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X-Press Pearl Insurers Make Initial $3.6 Million Compensation Payment
The insurers of the X-Press Pearl have made an initial payment of $3.6 million to the Sri Lankan government to...
One Million Seafarers Helped By Charity’s Ground-Breaking Welfare App
One million seafarers, onboard more than half the world’s shipping fleet, have now benefitted from the ShipVisitor welfare app, which...
India’s Maritime Association Alleges Hospitals Denying Vaccines to Seafarers
Last week, India’s shipping industry body; Maritime Association of Shipowners Shipmanagers and Agents (MASSA) alleged that several lakhs of Indian...
Hapag-Lloyd Wraps Up Niledutch Acquisition
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd — the world’s fifth-largest container shipping company — has closed the acquisition of Dutch container shipping specialist Nile...
Shanghai To Build World-Class International Shipping Center By 2025
Shanghai vows to build a world-class international shipping center characterized as convenient, efficient, open, integrated, and capable of providing strong...
K+N Buys Seafood Logistics Specialist; Salmosped
Global freight and logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel (KN) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in...
MSC Continues ‘Insatiable’ Containership Buying Spree
MSC is continuing its strategy of hoovering-up container tonnage on the second-hand market, acquiring more ships in the past week,...
Maersk Signs Shipbuilding Contract for Carbon Neutral Feeder Ship
Maersk, the world’s shipping line, has announced signing a shipbuilding contract for the world’s first containership powered by carbon neutral...
Secondhand Container Ship Deals Jump Over 100% In H1 2021
During the first half of 2021, a total 277 container ships have changed hands, a 103.7% jump from 136 ships...
Republic of the Marshall Islands Earns Top Three Ranking on Paris MoU White List
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) achieved a ranking in the top three on the white list of the...
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