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Disruptions and Delays at Maritime Chokepoints Could Cost $14B Per Year
The challenges of the past few years have increased the awareness of the vulnerability of the shipping industry to delay...
Read More >>Zim Board Confirms Review of “Strategic Alternatives” After Buyout Proposal
Container shipper Zim, which ranks at number 10 by global capacity, confirmed that its board is undertaking a “str...
Read More >>Dutch Employees of Lloyd’s Register Plan Job Action Over Stalled Wage Talks
Another key sector of the shipping industry is facing a potential job action as a rash of incidents has spread recently...
Read More >>UK P&I and TT Club Begin Talks for Insurance Mega-Merger
The UK P&I Club has announced plans to merge with affiliated firm TT Club, a major port insurer managed by the same...
Read More >>Diana Shipping to Continue Dry Bulk Consolidation with Offer for Genco
Diana Shipping, which bills itself as a leader in the dry bulk sector, is seeking to continue the market consolidation a...
Read More >>Climate Group Uses Superyacht as a Billboard for Tax Messages
In a direct action on London's Canary Wharf last week, activist group Climate Resistance lit up the side of a luxuri...
Read More >>LNG Shipping Shortage Behind Dramatic Hike in Atlantic Rates
Increased production of LNG in West Africa and the United States, and delays in discharges at Egyptian LNG terminals, ha...
Read More >>“Pay as You Save” Model Launched to Encourage Green Refits
The financial community is partnering with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization to launch a novel financing mechanism,...
Read More >>Fincantieri to Expand Ancona Shipyard for Naval Shipbuilding
Fincantieri has completed the last of a series of agreements with the Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority for the expansion of t...
Read More >>New Book Examines the Fight for the Future of the Arctic
Fellow political geographer Klaus Dodds and I have just published a new book called "Unfrozen: The Fight for the Fu...
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