Sam Chambers

Midi-Pyrénées

Editorial Director at Splash247.com

Editorial Director of Asia Shipping Media, publishers of Splash, Splash Extra & Maritime CEO

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US unveils much-anticipated port call fees

6 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The United States will impose fees on Chinese-built ships docking at American ports—regardless of ownership, in a ruling the global shipping community has been waiting tentatively to hear about for months. The glimmer of good news for non-Chinese owners is that the final measure is less severe than the originally proposed flat fee of $1.5m per docking.
Change at the top at Britannia

6 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

“that suggests the Biden administration rushed through its a... While the ILO’s recent agreement to raise the global minimum...
54 ships abandoned so far this year

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The scourge of crew abandonment is proving very hard for global administrators to rein in. A total of 54 ships and their crews have been abandoned so far this year, according to data carried by the International Labour Organization (ILO), putting 2025 potentially on track to be the second-highest toll for ships being ditched by their owners.
Trump administration chases substandard flags in bid to thwart Iran’s shadow fleet

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The latest American sanctions aimed at Iran’s oil industry make specific warnings to shipping about the use of substandard shipping.
Trump's tariffs crash world trade forecasts

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Many of shipping’s go-to bodies for trade forecasts are now slashing economic predictions for the year ahead in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariff war.
Seafarers to get 6.2% pay rise over the coming three years

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has concluded the latest round of minimum wage negotiations for able seafarers at a meeting of the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC), held in Geneva on this week. The terms of the wage agreement see seafarers get a 6.2% increase in the monthly minimum wage between January 1, 2026, and January 1, 2028, an increase from $673 a month as of January 1, 2025, to $715 per month as of January 1, 2028.
Döhles increase their shareholding in Ernst Russ

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The Döhle family has increased their stake in Ernst Russ, a leading German non-operating containership owner. Financial filings tracked down by Alphaliner show the family has increased its stake in the company from 54% to 75.3% stake, after younger members of the family, Jan Döhle and Jost Döhle, increased their share. Their father, Jochen Döhle, retains the largest ownership at 38.5%. Hamburg-based Ernst Russ majority owns a fleet of 25 boxships as well as one bulker and a multipurpose vessel.
Pronounced spike in low-level crimes in the Singapore Strait

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed a rise in global piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first quarter of 2025 – driven by a spike of incidents in the Singapore Strait. A total of 45 cases of piracy and armed robbery against ships were recorded in the first three months of 2025 – an almost 35% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Of the incidents reported, 37 vessels were boarded, four were hijacked, and four had attempted attacks.
Japanese and Korean yards with investments in China on edge

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

With Donald Trump widely tipped to pass judgement on extra fees for Chinese-linked tonnage calling at US ports in the next couple of days, another wrinkle has emerged that has not been widely discussed in Washington to date. Trump’s tariff war against China late last week backtracked as his administration took on advice from the tech sector, who pointed out that global supply chains for the manufacturing of much tech, such as smartphones, inevitably involves some Chinese produced items.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank invests in Hayfin

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMi TRUST Bank) has invested in London-based Hayfin Capital Management’s Maritime Yield strategy, bringing total strategy commitments to over $620m across the commingled fund and related separately managed accounts. The investment is the latest addition to the $400m in capital commitments raised for the fund in 2023 and has taken Hayfin’s total deployment capacity significantly past $1bn when coupled with conservative debt financing.

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22 Jan 25

A new study shows a way to calculate when a hull needs to be defouled, so that drydock time can be scheduled optimally, reducing costs and emissions. Pictured, the formation of biofilm over 3 days https://t.co/4DtIjUk9z4 https://t.co/EvZ8wJb1Bj

Sam Chambers @SamChambers

22 Jan 25

EU investigation seeks to answer what is the content and scope of the rights to life, liberty and health when applied at sea and who is responsible for protecting them and how https://t.co/bp2KGM5GGT

Sam Chambers @SamChambers

22 Jan 25

'Chinese yards have gained market leadership while the Japanese and Koreans suffered due to higher cost bases and labour shortages. Chinese yards benefitted from policy support, weaker RMB, softer steel prices, & a weak labour market, capping labour costs' https://t.co/WyB9l5cSGE

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Articles

US unveils much-anticipated port call fees

Change at the top at Britannia

54 ships abandoned so far this year

Trump administration chases substandard flags in bid to thwart Iran’s shadow fleet

Trump's tariffs crash world trade forecasts

Seafarers to get 6.2% pay rise over the coming three years

Döhles increase their shareholding in Ernst Russ

Pronounced spike in low-level crimes in the Singapore Strait

Japanese and Korean yards with investments in China on edge

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank invests in Hayfin

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