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Tsuneishi Shipbuilding keen to diversify away from dry bulk
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding is looking to diversify from its core dry bulk offerings. The shipbuilder, with yards in Japan, China and…
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Kyklades Maritime offloads aframax to Eastern Pacific
Greek owner Kyklades Maritime has sold a five-year-old aframax tanker to Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping. According to broking sources, the…
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Posco keen to order LNG-fuelled cape
Korean steel mill Posco is in talks with local shipping lines and shipbuilders to construct an LNG-fuelled capesize. The 180,000…
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NS United to order another Japanese valemax
Japanese bulker giant NS United has signed a 25-year contract of affreightment with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal and committed…
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Japan’s big three lines christen new merged container entity Ocean Network Express
Ocean Network Express is the name Japan’s three largest shipping companies have come up with for their new merged container…
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Pioneer Marine and Pankaj Khanna part ways
Singapore dry bulk handysize specialist Pioneer Marine has announced that CEO Pankaj Khanna is leaving the company. Khanna founded Pioneer…
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Coroner confirms foul play onboard the ‘death ship’
A Sydney coroner has finally delivered a verdict on the so-called ‘death ship’. Three men died in mysterious circumstances on…
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SM Line adds two more boxships
The quickest build up from scratch of any containerline ever continues apace with news that South Korea’s SM Line has…
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Eni ready to sign FLNG order for Mozambique with Samsung
Italian energy company Eni will complete its long-awaited final investment decision on a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) project offshore…
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Mermaid wins subsea contracts worth $26m
Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime announced the award of subsea contracts during the first quarter of 2017 worth a total of up…
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MOL’s windshield for boxships cuts CO2 emissions by 2%
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has carried out tests on a windshield it has developed for containerships and claims the…
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Flex LNG takes orderbook to six
Oslo-listed Flex LNG has revealed its orderbook now stands at six gas carriers. The John Fredriksen-controlled vehicle has four ships…
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TCC Group in for VLCC brace
Hong Kong’s TCC Group has ordered a pair of VLCCs at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for delivery in…
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ICTSI quits Nigerian port project
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) continues to prune its ports empire. Having already exited Brunei and Portland this year,…
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Authorities raid Polaris Shipping headquarters
Authorities have raided the Seoul and Busan offices of under fire Polaris Shipping as part of investigations into the sinking of…
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Reprieve for Sungdong as Kyklades comes knocking for up to seven aframaxes
Sungdong Shipbuilding has won its first order since December 2015, likely sparing it from oblivion. Greece’s Kyklades Maritime is linked…
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Rickmers Maritime completes initial sale of five vessels to Navios
Rickmers Maritime and Navios Maritime Partners have completed the sale of five containerships for a total of $59m as part…
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MOL’s autonomous shipping research wins state backing
Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) joint project with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding on developing a technological concept for autonomous ocean transport…
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Icon Offshore secures AHTS contract from Shell
Malaysian OSV operator Icon Offshore has been awarded a contract by Shell to provide a single anchor handling tug supply…
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Diana Containerships fixes vessel to MOL at improved rate
Greek owner Diana Containerships has fixed 2006-built post-panamax containership on time charter to Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The charter is…
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