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TraPac expansion at Oakland given the nod
The US Board of Port Commissioners has given the OK for container terminal operator TraPac to go ahead with a…
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Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding secures $296m credit facility
CSSC-affiliated Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has signed a loan agreement yesterday with CSSC Finance Company, China Industrial Bank and Shanghai Pudong…
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Maersk containership hit by fire off Las Palmas
The 2,890 teu containership was hit by a fire in its engine room yesterday while sailing off the Canary Islands en…
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Hyperdynamics takes Pacific Drilling drillship
Oil & gas exploration company Hyperdynamics has signed a letter of award with drilling contractor Pacific Drilling to employ the…
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Parsan Energi takes LPG carrier for $12.5m
Turkey’s Parsan Energi has taken the 7,396 cu m LPG carrier from Singapore-based MH Progress Line for $12.5m. The ship…
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Norwegian yard set to build world’s first unmanned ship
The race to build the world’s first unmanned ship leapt ahead yesterday with news the UK’s Automated Ships – an…
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Euronav buys out Oak Maritime stake in a VLCC
Euronav has agreed to pay Oak Maritime $39m to take over the outstanding 50% it does not control in the…
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JV kicks off to develop offshore wind energy in China
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME Group via its subsidiary GeoSeea and China Cosco Shipping have started…
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Shell anticipates huge demand for LNG as a ship fuel
LNG as a growing ship fuel will be a source of big business growth for Shell, its head of integrated…
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Seoul rallies to push HMM up the rankings with massive buying blitz
The South Korean government will do all it can to push Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) up the container rankings –…
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Gadani tanker fire death toll climbs
The death toll has climbed to 18 following yesterday’s massive explosion on a beached tanker at the Gadani ship recycling…
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New venture M2 Subsea acquires Harkand ROV fleet
M2 Subsea, a recently formed subsea services business, has acquired the entire remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) fleet from Harkand,…
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Bakri takes Neda aframax
Bakri Navigation, one of 2015’s most busy buyers of secondhand tankers, has made a belated foray back into the sector.…
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DOF offloads laid up anchor handler
Norwegian offshore owner DOF has said that subsidiary, DOF Rederi AS, has sold and delivered the 1999-built anchor handling tug…
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Pacific Radiance wins $73m Mexican charter
Singapore OSV owner Pacific Radiance has won a long term charter for a maintenance work boat worth $73 million including…
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Atlantic Offshore scraps 42-year-old supply vessel
Norway’s Atlantic Offshore has sold the 1974-built standby/supply vessel off for scrap. The vessel has just come off a nine-month…
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Myanmar offshore supply base debacle or miracle in waiting?
In a recent briefing regarding the development of an offshore supply base conducted by Asia Pacific Connex, there was much…
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Maersk moves to offload shares in Danske Bank
A.P. Møller – Mærsk has announced its intention to divest its remaining ownership stake in Nasdaq-listed Danske Bank. The group…
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Neptune secures contract from DOF Subsea Australia
Neptune Marine Services has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a hyperbaric rescue vessel (HRV) to…
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A2SEA awarded wind installation work offshore UK
Danish offshore wind installation service provider A2SEA has signed a contract to install the 102 Siemens turbines that will make…
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