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Port of Virginia shutting down until storm passes
Authorities warned they were closing the Port of Virginia at midnight on Friday ahead of the advancing Winter Storm Helena.…
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Euronav seals $410m refinancing deal
Euronav has signed a new $410 million senior secured amortizing revolving credit facility in order to refinance 11 VLCCs as…
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Laugfs Maritime Services acquires third LPG carrier
Laugfs Maritime Services, the shipping division of Sri Lanka’s Laugfs Gas, has acquired an LPG carrier. The 1998-built 3,500-cbm was…
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Solstad Offshore awarded Dong Energy contract for CSV pair
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has entered into a contract with Dong Energy Wind Power for the charter of two construction support…
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GC Rieber Shipping secures option from British Antarctic Survey
GC Rieber Shipping has announced that British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a unit of the Natural Environment Research Council, has declared…
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ST Engineering former president sentenced
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) announced that Chang Cheow Teck, the former President of ST Marine from March 2008 to…
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DryShips eyes George Economou’s gas ships
George Economou’s DryShips has entered into a “zero cost” option agreement with TMS Cardiff Gas, also controlled by Economou, for…
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Alibaba jumps ahead of Amazon with Maersk tie-up
Alibaba’s move to partner with Maersk Line should be seen as a game of one-upmanship with US rival Amazon, a…
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Vallianz closes Singapore yard
Singapore offshore services firm Vallianz Holdings has ceased operations at its shipyard in Singapore citing the industry slowdown and the…
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Owners forced to pay up to clean Johor boxship collision
Each of the two shipowners involved in Tuesday’s container ship collision in Johor Port in Malaysia have been ordered to…
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Seoul readies billions to aid local lines and yards
Seoul will launch a state-backed ship financing firm this month with initial capital of KRW1trn ($845m) to help the nation’s…
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Port of Portland sues Monsanto
The Port of Portland is suing agriculture giant Monsanto Corporation for contamination on port property. The port wants the company…
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Huangpu Wenchong wins court ruling to freeze KC Maritime assets
A Hong Kong court has approved CSSC-affiliated yard Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding’s application to freeze the assets of Dry Bulk Services,…
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Tianjin Shunhang to offload CSC Phoenix stake after failed restructuring
Chinese dry bulk operator CSC Phoenix has announced that its controlling shareholder, Tianjin Shunhang Shipping, is planning to sell its…
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Aegean acquires German bunkering unit
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has announced the launch of a new service center in Rostock, Germany that will serve all…
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Petrotrin workers strike, stopping offshore production
Trinidad & Tobago’s state oil firm Petrotrin has been hit by strike action after conciliation talks broke down between the…
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Fire on Gulf of Mexico oil platform extinguished and four personnel evacuated safely
A fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been put out and the four people on…
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Solstad Offshore wins Thai work for derrick lay barge
Solstad Offshore has won a contract with CUEL in Thailand for the provision of transportation and installation for phase 4…
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LA Harbor entrance closed to ships after reports of possible helicopter crash
Ship traffic was denied access to Los Angeles Harbor on Wednesday when US Coast Guard (USCG) closed the harbor entrance…
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Qinfa Group delays shipping asset sale
Hong Kong-listed commodity trader China Qinfa Group says that it has to delay a potential deal to sell its China…
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