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Maersk Tankers Names New MR Unit in China

Danish tanker owner and operator Maersk Tankers held a naming ceremony for its latest newbuilding on January ۱۱.

MSC Begins Container Cleanup in North Sea

Swiss shipping line MSC has started cleaning up Dutch sea waters, ten days after it lost nearly ۳۰۰ containers from…

Ocean absorbs ۹۰% of GHG emissions heat, study finds

According to a new research, global warming has heated the oceans by as much as one atomic bomb explosion per second…

New Zealand to build its first fully-electric ferry

New Zeland&#۰۳۹;s McKay announced in a statement that they are to develop and implement the country&#۰۳۹;s first plug-in fully…

Cosco Shipping launches alliance with three Hong Kong terminal operators

Cosco Shipping Ports Limited announced in its statement that COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited, Asia Container…

China Bans Discharge from Open-Loop Scrubbers in Some Waters

For now, the ban applies only to wash water discharges in inland ECAs, port waters in domestic emission control areas,…

Oil tanker on fire in Hong Kong results to one dead, rescue continues

&#۰۳۹;Aulac Fortune&#۰۳۹;, an oil tanker in Hong Kong’s southern waters caught fire on January ۸, resulting to the killing of…

Egypt shuts down seven ports temporarily because of bad weather

Heavy weather combined with inappropriate manipulations may lead to damage of a vessel, threatening the cargo, the…

Stockholm’s first hybrid ice-class passenger ferry launched

Stockholm shipping company Waxholmsbolaget has launched Stockholm’s first hybrid ice-going passenger ferry. The ship…

Panama Canal Cuts Maximum Draft for Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has decreased the maximum allowable draft for vessels transiting the Neopanamax locks…