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![Captain Belinda Bennett on blazing a trail at sea]()
Captain Belinda Bennett on blazing a trail at sea
When Belinda Bennett became Captain of MSY Wind Star in 2016, she became the world’s first black female cruise ship captain. In this Q&A, we find out more about the...
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![Dubai’s cruise sector: plain sailing or does Hormuz spell choppy waters ahead?]()
Dubai’s cruise sector: plain sailing or does Hormuz spell choppy waters ahead?
Dubai’s Mina Rashid Port recently welcomed five cruise ships in a single day, and overall stats for the industry have been looking positive, with cruise footfall increasing by 51% and...
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![Sickness at sea: responding to onboard outbreaks in the cruise sector]()
Sickness at sea: responding to onboard outbreaks in the cruise sector
Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis are rare but traumatic events for the cruise industry, with the potential for itineraries to be shortened and hundreds of passengers to be infected on the...
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![Sink or swim: how decarbonisation will reshape shipping forever]()
Sink or swim: how decarbonisation will reshape shipping forever
What is good for the world isn’t necessarily good for shipping as we know it. That, arguably, is the key takeaway from a recently published study looking into the effects...
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![October’s top news stories]()
October’s top news stories
PSA Corporation began the development of S$20bn ($14.5bn) Tuas Port project in Singapore, the University of Southampton in the UK and Shell Shipping & Maritime established a maritime research centre...
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![What could the introduction of free ports mean for the UK?]()
What could the introduction of free ports mean for the UK?
The UK Government is planning to establish up to ten ‘free ports’ across Britain after Brexit to boost trade, though many claim these areas could facilitate money laundering and tax...
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![Q&A: How a new marine tracking system could help reduce whale collisions]()
Q&A: How a new marine tracking system could help reduce whale collisions
In just three years, 37 cases of whales colliding with ships were recorded off the US east coast alone. Could a new, smart sensor-based marine tracking system, developed by a...
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![Ships on the scrapheap: the latest issue of Ship Technology Global is out now]()
Ships on the scrapheap: the latest issue of Ship Technology Global is out now
In this issue: the IMO’s Hong Kong Convention, reducing whale collisions at sea, and asking leading women in shipping how the maritime sector can help attract more female employees.
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![Dismantling dangerous ship scrapping: inside the Hong Kong Convention]()
Dismantling dangerous ship scrapping: inside the Hong Kong Convention
Germany has become the 13th member of the Hong Kong Convention, the International Maritime Organisation’s treaty covering the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships – but will the legislation...
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![Destination Singapore: behind the rise of the world’s top shipping centre]()
Destination Singapore: behind the rise of the world’s top shipping centre
Singapore has topped the 2019 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index, which ranks cities that offer port and shipping business services, for the sixth consecutive year. Here is a look...
