Category: International

LNG’s Plant Strike Push-Up Gas Price
August 22, 2023 No Responses

LNG’s Plant Strike Push-Up Gas Price

The prospect of a possible strike at a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Australia has pushed wholesale gas prices up in Europe. The Offshore Alliance union warned that a strike at the North West Shelf facility could start as...
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Ex-NIMASA DG, Dakuku Peterside To Speak At Maritime Conference In Saudi Arabia
August 22, 2023 No Responses

Ex-NIMASA DG, Dakuku Peterside To Speak At Maritime Conference In Saudi Arabia

Former chairman of the Association of Africa Maritime Administrations (AAMA), Dakuku Peterside, will be speaking at the sustainable maritime industry conference, scheduled for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from September 4 – 6. The conference, under the patronage of...
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Oil Prices Up As Global Supply Drop
August 21, 2023 No Responses

Oil Prices Up As Global Supply Drop

Oil prices rose on Monday as global supply is tightening with lower exports from Saudi Arabia and Russia, offsetting nagging concerns about global demand growth amid high-interest rates. Reuter report that Brent crude climbed 75 cents to $85.55 a barrel...
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COSCO Takes Delivery Of Multi-Purpose Ship
August 16, 2023 No Responses

COSCO Takes Delivery Of Multi-Purpose Ship

COSCO Shipping Special Carriers have welcomed into the fleet its second 68,000-ton ice-class multi-purpose pulp ship, named Green Kotka. The methanol-ready ship was built by Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS) shipyard. The Green Kotka is desig...
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ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger
August 11, 2023 No Responses

ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved armed intervention in Niger Republic “as soon as possible”.  The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made this announcement while presenting the ECOWAS resolutio...
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Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic
August 11, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic

Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission; Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission; The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in...
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MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships
August 9, 2023 No Responses

MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships

The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build te...
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Niger Republic Shuts Airspace
August 7, 2023 No Responses

Niger Republic Shuts Airspace

Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger’s s...
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Ocean Giants To Forge Mega Fleet
July 30, 2023 No Responses

Ocean Giants To Forge Mega Fleet

China-based companies specializing in ocean-based heavy lift transport COSCO SHIPPING Specialized and Guangzhou Salvage have concluded a joint venture deal leading to the creation of a fleet of 18 semi-submersible vessels by the end of 2023. World Maritime New...
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Four Contenders Join Race For HMM’s $3.9b Privatization
July 27, 2023 No Responses

Four Contenders Join Race For HMM’s $3.9b Privatization

Four bidders have thrown their hats in the ring for the privatization of HMM, Korea’s largest shipping company, as the government seeks to divest a controlling stake valued at 5 trillion won ($3.9 billion). HMM Co Ltd, formerly Hyundai Merchant...
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Shell Partners Firm On Maritime Decarbonisation
July 20, 2023 No Responses

Shell Partners Firm On Maritime Decarbonisation

United Kingdom design and engineering consultancy company Houlder and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell) have agreed to work together to identify, evaluate, and further develop solutions to accelerate the decarbonisation of the ma...
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IMO Gets New Secretary-General
July 19, 2023 No Responses

IMO Gets New Secretary-General

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council has appointed Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco of the Republic of Panama, for an initial 4-year term as the next Secretary-General. Valesco will start his tenure as of 1 January 2024, subject to the Assemb...
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IMO Begins 129th Session, To Pick New Secretary-General
July 18, 2023 No Responses

IMO Begins 129th Session, To Pick New Secretary-General

The 129th session of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has commenced, bringing together representatives from member states worldwide.  The event takes place from the 17th to the 21st of July 2023. World Maritime News report that...
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Australia Appoints First Woman To Lead Central Bank
July 14, 2023 No Responses

Australia Appoints First Woman To Lead Central Bank

Australia’s central bank says it will be led by a woman for the first time since it was founded in 1960. Michele Bullock will succeed Philip Lowe, who is coming to the end of a seven-year term as governor of...
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