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Greater China
African Offshore Services acquires resale accommodation vessel from Cosco Shipping Heavy
African Offshore Services (AOS), an offshore accommodation service provider in West Africa, has entered into an agreement with SinoOcean, the…
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Asia
NYK secures class approval for autonomous ship framework
Japanese owner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has obtained approval in principle (AIP) for an autonomous ship framework, currently being developed…
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Greater China
Cosco Shipping Leasing applies for more funding
Cosco Shipping Development has announced that its subsidiary Cosco Shipping Leasing plans to apply for a RMB400m ($56m) credit facility…
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Europe
2020 Bulkers secures time charters with Glencore for newcastlemax pair
Tor Olav Troim’s 2020 Bulkers has announced that it has sealed time charter contracts with Glencore for two of its…
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Greater China
Chaozhou Yatai Shipping lists panamax for sale
Chaozhou Yatai Shipping has listed its 2012-built 76,000 dwt panamax bulker for auction sale on Guangzhou Shipping Exchange. The starting…
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Contributions
Survey suggests shipping is heading towards record lay-up territory
Splash chief correspondent Jason Jiang looks at how owners are dusting off lay-up plans. The continued outbreak of coronavirus has…
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Containers
Weekly Broker: Sales fade from view
The sale and purchase market has seen volumes shrink much further this past week. The distressed container and bulk shipping…
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Greater China
Guangxin Shipbuilding resells abandoned PSV pair
Chinese offshore yard Guangxin Shipbuilding has entered into a contract with Tianjin Zhihai Shipping for the sale of two newbuild…
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Greater China
Zhongtian Technology secures $996m offshore wind farm EPC contracts
Chinese offshore engineering firm Zhongtian Technology, in consortium with Hudong Engineering and Shanghai Electric Group, has won a tender to…
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Asia
Iranian grounded boxship has buckled
Authorities in Southeast Asia face a tricky salvage of a grounded container vessel as images emerge of it beginning to…
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Greater China
Former CSSC and CSIC chairman under investigation for corruption
China’s anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, has announced that Hu Wenming, former chairman of both CSSC and…
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Asia
Sembcorp Marine reduces workforce by over 19,000 due to Covid-19
Singapore shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine has temporarily reduced the workforce at its yards by over 95% as part of its Covid-19…
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Europe
CM Lemos orders suezmax quartet at Hyundai Samho
Greek owner CM Lemos has placed an order through his affiliate Nereus Shipping at Hyundai Heavy Industries for the construction…
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Europe
Thun Tankers orders another product tanker at Ferus Smit
Thun Tankers, part of Swedish owner Erik Thun Group, has placed an order at Dutch yard Ferus Smit for the…
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Asia
Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel launched
Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel was successfully launched at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The vessel is owned…
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Americas
Dorian LPG clinches sale and leaseback deal for VLGC
LPG carrier operator Dorian LPG has entered into a sale and leaseback deal for its 2015-built VLGC . The 84,000…
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Europe
Neda Maritime orders LR2 tanker pair at Daehan
Greek owner Neda Maritime, controlled by the Lykiardopoulos family, has placed an order at South Korean yard Daehan Shipbuilding for…
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Europe
Awilco Drilling awarded semi-sub contract by Serica Energy
Norwegian drilling contractor Awilco Drilling has secured a contract from Serica Energy for the provision of 1982-built semi-submersible drilling rig…
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Asia
Seamec secures DSV charter with L&T
Indian owner Seamec has announced that it has secured a contract with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering for the deployment of its…
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Europe
Solstad Offshore awarded CSV contracts
Norwegian OSV operator Solstad Offshore has been awarded contracts for the deployment of two construction support vessels. The company’s CSV…
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