Asia
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Philippine Span Asia ruling revealed
Manila: One of the Philippines’ most notorious shipping lines can now only transport cargo. The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) of…
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Equinox buys LNG carrier for $135m
Jakarta: Indonesian firm PT Perusahaan Pelayaran Equinox has paid Golar LNG $135m to buy the 2005-built LNG carrier, Golar Viking.…
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Bomb onboard tanker a hoax
Bangkok: The Thai tanker attacked over the weekend and left with what robbers claimed was a bomb onboard has been…
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India to convert 101 rivers into inland waterways
Mumbai: Keen on promoting water transport to propel economic growth, the Indian government has set an ambitious target of converting…
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Maersk Line connects South India to Aqaba
Mumbai: Maersk Line Jordan announced the launch of its new ME5 service that directly connects South India to Jordanian port…
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South Sulawesi port development
Jakarta: Details of a new Indonesian port have been revealed, the latest in a slew of terminal developments under the…
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Details of Dynamic Oil Trading’s bankruptcy revealed
Singapore: Dynamic Oil Trading (Singapore), the subsidiary of bankrupt Danish firm OW Bunker, is owed $329m in gross receivables, its…
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Hijackers leave a ‘bomb’ on Thai tanker
Bangkok: In a frightening new development in the ongoing series of fuel thefts in Southeast Asian waters, a bomb has…
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Taiwanese captain in court over Great Barrier Reef transit
Newcastle: The Australian Federal Police have arrested the captain of a Taiwanese vessel carrying coal for sailing through part of…
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Su reveals another patent
Taipei: Serial shipping inventor and troubled shipowner, Nobu Su, the chairman of TMT, has registered a patent in the Republic…
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MPA and ClassNK to collaborate on safety and environmental research
Singapore: The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and classification society ClassNK have signed an MOU to collaborate on…
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EMS Energy secures derrick equipment set contract
Singapore: EMS Energy has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, EMS Energy Solutions has secured a contract to build a derrick…
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Poultry group takes over Pan Ocean
Seoul: A new dawn has crowed for one of South Korea’s largest shipping lines. Pan Ocean has been bought out…
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MOL secures E.ON contract, orders two DSME LNG carriers
Tokyo: Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), via a joint venture shipowning company with Itochu Corporation, has secured charter agreements with Germany’s…
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Alang safety upgrades impress Japanese delegation
A 14-member Japanese delegation expressed guarded satisfaction at the safety upgrades undertaken by four of the 140 yards operating in…
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India’s Shipping Ministry to phase out Transchart
Mumbai: India’s Shipping Ministry is to phase out its centralised ship chartering wing Transchart that has, for the last half…
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Visakhapatnam port set to handle Panamax vessels
Mumbai: The steam coal berths at Visakhapatnam port are all set to receive Panamax dry bulk carriers at the inner…
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Dolphin awarded seismic job offshore Myanmar
Oslo: Dolphin Group has announced that is has been awarded a contract by Ophir Energy for the 3D data acquisition…
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Tanjung Offshore gets new CEO, and another board battle looms
Kuala Lumpur: Yesterday was another day of high drama in the unfolding battle raging at Tanjung Offshore. A new ceo…
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Do not use security guards in SE Asian waters: Skuld
Singapore: With piracy and armed robbery on the increase in Southeast Asia, P&I Club Skuld has warned shipowners to be…
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