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Week 42, 2020

Port of Rotterdam Powers Vessels at the Shore
The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are working together on the joint rollout of shore-based power for sea-going vessels in Rotterdam.…

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Maersk Launch Air Freight Services
Maersk air freight services started this week with a chartered airplane to move cargoes for a leading tyre manufacturer from Thailand to Japan. This cements…

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Jumbo Ships 1,500t STS Cranes to Immingham
Jumbo has shipped two Ship-to-Shore container cranes, together weighing in excess of 1,500 tonnes, from Taicang, China to the Port of Immingham, on the UK’s…

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Universal Africa Lines starts direct liner service to East Africa
Universal Africa Lines has announced it will start a direct service between NW Europe and East Africa. UAL has been running liner services to and…

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INDUSTRY MOVERS
Jumbo Announces New MD in Korea
Jumbo has announced that Mr. Jason Hwang will take the helm from Mr. Ki Jun Park to become their new MD in Korea from 01…

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GEODIS Appoints New Managing Director in Vietnam
GEODIS has announced the appointment of Simon Vandekerckove as Country Managing Director in Vietnam. To meet the requirements of an increasingly demanding market in Vietnam,…

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Industry Movers: Tony Millward Joins OHT
OHT has announced that Tony Millward will join their growing team as Head of WTG Installation Business from January 2021. Millward joins OHT from A2Sea…

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Industry Movers: Svend Andersen CEO Intermarine
Alongside yesterday’s announcement that SAL and Intermarine have launched a joint venture, the press was also informed that Svend Andersen has become the new CEO…

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CHATHAM CHAT
Chatham Chats: Seafarers and Crew Changes..What's Happening?
What’s your take on the seafarer’s situation regarding crew changes? Is progress being made? Can more be done? We put these questions and more to our Chatham Chats panel recently.…
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WEEKLY INDUSTRY UPDATE
Weekly Bunker Report - 14 Oct 2020
Keeping an eye on bunkers. Your weekly bunker update powered by InterContinental Bunkering. Brent crude futures for December fell by 12 cents, or 0.3%, to $42.33 a barrel on Tuesday while…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Let’s talk about disruption in MPP Shipping
Dear Editor, The theory of disruptive innovation was developed by Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen and later (as long ago as 1997) made popular by his book “The Innovators Dilemma”. He was working on research in the disk-drive industry. (Anyone…

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New Environmental Risks Are Challenging Global Shipping
Dear Editor, The number of reported total shipping losses of vessels over 100 gross tons (GT) declined in 2019 to 41 – the lowest total this century and a nearly 70% decline over 10 years. Improved ship design and technology, stepped-up regulation and risk…

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