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Seaspan Shipyards appoints new CEO
Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards has named Mark Lamarre as its new CEO, replacing Brian Carter who has stepped down to pursue…
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Europe
I.M. Skaugen in ‘massive legal process’ with ex-partner Teekay
Struggling Norwegian gas carrier operator I.M. Skaugen has revealed it has entered a “massive legal process” with an old business…
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Asia
KTB Asset Management funds three Teekay tankers
South Korea’s private equity firm KTB Asset Management has today launched a fund worth around $30m to invest in three…
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Americas
Port of Prince Rupert agrees next stage of terminal expansion with DP World
The Port of Prince Rupert in northern British Columbia, Canada, has agreed with UAE-based DP World on a plan for…
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Americas
Canada launches campaign to recruit seafarers
Canada’s Seafarers’ Training Institute (STI) has launched a hiring initiative to plug a looming labour gap in the offing as…
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Americas
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers buys into JT Cement
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers (NACC), a 50/50 joint venture company between Algoma Central Corporation and Nova Marine, has acquired a 25%…
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Americas
Seaspan chairman slams Wang and Porter for failing to grab boxship bargains
Gerry Wang and Graham Porter stand accused of failing to snap up containership bargains while at the helm of Seaspan,…
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Americas
Canadian authorities to buy Kinder Morgan pipeline, increased tanker shipments likely
Canada’s federal government has announced it will buy the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Houston-based energy infrastructure firm Kinder Morgan…
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Americas
Teekay Tankers to bank $36m from sale and leaseback deal
Teekay Tankers revealed in its latest set of results that it has agreed a sale and leaseback deal for seven…
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Americas
Investigation launched into fluid spill at Suncor rig
The regulatory body for the offshore oil and gas industry in Newfoundland and Labrador has started a formal probe of…
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Europe
SMT Shipping and CSL form cement shipping jv
Cyprus-based bulk shipping operator SMT Shipping and Canadian owner CSL Group have entered into an agreement for CSL to acquire…
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Maritime CEO
Norvic Shipping: Fleet about to broach the century mark
Dry bulk operator Norvic Shipping is ramping up its organisation in line with the increasing fortunes finally seen in the…
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Americas
BC proposes incentives for Shell-led LNG export terminal at Kitimat
British Columbia authorities are proposing new incentives seen as encouraging progress with a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal…
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Americas
Canadian tanker firm makes rare buying foray
Canada’s Coastal Shipping, a small Canadian tanker owner, has bought its first ships for many years. Broker sources tell Splash…
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Americas
Canada looks to delay Finnish proposal to ban dirty fuels in the Arctic
Ottawa is reportedly trying to water down a plan by Finland for an outright ban of heavy fuel oil used by…
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Americas
Seaspan adds 18 boxships with $380m GCI deal
Canada’s Seaspan has acquired the remaining 89% equity interest of Greater China Intermodal Investments (GCI) from affiliates of The Carlyle…
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Americas
Shipping’s digitalisation path must embrace disruption
Mark T. Vassel reports from last week’s Vancouver conference organised by Transas. Shipping lines looking to harness the full power…
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Americas
Frank Coles savages shipping institutions holding back tech change
Mark T. Vassel reports this week from Transas’s annual global conference in Vancouver. The shipping industry must undergo a wholesale…
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Americas
Logistec Corporation acquires Gulf Stream Marine
Montréal-based marine services provider Logistec Corporation has announced the acquisition of terminal operator Gulf Stream Marine to expand its network…
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Americas
Exxon to sell its stake in oil project offshore Newfoundland
Exxon Mobil has confirmed it will sell its 19% stake in an offshore oil project off of Newfoundland, Canada, according…
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