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Dutch shipping groups Vertom and UAL set out combination plans
Dutch shipping and logistics group Vertom and fellow multipurpose specialist Universal Africa Lines (UAL) have unveiled plans to combine their…
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Eckship lines up heavylift newbuild series
German project cargo and heavylift specialist Eckship has launched a newbuilding programme that could see up to six heavylift vessels…
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Sea Cargo Charter members hold emissions line despite shipping turmoil
Charterers and shipowners participating in the Sea Cargo Charter (SCC) managed to keep climate performance broadly stable in 2025 despite…
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Hormuz ceasefire collapses
A fragile ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz has completely broken down as fresh attacks between the US and Iran…
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Your crew travel budget is lying to you
Niklas Weidmann, managing director of Tilla, writes for Splash today with handy, big picture advice on how to cut crew…
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China starts work on $11.4bn Three Gorges expansion
China has begun construction of a massive new ship lock system at the Three Gorges Dam that will nearly double…
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Former Norden chief launches Africa-focused shipbroking house
Shipping executive Christian Vinther Christensen has launched a new brokerage and advisory business, Origin Brokers, with an initial focus on…
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Lloyd’s Register names Matthias Altendorf as next chair
Lloyd’s Register Group (LR) and Lloyd’s Register Foundation have appointed Matthias Altendorf as the new chair of their boards. He…
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New Brazilian biofouling rules come with fines of up to $9m
Brazil has pushed back full enforcement of its biofouling regulations by 18 months, but shipowners still face the prospect of…
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Inside Moscow’s secret network of shadow fleet watchmen
Dozens of Russian men with military, security service and private military company backgrounds have been deployed aboard tankers carrying sanctioned…
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Cargo giants back Splash Singapore debut
Splash Singapore has added a powerful roster of charterers and cargo interests to its inaugural conference programme, reinforcing the event’s…
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Suez Canal to impose steeper transit charges from mid-July
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is raising additional transit surcharges for most vessel classes from July 15, increasing costs for…
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Where will tomorrow’s seafarers come from?
A landmark study warns that nearly half of today’s seafarers plan to quit within five years. As traditional crewing markets…
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Houthis enter the fray as Israel and Iran trade missiles
Middle East tensions have escalated sharply after Israel launched strikes against Iran, triggering fresh concerns for global shipping markets already…
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Panama Canal draft cut revives memories of drought crisis
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced a reduction in the maximum authorised draft for vessels transiting its neopanamax locks,…
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Private equity and shipmanagement
PE capital has turbocharged shipmanagement consolidation. But in a business built on safety, seafarers and decades-long relationships, the fit has…
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Boxship goes down off Batam
A small containership trading between Singapore and Malaysia has sunk off the Indonesian island of Batam after reportedly taking on…
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Lidl-backed carrier switches to German flag as Heilbronn becomes seaport for first time
Tailwind Shipping Lines, the container shipping arm of German retail giant Lidl, has placed its first vessel under the German…
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Fujian Shipping orders quartet of heavylift newbuilds
Chinese owner Fujian Shipping Group has ordered four multipurpose heavylift vessels at Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering. The contract…
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HD Hyundai takes nuclear ship ambitions into car carrier sector
South Korea’s HD Hyundai is looking to expand the application of small modular reactor (SMR) propulsion technology from container ships…
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