Newbuild orders for multipurpose ships (MPV), including both breakbulk and project cargo vessels, are not expected to reach pre-pandemic levels this year, in sharp contrast to the competing sectors of containerships and dry bulk carriers, according to …
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A rapid replacement of fossil fuels with renewable fuels based on green hydrogen and advanced biofuels could enable to cut up to 80% of CO2 emissions attributed to international maritime shipping by mid-century, a new report by the International Renewa…
Will freight rates on Asia-Europe or the Transpacific reach 40.000 USD/FFE in the run-up prior to Chinese New Year 2022? Or will they start dropping already now and be back to a more normal level of 2-3.000 USD/FFE by February? These are extremely impo…
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Setting and raising governance standards for shipping all come back to the charter contract, a panel at London International Shipping Week advised. Panellist Tony Foster, CEO and CIO of Marine Capital, went so far as to describe the most important part…
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Capt. Håvard, are you satisfied with the restarting of cruising operations? Our expectations have been exceeded in many ways. When we started to offer short domestic getaways around the islands in Taiwan and Singapore with Explorer Dream and World Drea…