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March 4, 2026
Shipping sources reported that the crew of the Maltese container ship Safeen Prestige abandoned ship after it was damaged by a projectile as it sailed towards?the top of the Strait of Hormuz? on Wednesday. Vanguard, a British maritime risk management company…
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February 24, 2026
Panama published a Supreme Court decision on Monday in its official gazette canceling a number of port contracts held by a subsidiary CK 'Hutchison. This cleared the way for a Maersk APM Terminals temporary takeover. This publication is the…
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February 4, 2026
Hong Kong's CK Hutchison announced on Wednesday that its Panama Ports Company has begun international arbitration proceedings against Panama, after the country’s top court annulled their licences to run two Panama?Canal port. This case could take many years to resolve.
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November 15, 2024
Danish logistics and shipping firm DFDS announced on Friday that it has agreed to purchase the international transport network of Turkey's Ekol Logistics, overturning a two-week-old decision to cancel the deal. DFDS stated that the acquisition was finalized after renegotiating some terms.
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July 23, 2024
West, a UK ship insurer, said that it would be difficult to pay claims for ships involved with accidents or collisions involving other vessels insured by the sanctions-hit Russian Ingosstrakh. This is another indication of the difficulties with Moscow's oil trading.
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July 23, 2024
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation in Singapore (GCMD) announced this week that it had completed the final trials of biofuels for ships, with German container company Hapag-Lloyd as well as energy giant BP. The GCMD started an 18…
