Myanmar
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Dry Cargo
Wild weather and export bans have global rice trades at boiling point
The global rice trades are in severe flux with floods wiping out crops in northern China and top exporters instituting…
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Ports and Logistics
Adani offloads Myanmar port
India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) has exited the Myanmar market, finding a buyer to stump up…
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Offshore
Energy firms head for the door in Myanmar
Malaysia’s Petronas and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp are selling their stakes in Myanmar’s Yetagun gas field, following a host of other…
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Europe
TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Myanmar
Energy majors TotalEnergies and Chevron have decided to initiate the contractual process of withdrawing from Myanmar, citing uncontrolled human rights…
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Ports and Logistics
Adani quits Myanmar
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer, has decided to exit the Myanmar market. APSEZ…
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Offshore
Petronas declares force majeure at Yetagun gas field in Myanmar
Petronas subsidiary PC Myanmar (PCML) has declared force majeure on its Yetagun field offshore Myanmar due to depletion of gas…
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Containers
Liner operations disrupted in Myanmar
The continuous social upheaval in Myanmar has disrupted the liner operations at the country’s ports, causing service suspensions and delays.…
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Asia
Myanmar coup puts crewing agents on edge
The military coup in Myanmar overnight has sent shockwaves through the Southeast Asian shipping community. The army has ousted the…
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Ports and Logistics
Dawei port project suffers another setback
One of Southeast Asia’s most drawn out port projects has suffered another setback. Myanmar yesterday announced it was cancelling contracts…
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Asia
China inks Kyaukphyu development deal with Myanmar
China has signed an agreement with Myanmar to invest and develop Kyaukphyu port in Rakhine State into a major container…
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Asia
McDermott awarded Myanmar FEED contract
Houston-headquartered McDermott International has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Posco for the Shwe Phase 3 gas…
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Asia
Adani wins Yangon port contract
Indian conglomerate Adani Group has won a 50-year concession to develop an 800,000 teu a year box terminal in the…
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Asia
China and Myanmar move ahead with Kyaukpyu port development
China and Myanmar finally signed an agreement on Thursday to proceed with a slimmed down port project at Kyaukpyu on…
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Asia
India and Myanmar push ahead with Sittwe port development
India and Myanmar are pushing ahead with plans to jointly develop the port of Sittwe. Sitting on the Bay of…
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Americas
McDermott and Baker Hughes score Myanmar subsea contract
McDermott International and Baker Hughes, a GE company, have been awarded a contract by Posco Daewoo for phase two of…
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Asia
Myanmar’s emerging belt road dilemma: China versus India
Preparations for speaking engagements in China as part of my doctorate research into the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), have revealed…
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Europe
Noble Corp semi-submersible awarded Myanmar work
Noble Corp’s 1987-built semi-submersible rig is coming out of warm stacking in Singapore for a new contract with PTTEP. The…
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Asia
Chinese consortium snaps up 70% stake in proposed Myanmar port project
A Chinese consortium led by CITIC Group has agreed to take a 70% stake in a deepwater sea port project…
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Asia
Myanmar and the chase for the new Silk Road
Myanmar is a very interesting country to visit, particularly when one wants to get a feel for what is taking…
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Greater China
China keen to take majority stake in Burmese port
China is looking to invest in another strategically important port in Myanmar. As part of its sprawling intercontinental infrastructure buildup,…
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