Sustainability in the heavy lifting industry

Cost efficiency and sustainability, two topics that are frequently discussed in the offshore and maritime industry. There are many developments and innovations going on in this area.

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Yang Ming to Bolster Ties with RCL

Taiwanese carrier Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp has partnered up with Thai counterpart Regional Container Lines ...

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DP World Looking to Boost Investment in Thailand

Dubai’s port operator DP World is exploring investment opportunities in Thailand including those in ...

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Hutchison Ports Thailand Reaches 15 Million TEU Milestone

Hong Kong-based port and terminal operator Hutchison Port Holdings said that 15 million TEUs of containerized cargo ...

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Maersk Line Starts 1st Direct Thailand-Australia Service

Danish carrier Maersk Line said it will add a call at the port of Laem Chabang in Thailand on its Boomerang service ...

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Swire Boosts Asia Pacific Coverage

Swire Boosts Asia Pacific Coverage

Swire Shipping, a Singapore-based liner trade division of the China Navigation Company (CNCo), has ...

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Dawei Special Economic Zone Project Kicks Off

The governments of Myanmar and Thailand have signed a concession agreement with a consortium of private developers ...

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MOL Sets Up Barge Terminal Operator in Thailand

Japan’s shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with SahaThai ...

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Monsoon Storm Sinks Three Vessels in Andaman Sea

Monsoon Storm Sinks Three Vessels in Andaman Sea

A container ship, a fishing boat and a barge have sunk in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Phuket, Thailand, in the ...

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Japan, Thailand and Myanmar to Jointly Develop Dawei Port

Japan, Thailand and Myanmar to Jointly Develop Dawei Port

Japan, Thailand and Myanmar have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to build the controversial Dawei Special ...

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South Korea Pitches Dry Canal Concept to Thailand

South Korea plans to propose to Thailand a USD 4.8 billion ”dry canal” project, featuring a new concept ...

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Almost 2,000 Migrants Rescued off Malaysia and Indonesia

Almost 2,000 Migrants Rescued off Malaysia and Indonesia

Indonesian authorities have intercepted a boat carrying around 400 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar off east ...

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12-Year-Old Girl Missing After Thai Ferry Catches Fire

12-Year-Old Israeli Girl Missing After Thai Ferry Catches Fire

A 12-year-old Israeli girl is missing after a passenger ferry exploded and caught fire off Thailand’s town of ...

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MOL and RCL Fuse South Asia Strings

MOL and RCL Fuse South Asia Strings

A Thai-based container shipping line Regional Container Lines (RCL) has linked up one its current ...

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China Starts First Maritime Silk Road Cruise

China Starts First Maritime Silk Road Cruise

Bei Bu Wan Zhi Xing, the first Chinese cruise liner to sail along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, has started ...

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Maritime Silk Road to Include Thai Canal?

The Thai Canal, also known as Kra Canal, that would cut through southern Thailand to enable improved transportation ...

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Thailand Joins Container Monitoring Programme

Thailand Joins Container Monitoring Programme

Thailand became the first country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to formally join the ...

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Qatargas Starts Long-Term LNG Delivery to Thailand

Qatargas has delivered the first LNG cargo under the long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement between Qatar Liquefied ...

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OOCL Adds New Intra-Asia Service

OOCL Adds New Intra-Asia Service

Hong Kong-headquartered container shipping company Oriental Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has introduced a new ...

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Tanker Hijacked off Phuket Island, Thailand

Six armed pirates boarded a tanker en route to Yangon, Myanmar on Monday, ICC Commercial Crime Services (CCS) said ...

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Almost 200 People Hit by Ship Gas Leak

The Public Health Ministry of Thailand informed that nearly 200 people have been affected by yesterday’s chemical ...

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PD Ports Reaches Milestone with SSI’s Shipment to ...

SSI UK has celebrated another major milestone having exported five million tonnes of steel slab through PD Ports ...

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