Asia
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust goes offshore to raise funds
Mumbai: India’s No.1 container gateway, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), has decided to leverage its dollar-denominated income to raise overseas…
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Thoresen Thai looks to fertilise growth outside shipping
Bangkok: Thai shipping company Thoresen Thai Agencies is considering enlarging its investment in fertiliser factories this year as part of…
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Official linked to Sembcorp Marine’s Brazil contracts arrested
Singapore: Singapore-listed Sembcorp Marine has announced today that an official linked to the rig contracts it won in 2012 from…
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GSPC, Petronet, GAIL to gain from new LNG policy
New Delhi: Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) has been thought to be the biggest gainer from the Indian cabinet’s new…
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India’s Shipping Ministry questions relevance of tariff regulator
New Delhi: Concerned about the steadily rising share of non-major and private ports in India’s export-import cargo, the Shipping ministry…
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Reliance ups India’s reliance on West African crude imports
London: VLCC fixtures reveal that India is turning away from the Middle East Gulf (MEG) as a source for its…
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Posco likely to withdraw from $12bn Indian steel complex
Paradip (Odisha): Almost exactly a decade after South Korea’s Pohang Steel Company (Posco) signed a memorandum of understanding with the…
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Cabinet gives green light to convert 101 rivers into inland waterways
New Delhi: The Indian government, which has been deplorably slow in harnessing the transportation power of the country’s rivers, finally…
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Port of Melbourne comes under attack
Sydney: There’s plenty of disquiet around the docks of the host city of this weekend’s Cricket World Cup final. The…
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Petronet LNG’s Kochi terminal heavily under-utilised
Cochin: The 5m tonnes per annum (tpa) Puthuvypeen terminal of Indian gas importer Petronet LNG continues to lie severely under-utilised…
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Petrobras to close its Okinawa refinery
Tokyo: Petrobras will close its refinery in Okinawa as part of a withdrawal from Japan. Economic conditions, particularly declining oil…
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Epic Gas offloads two
Singapore: Fast expanding gas ship operator Epic Gas has said that it has sold two vessels, Epic Cebu (4,000cbm, built 1997)…
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Two dead, seven missing in sinking off North Sumatra
Jakarta: Search and rescue teams continue to scour the waters off Belawan, North Sumatra looking for seven crew members of…
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KSS Line secures second Trammo Gas charter
Seoul: KSS Line from South Korea has won a time charter contract from Houston-based ammonia trader, Trammo Gas. Trammo Navigation…
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Bibby Offshore secures Myanmar ROV contract
Singapore: Subsea specialist Bibby Offshore has announced that its Asia division, Bibby Offshore Singapore, has secured a contract with the…
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Swiber scores big in India again
Singapore: Offshore support services firm Swiber Holdings has announced a host of contract wins to a value of $405.6m, the…
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Korean is sixth candidate to run for IMO’s top job
Seoul: A Korean has become the sixth person to throw his hat into the ring to take up the IMO…
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Triyards: Why liftboats make sense in today’s depressed offshore market
Singapore: With offshore markets in the doldrums, liftboats make economic sense, argues the ceo of Singapore-headquartered Triyards in today’s Maritime…
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Former Port Klang Authority head appointed Daya Materials CEO
Kuala Lumpur: Daya Materials, a Malaysian service provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced the appointment of Lim…
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PIL takes over Mariana Express Lines
Singapore: Pacific International Lines (PIL) along with Luen Thai Group has bought out fellow Singapore-headquartered containerline Mariana Express Lines for…
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