The dark fleet and safety dangers, secondhand ship prices, mega-port developments, regulatory pressures, and much more in the latest episode of Maritime in Minutes.

Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month.

In this episode Marcus and Gary discuss

• The worrying state of the Venezuelan tanker fleet
• Seafarer welfare and shore leave restrictions
• Secondhand ship prices
• The dark fleet
• Regulatory pressure
• Women in maritime
• MSC hitting 5m teu slot capacity
• Port Klang’s mega expansion plans
• Price challenge for alternative fuels
• OSM Thome merger completion

Links to stories featured in this episode:

• PDVSA tanker fleet flirting with disaster
• Seafarer Happiness Index dips
• Secondhand to newbuild price ratios signal shipowners’ sentiment
• The dark fleet - creeping anarchy in the world’s oceans
• Seatrade Maritime & Logistics Middle East
• MSC containership fleet to hit 5m teu capacity this month
• Malaysia moving ahead with ‘game changer’ Carey Island mega-port 
• Price the biggest challenge in adoption of alternative fuels: Eaglestar
• OSM Thome merger approved - CEO Norbye focuses on building a single organisation
• Barber Ship Management building a presence in the tanker sector

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