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| Taiwanese coaster damaged in hit and run |
General cargo ship SAM BO II collided with unidentified cargo ship, at around 0530 LT Oct 5 south of Penghu island s Lungmen Harbor. SAM BO II sustained serious damages in portside bow area, including huge dents and probably breaches, and lost anchor. The ship was able to reach her destination, Lungmen Harbor, under own power. SAM BO II was loaded with merchandise, she s a cargo shuttle connecting Penghu islands with mainland Taiwan. Freighter which struck SAM BO II didn t stop and sail away, Taiwanese CG said that most probably, it s a Panama-flagged 20,000-ton cargo ship, no other details given.
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| Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex Bronka Eyes LNG Bunkering |
Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex Bronka (MSCC), a major port complex under development in the Port of St. Petersburg, Russia, plans to include LNG bunkering services for ships into its offering.
Namely, Nikolai Negodov, General Director of Fenix LLC, Bronka operator, signed a Memorandum on Cooperation with Mikhail Likhachev, General Director of Gazprom Gas-Engine Fuel, on 3 October 2018 at the 8th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum (SPIGF 2018).
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| BLOC Unveils New Emissions MRV Solution for Shipping |
Blockchain technology and governance specialist, Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration (BLOC) has presented a new Emissions Monitoring Verification and Reporting (MRV) solution for shipping.
BLOC s solution focuses on building digital infrastructure to enhance coastal community health and safety through traceability of shipping emissions
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| Crew Member Dies on Board Stena Line s Vessel |
A crew member on board MS Stena Europe, a ferry owned by Stena Line, and operated on their Fishguard-Rosslare service, died last week.
"Stena Line can confirm that unfortunately an onboard employee died during one of its sailings between Fishguard - Rosslare on Wednesday 26th September 2018," a company spokesperson told World Maritime News.
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| VesselsValue: Tankers Offer the Most Promising Investment |
Predicting the recovery in asset prices involves many factors, and the current strength of spot market returns, or term hire rates are only a part of the story, VesselsValue said.
"Value investors still have plenty of opportunities to acquire prime aged assets at a significant discount to their expected future market value."
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| Indian shipping modernisation threatens Sri Lankan transhipment volumes |
The modernisation of Indian ports and liberalisation of regulations could threaten the container transhipment business of Sri Lanka s Colombo port, according to speakers at maritime industry forums this week.
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| Liberia to Setup Cargo Tracking System At All Seaports of Entry |
The Liberian government, through the National Port Authority (NPA), has disclosed the establishment of a tracking system at all seaports of entrances in Liberia to trace goods entering and leaving the country.
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| Napier Port float gets thumbs up from analysts |
A partial float of Napier Port should attract good investor interest and may prove a catalyst for a wider shake-up in the sector, fund managers say.
Hawke s Bay Regional Council s proposal to list up to 45 percent of the port on NZX was an "an interesting and surprising" development, said James Lindsay, senior portfolio manager at Nikko Asset Management.
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| Economic value of UK ports industry highlighted in a series of info graphics ahead of this year s British Ports Associat |
The British Ports Association have produced a series of promotional info graphics which highlight the importance of ports to the UK s economy. The cards use recent UK Port Freight Statistics released by the Department for Transport, and an economic impact study data produced for sector umbrella group Maritime UK to highlight the value of the UK ports industry.
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| Strikes In Lisbon Slash Container Traffic |
Yilport in Portugal has described the so-called national ports strike organised by the Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Actividade Logistica trade union as, in reality, just a local strike. It has only impacted Yilport Liscont, Yilport Sotagus and Yilport Setubal (Sadoport).
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