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EGD expands in chemical tankers with purchase of Japanese duo Diplomat to step up Denmark's fight against piracy Arc7 LNG carrier damaged on Northern Sea Route winter voyage Cyprus enacts tonnage tax cuts for good climate performers Brexit customs chaos likely to build as traffic starts to grow Charter rates for large boxships breach $40,000 per day FSL Trust sells 2007-built MR tanker in continued asset disposals Global dry markets propel growth of EEX towards record year Gunvor claims flexible first for Commonwealth LNG offtake tender BAR Technologies wind sail to be fitted to kamsarmax bulker in 36-month test

Charter rates for large boxships breach $40,000 per day

Diplomat to step up Denmark's fight against piracy

BAR Technologies wind sail to be fitted to bulker in 36-month test

FSL Trust sells 2007-built MR tanker in continued asset disposals

EGD expands in chemical tankers with purchase of duo

P&I

Technology to the rescue ahead of P&I renewal D-day

Arc7 LNG carrier damaged on Northern Sea Route winter voyage

Brexit customs chaos likely to build as traffic starts to grow

S&P

Eastern Pacific cashes in on strong containership market

Analysis

Crude tanker market bloodbath as owners face negative returns

Norton Rose Fulbright includes 19 lawyers among 132 EMEA redundancies

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Boxships

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Boxship charter rates pushing on from 12-year highs in 2020

Drugs found on Hapag-Lloyd boxship boarded by 'pirates'

Robert Maersk Uggla sounds note of caution over soaring rates

Buyers emerge for Maersk ships in 'second death of P&O Nedlloyd'

Maersk assembles new 50-strong team to transform its fleet

Boxship giant Atlas Corp fills CFO role with ex-Maersk man Graham Talbot

Comment

Zim's asset-light IPO strategy might not be as watertight as outfit and analysts think

Matson expects much higher profit off China business

Zim chases 'proper chance' to break shipping's 5-year IPO drought in New York

'Patent troll' ropes Hapag-Lloyd into infringement disputes

Zim files papers to start 2021 with New York shipping IPO

DSME terminates $770m containership order over unmet conditions

Ocean Network Express locks in world's largest boxship newbuildings in deal with Shoei Kisen

Booming boxship markets scupper Samherji's second offer for Eimskip

Insurers draw battle lines ahead of decision on ONE boxship claims

PIL multipurpose vessel suffers fire in New Zealand port

HOLD chops MPC Container Ships stake but retains trust in bosses

Frangou entities escalate sale of legacy boxships

'MSC is buying everything. It's a good sign for the market'

George Logothetis wins first round of 'commercial fraud' dispute with investor

Weekly Edition

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New Fortress Energy buys Troim's Hygo and Golar LNG Partners in shock $5bn deal

Scrap prices tipped to breach $500 barrier as interest spirals

Shell and Trafigura take product tankers on period deals to kick-start 2021

Eastmed clinches deal to buy tanker newbuild trio from Evangelos Pistiolis

New lockdowns will have 'profound' effect on suffering tanker market, Cleaves says

Twenty years after General Maritime, Peter Georgiopoulos takes a different view on public markets

Profile

Norwegian broker teams up with quarry group to charter bulkers

Eastern Pacific Shipping unmasked as buyer of six LNG-fuelled boxship newbuildings

Yara Marine accelerator unearths battery system with 'five times energy of lithium-ion'

Oshima opens the door to Greek orders after 45 years of shunning its shipowners

Greek owners in talks for long VLCC period charters amid improved mood

BW Group swoops on Navigator Holdings in $197m deal for WL Ross stake

Shell linked to upcoming LNG-fuelled VLCC order haul at DSME

New Normal

Kristin Holth: 'We need to make a deep dive into how resilient we are'

George Logothetis wins first round of 'commercial fraud' dispute with investor

US commodities trader sued after leaving bulkers in the lurch

Trafigura in another chartering spree for product tankers

Team Tankers tidies company for potential sale

Maersk Tankers sells 14 product tankers to CDB Leasing

End of China coal ban will release more ships than expected

Mysterious 'ghost ship' washes up on Taiwanese rocks

OOCL reveals 51% revenue jump as volumes soared in fourth quarter

MSC to cover costs after Maersk boxship disabled by fire

Sinokor puts two VLCCs on sales block amid drive to offload large tankers

Buana Lintas Lautan swoops on Maersk chemical tanker quartet

Teekay set to scrap North Sea FPSO in Denmark

People

Wallem chief executive Frank Coles resigns for unspecified crew welfare role

Buzby steps down from MarAd role after Capitol riots

Mercuria taps Singapore fund manager for new source of finance

Former Shell man admits Singapore bunker tanker oil theft

Japan sees first woman appointed as CEO of container terminal

Astaara expands following West of England investment

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Nor-Shipping postponed until 2022 due to worsening pandemic

Amazon's Jeff Bezos names rocket recovery ro-ro after his mother

The return of Peter Georgiopoulos: veteran shipowner back in game with swoop on UACC

Fearnleys CEO Sorensen quits to take charge at Avance Gas

Arne Fredly calls 80% of listed shipping companies 'pure fraud'

Seafarer dies after knife fight on tanker off Taiwan

Navigator Gas gets new director as BW Group deal closes

Diamond S Shipping parts ways with top commercial officer after tough year

Eimskip's first female reefer chief officer is just one of the team

Rio Tinto names a former Maersk CFO as its new CEO

New Oman Shipping boss plots fleet renewal and charter talks

Shipowner pair moves into top Greek construction firm

Navig8 Group carries out cuts in chartering staff on reduced pool numbers

Iranian courts to decide fate of seized South Korean tanker Hankuk Chemi

Singapore to vaccinate 10,000 frontline maritime personnel against Covid-19

VLCCs fleeing sanctions swell Djibouti shipping flag

Business focus

P&I casualty costs soar as mega ships meet tough regulation

Court green lights PetroChina cases against Ocean Tankers ships

Japanese bulker yards pin recovery hopes on efficiency edge

LNG

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New Fortress set to build 13-vessel fleet with Hygo-Golar Partners buy

Hot LNG shipping market seen as possible stronger seasonal trend

Jovo buys steam-turbine LNG carrier from Mitsui OSK Lines

New Fortress Energy buys Troim's Hygo and Golar LNG Partners in shock $5bn deal

Record $350,000 spot rate paid for LNG carrier rocks market

Flex LNG comes back for another round of share buybacks

Maran Gas linked to $368m LNG carrier order at Samsung Heavy

South Korean yards score $3bn Mozambique LNG orders — but with conditions

George and Christos Economou sued for ‘sabotaging’ LNG carrier sales

Hot LNG carrier charter rates can climb higher, Poten says

Probunkers applies for LNG bunkering license in Singapore

Study finds LNG-fuelled VLCCs can save $8,000 per day

Golar rockets back near pre-deal pricing on record day for stock market

Maran Gas swoops on berth at SHI as Total nears chartering choice

Celsius Tankers locks away its unfixed LNG carrier trio to Cheniere

Titan LNG doubles LNG bunker barge fleet with Antwerp unit

Novatek plans to send LNG cargo through Northern Sea Route in December

LNG steamship debate rages as shipowners discuss their future

Golar shares move lower after dilution from surprise equity deal

Cleaves downgrades LNG shipowners but sees super-cycle from 2025

Dingheng splashes close to $100m on chemical tankers

Sovcomflot expands Arctic transit season with LNG carrier voyage

Analysis

Boxship charter rates pushing on from 12-year highs in 2020

US-listed stocks continue outperformance, but tankers feeling the pinch

Nordic Shipholding eyes merger as it finally sells handysize tanker

ABS sees great potential in ammonia as bunker fuel — despite challenges

Insight & Opinion

ABS sees great potential in ammonia as bunker fuel — despite challenges

Yards to face uphill battle on first-quarter newbuildings

Questions raised: Prosecutor says no evidence of threat to crew on 'hijacked' Navios tanker

Crude tanker market in bloodbath as shipowners face negative returns

DNV GL says further class mergers are ‘not part of the plan’ after name change

European recycling rules tied in knots with capacity cut off

Scrap prices tipped to breach $500 barrier as interest spirals

New lockdowns will have 'profound' effect on suffering tanker market, Cleaves says

Market analysis

Scorpio Tankers says BP refinery closure creates need for 18 extra MRs

Capesize spot rally signals 'improved times' for dry bulk sector

Market analysis

Tanker tonne-mile picture brightens for next two years

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Tanker rates could improve in 2021, despite expected difficulties

'This is the new normal': Read 40 shipping players' perspectives on what's changed for the sector

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This is a humanitarian crisis. Here's what you can do to help seafarers

Ten things shipping learned to do in 2020

Panamax rates continue to fall amid 'bloodbath' in Pacific

Digital shipping: Is data the new oil — or just snake oil?

Is a Diamond S 'prexit' next on the WL Ross to-do list?

S&P market

Belships sells supramax bulker in fleet renewal move

Cruise and Ferry

Ship recycling

Marios Iliopoulos makes quick profit on cruiseship scrap sale

Affinity buys Grieg Asia in major Asian capesize chartering push

Golar LNG and Black & Veatch back blue ammonia

Avance Gas books another pair of dual-fuel VLGCs at DSME

Newbuildings

Avin International orders ‘ammonia-ready’ suezmax tanker

Insurance

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P&I

P&I casualty costs soar in the age of mega ships and tougher environmental standards

P&I

Big data could play key role in reducing ship casualties

Shoreline keeps lid on rates at Athens Blue War Card renewal

Freight-rate insurance is on its way from firm that launched first fuel-price cover

IUMI head Turner takes newly created marine role at Victor Insurance

Ince does not need another 'major transformational' deal

Containers lost from ONE Apus leading to 'extraordinary costs'

Pacific Carriers fined $12m in US over ‘multiple’ pollution incidents

Video

Insurers pay out $900m as car carrier claims soar

Insurance claim concerns calmed after New Diamond declared 'pollution free'

West of England braced for big claims from twin casualties

Marine insurers warned they will pay for climate change

Insurer Skuld reports half-year loss as claims rise

Cargo claims settlement technology hits insurance market

Trio of losses rings up $100m in claims for hull underwriters

McGill and Partners thrives in new normal as head firmly set in (digital) cloud

Shipping braced for increases in insurance rates

McGill and Partners takes on former JLT marine broker in New York

Naaman Jensen takes over at Skuld in New York as Andersen retires

C Solutions to manage Argo's marine claims run-offs

P&I

Pandemic increases insurers' focus on crew well-being

Three dead as Ukrainian cargoship breaks in two off Turkey

Decarbonisation

‘Sudden change’ as shipowners respond to call for greener ships

Awilco breaks its own charter rate record on LNG carrier fixture

Ship Management

Wallem chief executive Frank Coles resigns for crew welfare role

Market analysis

Yards to face uphill battle on first-quarter newbuildings

Interview

Robert Maersk Uggla sounds note of caution over soaring rates

Market mechanisms better to cut shipping emissions, says former European regulator

DNV GL says further class mergers are ‘not part of the plan’ after name change

Trash to treasure: Maersk intensifies plastics clean-up work

'It's important that everybody sees themselves as a role model for someone' — Temi Binitie

'Black swans come in flocks': What Trafigura's shipping chiefs learned in 2020

Trafigura to shrink tanker fleet on bearish freight market view

New TMV fundraising push takes Marina Hadjipateras back to her roots

Marina Hadjipateras: shipping start-ups will need to learn the language of data

Citizen of the world Ina Lutchmiah takes challenges in her stride

Stopford and De Stoop look at bright side of new emission rules

Ince does not need another 'major transformational' deal

ZeroNorth's carbon-cutting software to be integrated with fleet management platform

Trials and tribulations: Studying shipping under lockdown

Braemar goes ‘back to the future’ as shipbroker Gundy takes helm

Lois Zabrocky: the Iowa farm kid who made it to the C-suite

Maritime Asset Partners 'building out' its team and its portfolio

'Once in shipping, always in shipping' — Platsidakis knows next career path

Claus-Peter Offen sells 'ill-fitting' bulker division

UK charity thinks outside the box to bring seafarers home

MOL rejects claim fuel oil played a part in Wakashio disaster

Drugs found on Hapag-Lloyd boxship boarded by 'pirates'

South Korea officials appeal suspension of ruling on GTT

P&I

International Group stays calm over eye-watering casualty bill

Capesize spot rates hit three-month high amid futures rally

Evermore Global slashes stakes in Genco and Scorpio Bulkers

Business Focus

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P&I

International Group stays calm over eye-watering casualty bill

P&I

Pandemic increases insurers' focus on crew well-being and mental health

P&I

P&I casualty costs soar in the age of mega ships and tougher environmental standards

P&I

Technology to the rescue in clamour to seal deals ahead of renewal D-day

The New Normal

Anita Gajadhar: Building resistance in an 'ever-changing global environment'

New Normal

Fabiola Hernandez: A return to the pre-Covid-19 environment looks unlikely

'This is the new normal': Read 40 shipping players' perspectives on what's changed for the sector

New Normal

Abdulkareem Al Masabi: Now is the time to 'act strategically with a long-term vision'

New Normal

Jens Martin Jensen: Why shipping's future makes it worth going back to chemistry class

New Normal

Iro Gidakou: Out of the challenges for seafarers, some opportunities can emerge

Greek shipping looks to an era of opportunity

Greece tries to boost its flag but may fall short

Dorian LPG ‘a thousand times more educated’ on crew change after crisis

George Papadakis: a ship repair broker for all seasons

'Once in shipping, always in shipping' — Platsidakis knows next career path

Greek shipping looking to turn crisis into opportunity

Marine risk

Trio of losses rings up $100m in claims for hull underwriters

Marine risk

Pandemic exerts pressure on marine insurance sector

Marine risk

Shipping braced for increases in insurance rates

Marine risk

Marine insurers step up environmental social and governance strategies

Maersk Line urges action over West Africa piracy surge

Ending tanker attacks more complicated than electing Biden

'Symptoms not causes' of piracy being tackled in Gulf of Guinea

IRISL hit with more sanctions, chief executive blacklisted

Buzby steps down from MarAd role after Capitol riots

Cleaves Securities expects bulker stocks to finally close gap with NAV this year

Offshore

Harren & Partner latest owner to join offshore wind market

Eidesvik Offshore and Golden Energy scoop wind farm charters

Restructured Bourbon to sell or scrap more than 100 ships

Edison Chouest cuts deal for PSV battery power installation

Seacor Marine and CMB strike 46-ship deal for crew transfer business

Van Oord signs for biofuel-powered wind farm cable layer at Vard

Ziton raising $54m to buy wind vessel for Siemens contract

GLDD plans Jones Act fallpipe vessel for US offshore wind market

Siem Offshore unit sells idle anchor-handler in Canada

Solstad avoids buying $122m ship by fixing it in South America

China confronts rig and offshore vessels off Malaysia

OHT grabs share of $406m Norwegian financing for turbine project

PGS launches UK court action to bring rebel lenders on board

Simon Mokster divests PSV headed to serve Turkish power sector

Almost impossible to win decent rates in 'dark' days for PSVs

DOF tasks subsea CFO Jan Nore with clinching $2bn refinancing deal

OHT eyes $2bn of wind charters and main Oslo listing

DOF wins round more banks but rebels blocking vessel accounts

Keppel secures mystery $440m offshore renewable vessel order

Banks take back Hermitage PSV fleet at 62% of outstanding debt

Freight-rate insurance is on its way from firm that launched first fuel-price cover

Coronavirus

Danica's Jensen warns new crew change crisis may be as bad as last spring

Port of LA's holiday volumes double amid 'Covid cargo crunch'

Polaris sells last two veteran VLOCs for demoltion

Buyers emerge for Maersk ships in 'second death of P&O Nedlloyd'

Newport Shipping gives ship repair a digital overhaul

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