In a wide-ranging interview with Container News, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s container experts Alfredo Parroquín-Ohlson and Bingbing Song, have addressed many of the...

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Digitalisation given fresh impetus by Covid, but the logic was pre-pandemic

Antonis Karamalegkos - September 1, 2020 0

Shipping’s main challenge is to use the massive introduction of the digital tools, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, to accelerate the development of safety...

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Running a tight ship keeps tank industry safe

n.savvides - August 1, 2020 0

The carriage of dangerous goods in tank containers is a regular occurrence, but accidents involving tank containers are far less common than with cargo...

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Triple-E’s are critical values for cargo integrity

n.savvides - July 1, 2020 0

It is seven years since the first Triple-E vessel was delivered by Daewoo Shipbuilding. The Maersk McKinney Møller was handed over by the South...

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Germocide goes top of the containerisation agenda

n.savvides - June 1, 2020 0

Anti-social media robbed the health authorities of the term ‘going viral’. Now, sadly the medical teams have stolen it back with a vengeance. Loathe...

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VGM losses are approximately US$6bn, but who’s counting?

Antonis Karamalegkos - May 1, 2020 0

Cargo losses as a result of improper weight declarations for cargo carried in containers were meant to have been solved with the introduction of...

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ITF claims shipping lines are ignoring lashing rules

n.savvides - April 2, 2020 0

Container ship operators, particularly in Europe and Canada, are allegedly flouting regulations and reneging on collective bargaining agreements (CBA) that are aimed at protecting...

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Lashing rules upgrade imperative for container industry

n.savvides - April 1, 2020 0

In September 2009 the Dutch ship model testing basin, Marin, published a comprehensive report called Lashing@Sea, detailing the issues with container lashing as a...

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Shipowners and class take regulatory lead on fighting fires

n.savvides - March 2, 2020 0

Last year was one of the toughest in container shipping’s history for cargo fires in terms of the number of incidents with insurers warning...

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Transparency is key to safer seas

n.savvides - February 26, 2020 0

Passengers boarding flights at almost any airport in the world today will be faced with significant security measures, including x-rays of luggage, scrutiny of...

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ZIM Kingston is now stable, search for more than 100 missing containers continues

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ZIM Kingston caught fire after container lost off the Canadian coast

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