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Egypt unveils plan to widen the Suez Canal
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian President, approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez…
Egypt offers to reduce compensation it has always claimed to $600 million
Egypt offered to reduce by one-third the compensation claims of the owners of the container ship that blocked the…
Philippines denounces China’s ‘dangerous’ move
The Philippines has protested China's "dangerous maneuvering" against its coast guard cutters who patrolled and…
Sembcorp Marine, faces COVID-19 headwinds and skilled worker shortage
Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine expects losses to continue this year as it faces headwinds from COVID-19 and a…
Negotiations on seafarers’ minimum wage increase break down
Negotiations on the global minimum wage for seafarers have broken down after seafarers' unions and shipowners…
Suez Canal Authority allows three crew members to leave the area
The Suez Canal Authority has granted permission for three crew members of the Ever Given to be relieved as their…
Container ship MV President Eisenhower rescued after fire in Santa Barbara Channel
A US-flagged container ship, the MV President Eisenhower, suffered a fire in the Santa Barbara Channel in…
Panama Canal aims to be carbon neutral by 2030
The Panama Canal has begun the process of decarbonizing its operations with the goal of becoming carbon neutral by…
Rise in number of containers lost at sea
Containers crammed onto large ships carrying various goods from tires to smartphones are capsizing at an alarming…
Collision of two ships causes oil spill in Quingdao Port
An oil tanker carrying about one million barrels of bitumen blend was involved in a collision near the Chinese port…
