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Maritime News
Icebreaking Struggles Cost Great Lakes Shipping One Third of Shipping Season
U.S.-flag shipping on the Great Lakes lost a total of 1,953 hours or 82 ship days due to inadequate icebreaking,…
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Marine World
Cheap Spot Rates Now Could Cost Shippers at Peak Season
Despite the continuing deterioration in rates, ocean shippers are being advised to avoid the spot market and stick to their…
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Port News
The sudden cost of ‘good enough’ maritime weather forecasting
Isabel Houghton, head of forecasting at Sofar Ocean, carries this important warning to shipping: getting weather predictions wrong when conditions…
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Port News
Crew change travel carries a carbon cost that shipping can no longer ignore
Pippa Ganderton, head of ATPI Halo, writes for Splash about the largely unaccounted-for environmental impact of crew change travel and…
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Maritime News
Longitude Unveils Compact PSV Design Aimed at Cost Efficiency
Maritime design and engineering consultancy Longitude has launched a new compact platform supply vessel (PSV) design D-Flex, aimed at improving…
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Maritime News
At WorkBoat 2025, Cost Control Takes Center Stage
American operators often get sticker shock when pricing out new vessel tonnage these days, and at WorkBoat 2025, vessel affordability was…
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Marine World
Methanol Gains Momentum as Marine Fuel, But Cost and Supply Challenges Persist
As the global shipping industry navigates the complex path toward decarbonization, methanol is emerging as a practical alternative fuel option,…
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Maritime News
Disruptions and Delays at Maritime Chokepoints Could Cost $14B Per Year
The challenges of the past few years have increased the awareness of the vulnerability of the shipping industry to delays…
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Maritime News
Report: UK’s Frigate Deal With Norway Could Be Turned Into Cost Savings
The UK government recently celebrated the signing of a historic deal to sell five new Type 26 frigates to the…
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Maritime News
The Cost of Caution in 2-Stroke Cylinder Lubrication
More than 90% of global freight is transported by over 33,000 merchant marine vessels powered by two stroke crosshead engines…
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