggest project contract yet
Siem sells AHTS pair out of offshore sector as it cuts debt further
Golden Energy Offshore brings back PSV after 14-month lay-up as rates rise
Kongsberg to design first two of six Awind newbuildings in China
DSME-Saipem joint venture seals $2.3bn Petrobras FPSO deal
'Unsatisfactory': OHT doubts Eneti has got full value for its $330m WTIV newbuild
Keppel teams with Hyundai Heavy for $2.3bn Petrobras FPSO
Steckmest flips bankrupt Polarcus fleet to Shearwater for $128m
Jones Act spurring offshore wind joint ventures with US firms
NYK Line forms joint venture to operate wind farm ships in Japan
Seadrill clinches $380m Equinor charter for drillship in Brazil
Seabed mining an ESG dilemma on what defines decarbonisation
Offshore and marine arm continues to drag down Keppel Corp
UOS sweeps back into Brazil with two-year AHTS charter
BW Offshore scraps laid-up 45-year-old FPSO in $16m deal
Norwegian AHTS rates top NOK1m for first time since 2018
Over half newbuildings ordered in 2030 will be dual-fuel ships, MAN Energy says
Panamax derivatives come back to life ahead of expected upturn in spot market
Carnival to sail eight cruise brands again by end of 2021
'Obscene' $100,000 daily rates and lagging prices made Songa boxships golden, says MPC
Euronav ups newbuild VLCC spending by adding tanker at Hyundai Samho
Even with US-Iran sanctions truce, compliance could still be an issue for shipping
Insurance
Wakashio casualty ramps up P&I pool claims bill to $478m
Ince lawyer Clark sounds alarm over cyber uncertainties for P&I
Shipbroker's email address foul-up costs insurer ITIC $50,000
US blocks Aon acquisition of Willis Towers Watson over competition fears
Gard to appeal $22.8m judgment in favour of Champion Shipping
George Tsavliris on a mission to revitalise London insurance market
Rate increases loom for P&I clubs as financials fall short
Eric Shawyer: Worldscale rates evolved for purpose
London P&I Club records $20.3m loss as claims costs double
Swedish Club aims to grow in Greece with new appointment
Egypt alleges Ever Given master lost control as legal case adjourned
Norwegian shipping walks the green carpet
Ro-ro sinking in Japan's Inland Sea poses pollution threat
Norwegian Hull Club takes on sustainable insurance challenge
Steamship Mutual grows its insured fleet but records losses
Ince adds five lawyers from Keoghs as Hill Dickinson strengthens in Greece
Norwegian Hull Club looks to correct gender imbalance
Insurer North P&I reduces underwriting losses as premium income grows
Insurers facing hefty payout for X-Press Pearl blaze
Joint War Committee adds Cabo Delgado to high-risk areas
Saade: container market won't return to normal before early 2022
Kristen Marine doubles money in asset play as handysize bulkers fly
Golden Union eyes asset play with panamax bought at bottom of the market
Shoei Kisen reaches settlement over $550m claim for Suez Canal blockage
Sovcomflot makes investment grade with Moody's due to vital state contracts
Ulstein Group eyes new design for non-fossil fuel boxship
People
Australian seafarers protest lack of jobs outside country’s parliament
Jens Mahnke returns with green fund for small shipowners
Scandlines hires Danish brewing executive to head ferry line
David Moorhouse leaves Sovcomflot board as Russia rings the changes
Braemar's top team win chance to earn stock worth $1.8m
Astrup Fearnley appoints ex-Fredriksen lieutenant Marius Hermansen as CEO
Braemar bonus: broker awards boss Gundy options for shares worth $690,000
Maersk Tankers raids Torm for new global head of partner sales
2020 Bulkers boss Magnus Halvorsen's MH Capital buys into Braemar
Former partners locked in $10m legal battle for Houston shipowner
Ocean Tankers’ founding family sees spending capped at $7,500 per week
Senior Latsco manager Vlachos leaves company after 24 years
Panos Laskaridis quits Union of Greek Shipowners after statements cause outrage
German shipping veteran and KG pioneer Bernd Kortum dies
George Soros buys into shipping while private equity giants continue sell-off
Merlin Swire steps down from Swire Pacific and heads for London
Bugbee: John Fredriksen influenced latest options bet on Scorpio Tankers
Sentosa boosts Geneva tanker desk with five new hires
The Big Short investor Michael Burry makes first investments in shipping
Law firm CJC makes new hires at its UK offices
Teco 2030 funds fuel cell work by adding three new investors
IMO moves on from criticism over emission reduction targets
IMO targets will require a stronger hand in carbon poker
Rokke claims to have 'right to cancel' green superyacht project Rev Ocean
Small bulkers leave big ones behind as supramax sentiment holds strong
Ship lender on decarbonisation: 'We have a gun to our head right now'
Business Focus
Daughters push on as Greek shipping moves with a changing world
The Greeks’ winning secret? They prosper as masters of adaptation
Shipping legends leave imprint on Greek culture
Breaking blockades: It’s almost a national pastime for Greek shipping
Norwegian Hull Club looks to correct gender imbalance
EU taxonomy to change ESG finance scene in Oslo
Fred Olsen Windcarrier keeps older ships running to cut carbon
Why Norwegian shipowners are beefing up ESG reporting
Digital technology reshapes the shipping agenda
Furuno offers a look into the future with augmented reality navigation
'Radar harvesting' project poised to expose AIS cheats
Digital detectives play cat-and-mouse game over sanctions
Shipping dives into the age of digital transformation
Space technology helps underwriters understand shipping risks
Experts see 'missing link' as maritime firms fail to prioritise digitalisation in business plans
Software vendors urged to up their game to add value for shipping
Shipping turns to digital technology to meet demand for ESG
We know all about the 'E', but where's the 'S' and the 'G'?
The fittest of shipowners can survive the age of ESG finance
Seafarers' union looks to widen role in ESG push
Briese doubles up on containership orderbook in China
Oaktree prices Star Bulk shares at slim discount to market
UK tumbles down Paris MOU White List rankings
Furetank touts new tanker's efficiency rating at half the IMO's target
Hapag-Lloyd doubles up on dual-fuel containership giants at DSME
Oaktree to cut Star Bulk stake further with $53m share sale
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