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Maran Gas Maritime orders FSRU at DSME
Maran Gas Maritime, a unit of Greek owner Angelicoussis Shipping Group, has signed a shipbuilding contract with financially troubled South…
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Gulf Navigation to acquire 12 vessels for new Mena Energy alliance
Gulf Navigation has entering into a strategic alliance with Mena Energy which will see it acquire 12 new tankers, ranging…
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PIL makes rare boxship order
Containership orders have been almost non-existent through 2016. Nevertheless, with less than a fortnight of the year to go, Splash…
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Evalend in for trio of kamsarmax resales
Greece’s Evalend Shipping has picked up a trio of Chinese bulker resales. Having been inspected by over ten interested parties,…
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Atlantic Offshore lands ERRV contract with Repsol Sinopec
Norway’s Atlantic Offshore has secured a contract for emergency response and rescue vessel with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK. The three-year…
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Tianjin Port halts operations due to air pollution
China’s Tianjin Port has suspended all operations until December 21, due to an air pollution red alert issued by the…
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Green ahoy
Local authorities in Singapore are incentivising less polluting ships while mapping out the city’s maritime future. Not sitting on its…
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Port of Los Angeles gets $5.8m grant for low-emission vehicles and smart technology
The Port of Los Angeles has announced that it has been awarded a $5.8 million grant by the California Energy…
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Anadarko Petroleum announces two finds in Gulf of Mexico
Texas-based deep-water E&P company Anadarko Petroleum has announced two new discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico. One, at the…
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Brazilian shipbuilder Ecovix files for bankruptcy protection
Brazilian shipbuilding company Engevix Construcoes Oceanicas (Ecovix) announced on Friday that it and five subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy protection…
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Petrobras signs $5bn financing deal with Chinese bank
Brazil’s troubled state oil company Petrobras, which holds huge offshore oilfield interests, on Thursday agreed a multibillion-dollar financing deal with…
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BC groups club together to provide some Xmas cheer for stranded Hanjin crew
Various bodies have clubbed together in British Columbia to try and make Christmas more bearable for 13 crewmembers stranded on…
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New Chinese shipbuilding conglomerate established
China Cosco Shipping Corportion (Coscocs) has officially established its new shipbuilding unit, Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (CSHI), today. The new…
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Prosafe pockets $1.7m from charter extension
Aker BP, formerly known as Det norske oljeselskap, has extended the charter of Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation vessel at the Ivar…
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EMAS Chiyoda Subsea defaults on Forland Shipping charter
Embattled Ezra Holdings faces another tense fight as it stands accused of failing to pay up for a charter of…
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‘Quality revolution’ among Greek fleets continues
The annual report into the Greek fleet carried by Petrofin Research shows the world’s top shipowning nation has grown this…
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ECSA hits out at EU shipping emissions plans
The Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament adopted yesterday its report on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading…
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Economou provides $200m for DryShips refinancing
George Economou, via Sifnos Shareholders, is providing DryShips with a $200m loan under a senior secured revolving facility to refinance…
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Euroseas adds to fleet, gets $1m investment from Pittas
Euroseas has acquired German-built 1,645 teu feeder containership from Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a Euroseas shareholder, for around 900,000 shares of…
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ICTSI and DP World in the mix for Thessaloniki
Greek authorities are willing to sell off a greater chunk of the nation’s second largest port than originally planned. The…
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