Maritime Economy
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2021
Feb 13
X-Bow Design Could Help Solve Air Draft Challenges for Boxships
The X-Bow allows for possible lower level forward placement of the ship’s control-bridge above and immediately behind the bow of...
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2021
Feb 13
How Eastern Pacific Shipping Achieved its CO2 Target Two Years Early
Last year, to showcase that sustainability begins with accountability, Singapore-based shipowner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) started disclosing a fleetwide CO2 emissions report as...
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2021
Feb 06
Dutch Seafarers Threatened With Dismissal Petition Maersk Shareholders For Help
Dutch seafarers facing job cuts at Maersk Line have petitioned its shareholders to hold the company to...
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2021
Feb 04
Sailor Dies, 3 Injured on Bulker in Atlantic Storm
The recent Nor’easter that pummeled the Atlantic Coast with record snowfalls is also being blamed for the...
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2021
Feb 04
Cargo Boom Continues at Nation’s Second-Busiest Port
The Port of Long Beach has reported its busiest January on record as the...
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2021
Jan 30
Japan’s MOL Scraps its Oldest LNG Carrier in Fleet Modernization
As part of a fleet modernization effort, Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines confirmed the retirement of one of its...
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2021
Jan 30
Maersk Essen Arrives in Mexico with Collapsed Containers
The Maersk Essen arrived this week at an anchorage at Mexico’s Port of Lazaro Cardenas after...
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2021
Jan 22
Steel cutting commences for Proman Stena Bulk’s methanol-fuelled tanker
Stena Pro Patria will be the first of three methanol vessels to be built by the joint venture between Swedish Stena Bulk and...
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2021
Jan 22
World’s Largest VLEC Departs Texas with Record Shipment to China
The largest single shipment of ethane to date departed the terminal in Texas bound for China. The gas, which is a...
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2021
Jan 16
Port of Long Beach Reports Busiest Year in 2020 Despite Headwinds
The Port of Long Beach moved a record 8.1 million TEUs in 2020 despite facing headwinds from the...