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Smart ports and supply chain along the digital Silk Road
There has been much debate around the need for a level of digital integration within logistics and supply chain systems.…
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Delta Tankers acquires Phoenix Tankers VLCC
Diamantis Diamantides’ Delta Tankers has added a third VLCC to its fleet this year, after taking over the 2007-built from…
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Cosco clinches financial leasing deals for four pulp carriers
Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has announced that the company has approved a plan to enter into financial leasing deals with…
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Are strategic oil reserves back in vogue as oil market risks escalate?
David Flanagan from Infospectrum writes for Splash on the big picture for global oil supplies. The recent drone strike on…
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Ningbo Marine charters in capesize bulker from parent company
Chinese dry bulk operator Ningbo Marine has announced that its Singapore subsidiary has chartered the 2011-built capesize bulker ZJE Ocean…
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SeaBird Exploration clinches OBN survey contract
Cyprus-based seismic service provider SeaBird Exploration has secured a letter of intent for the exclusive provision of source vessel services…
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Mitsui E&S enters restructuring, 1,000 staff face the axe
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui E&S Holdings is slashing its workforce and pushing through a restructuring. Local financial newswire Nikkei is reporting…
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New report claims slow steaming is ‘closest thing to a silver bullet’ for IMO
On the eve of the latest round of UN ship climate negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London,…
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Digitalisation, globalisation and monopolisation: lines create trinity
Dutch lawyer August J. Braakman writes for Splash on how the liner trades are changing. During the past decade the…
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Norvic trio jump ship to create new dry bulk platform
Denmark has a new dry bulk operator with some familiar names at the helm. Delta Corp has been formed by…
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Eco Carriers swoops for Neda supramax
Greek owner Eco Carriers Maritime has acquired 2010-built supramax bulker from compatriot Neda Maritime, according to brokers. Seasure Shipbroking and…
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Great Eastern pounces for suezmax pair
India’s Great Eastern Shipping has emerged as the buyer of two 14-year-old, 159,000 dwt suezmaxes, the and the . The…
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Atlantica Shipping takes Empire Navigation product tanker
Norway’s Atlantica Shipping has acquired 2009-built SPP MR2 product tanker , according to multiple brokers. Seasure Shipbroking and Advanced Shipping…
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China Merchants ordering VLCC quartet
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the major shipping unit of China Merchant Group, has announced a plan to order four…
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Rimorchiatori Riuniti Panfido orders innovative LNG bunker barge at Rosetti
Italian shipyard Rosetti Marino has received a new order from Rimorchiatori Riuniti Panfido of Venice for an innovative LNG bunker…
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Zhejiang Tongheng orders cable layer at Shunzheng Shipyard
Zhejiang Tongheng Offshore Engineering has signed a shipbuilding contract with local yard Zhoushan Shunzheng Shipyard for the construction of a…
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Singapore says LNG is the only viable fuel solution, readies incentives
Singaporean authorities are pushing LNG as shipping’s fuel of the future, readying a swathe of incentives for shipping companies that…
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German boxship set for ‘climate-neutral’ synthetic natural gas trials
MAN Energy Solutions and German shipowner Wessels Marine have announced a technical showcase whereby the 2017-retrofitted , a 1,036 teu…
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Operation Sentinel launches as UK lowers Hormuz security risk
Operation Sentinel, the US-led naval coalition patrolling Middle Eastern waters, officially launched yesterday. Merchant ships will now be escorted through…
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Fire hits Japanese tanker off Singapore, 18 crew evacuated
A fire broke out onboard the 8,900 dwt product tanker near Horsburgh Lighthouse, eastern Singapore Strait, yesterday forcing 18 crew…
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