Shipping News Roundup, July 2013: MOL Comfort and More
July 2013 shipping stories in one place: the loss of MOL Comfort’s bow, North European transhipment competition, supply chain security talks and LNG financing.
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Shipping News Roundup, June 2013: Ports, LNG and Offshore
Shipping stories from late June 2013: a new Danish harbour, Capesize rates, LNG projects, offshore orders and the MOL Comfort casualty in one summary.
Shipping News Roundup, May 2013: Bananas, Fleets and Safety
A May 2013 digest of maritime news: refrigerated cargo at Maersk, fleet orders, green ship awards at Long Beach, a Gulf collision and IMO safety guidelines.
April 2011: Seafarer Fatigue Research and a Suez Canal Grounding
April 2011 on a crewing blog: the EU-funded Horizon project on officer fatigue, the Piracy Awareness Campaign and a grounding that blocked the Suez Canal.
February 2011: LNG Fuel Forecasts, Manning Costs and Piracy
February 2011 items: DNV on LNG as ship fuel, oil prices and manning costs, the Deloitte seafarer supply survey, piracy killings and an ISO 9001 audit pass.