The International Maritime Organization (IMO) said that its training on the International Safety Management (ISM) Code was conducted for nine countries in the eastern and southern Africa subregion.The participanting countries were Ethiopia, Kenya…
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As with everything these days, the ability to quickly decipher and react to the flood of daily information received can make or break a company, even more so a shipping company. Shipbroker Intermodal said in its latest report, that a ship owner needs t…
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Spot freight rates for a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), carrying 2 million barrels of oil, between the Arabian Gulf and China reached USD 25,994 per day on 20 June, their highest level since March and significantly above the May average of USD 9,979 …
Little over a month after four tankers were damaged by explosions in the Middle East’s Gulf of Oman, another two tankers have been rocked by blasts in the same area. Last week, on 13 June, the methanol-carrying, Panama-listed Kokuka Courageous and the …
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Due to the port visit of the Mexican Sail Training Vessel ARM Cuauhtémoc to Scheveningen, the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards welcomed a group of officers, cadets and crew into its facilities in Gorinchem, The Netherlands. With this event, Damen…
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