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Asia
Grindrod Shipping inks Japanese sale and leaseback
Singapore-based Grindrod Shipping is going to enter into a $10.3m financing agreement with a Japanese shipowner for its 2011-built handysize…
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Asia
Dongbang Transport Logistics and Cosco form heavylift partnership
South Korean shipping company Dongbang Transport Logistics and China’s Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers have signed a memorandum of understanding to…
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Europe
Dolphin Drilling secures contract extension from i3 Energy
Offshore driller Dolphin Drilling has been awarded a two-month contract extension by i3 Energy for use of the semi-submersible drilling…
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Greater China
Jiangsu Hengtong to acquire major stake in Huawei Marine Networks
Jiangsu Hengtong Group, a major power and fiber optic cable manufacturer in China, has announced a plan to acquire 51%…
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Greater China
Ningbo Marine eyes secondhand bulker purchase
Chinese dry bulk operator Ningbo Marine plans to purchase a secondhand handysize bulker for its subsidiary Zheneng Tongli Shipping. The…
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Europe
Maersk and Wilhelmsen pursue ethanol en route to decarbonisation
Danish shipping giant Maersk has teamed up with partners Wallenius Wilhelmsen, BMW Group, H&M Group, Levi Strauss and Marks & Spencer…
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Europe
CMA CGM invests in French urban logistics startup
French shipping giant CMA CGM has announced its decision to support the development of Wing, a French startup offering urban…
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Asia
Swire Shipping and Lodestar partner up on breakbulk service
Singapore’s Swire Shipping has teamed up with Lodestar, the logistics and shipping division of New Zealand’s Oji Fibre Solutions, to offer…
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Greater China
Senior officials sanctioned for insider trading of Ningbo Marine shares
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has announced sanctions on six individuals for insider trading of Ningbo Marine shares prior to…
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Greater China
Explosion onboard U-Ming bulker kills one
A crew member was killed in an explosion incident onboard the 2014-built bulker on Monday. The incident happened when the…
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Europe
Maersk to expand collaborations with Lingang Group
Danish shipping group Maersk has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with state-run port and logistics park developer Shanghai Lingang…
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Greater China
Wisdom Marine orders kamsarmax pair at Tsuneishi Zhoushan
Taiwanese bulker owner Wisdom Marine has approved a plan to order two 82,300 dwt kamsarmax bulk carriers at Tsuneishi Zhoushan…
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Dry Cargo
Franbo Lines confirms bulker acquisition
Taiwanese owner Franbo Lines has announced the acquisition of 2008-built 28,361 dwt handy bulker from Danish company ID Shipping, confirming…
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Asia
MTM takes Union Maritime product tanker pair
Singapore’s MTM Group has bought two product tankers from UK’s Union Maritime in an enbloc deal. According to Banchero Costa,…
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Europe
Golden Energy Offshore awarded contract extension by Wintershall
Norwegian OSV operator Golden Energy Offshore Services has secured a contract extension for 2005-built PSV Energy Swan from Wintershall. The…
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Europe
EMGS clinches multi-client contract
Offshore survey service provider Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a $8m multi-client contract with an undisclosed customer. Under the…
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Europe
Norwegian Competition Authority rejects Floatel Prosafe merger
Norwegian Competition Authority has announced the rejection of the proposed merger between offshore accommodation platform operators Floatel and Prosafe. In…
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Greater China
Beijing gives green light to CSSC and CSIC merger
China’s State Coucil has officially given approval to the merger between two state-run shipbuilding groups China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)…
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Europe
BW Gas adds two LNG carriers at DSME
BW has returned to South Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the construction of two 174,000 cu…
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Asia
K Line secures woodchip carrier contract with Nippon Paper Industries
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has entered into an agreement with Nippon Paper Industries for the long-term charter of…
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