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04 AUG 2019 The sharp escalation in the US/China trade war could see some short-term front-loading gains for transpacific carriers on the headhaul route, but it spells trouble longer-term, particularly on the backhaul. Hitting back at President Trump’s Twitter announcement last week of a 10% tariff on a further $300bn …

03 AUG 2019 Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, was put into administration on Monday after its bankrupt Norwegian owner failed to find a buyer and calls for its nationalization were rebuffed. The shipyard, whose towering yellow cranes dominate the Northern Irish city’s skyline, has been …

02 AUG 2019 A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the Mediterranean, the organization said. Non-governmental organization (NGO) rescue boats have largely disappeared from the Mediterranean over the last year as governments …

01 AUG 2019 Royal Dutch Shell is not taking any British-flagged tankers through the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with Iran in the vital chokepoint for oil shipments. “There are Shell-managed vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and that will probably continue to be the case. Currently, though, there …

31 JULY 2019 Germany will not participate in a U.S.-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz as it wants to ease tensions with Iran, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday. The United States had asked Germany to join France and Britain in a mission to secure shipping through …

30 JULY 2019 Fluxys’ Zeebrugge LNG terminal has reached a milestone with the Al Dafna LNG carrier docking – the first call of a Q-Max vessel, the largest LNG carriers in service. A full Q-Max cargo serves the yearly need of over 75,000 households heating with gas. LNG carriers of all types …

29 JULY 2019 The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has issued a poster (below) reminding seafarers of the dangers of entering enclosed spaces. The RMI Maritime Administrator recently received a report of an enclosed space entry incident on an RMI-registered bulk carrier that resulted in the deaths of two …

28 JULY 2019 A joint operation between Sea Shepherd and the Gabonese government has resulted in the arrest of the Haixin 27.  Armed Gabonese marines boarded the Chinese-flagged Haixin 27 as she crossed into Gabonese waters from neighboring Republic of Congo. Gabonese fisheries enforcement officers uncovered that the fish hold was full …

27 JUL 2019 It may sound strange at first, but a team of researchers in Australia has come up with a method to predict your personality traits using just the accelerometer in your phone. Well, that and your call and messaging activity logs. Also, the system works for some traits …

A British Royal Navy patrol vessel guards the oil supertanker Grace 1, suspected of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, as it sits anchored in waters of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, July 4, 2019. 26 JULY 2019 Confronting the first crisis of his premiership, Boris Johnson must decide …