Thailand
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Ports and Logistics
Thai PM calls for Bangkok Port to be relocated
Bangkok Port is to be relocated. Srettha Thavisin, Thailand’s prime minister, has vowed to regenerate the area along the Chao…
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Dry Cargo
Precious Shipping sells ageing supramax in fleet renewal push
Thai dry bulk player Precious Shipping has continued its fleet renewal push with the sale of a 2013-built supramax. The…
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Shipyards
3,000 Thais drafted to help churn out South Korea’s bumper ship backlog
South Korea’s bumper orderbook, tricky production schedule and difficult domestic demographics have been partially resolved with an agreement hatched with…
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Offshore
Mermaid Maritime sets up joint venture in Vietnam
Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime, via its subsea services unit, has established a joint venture company in Vietnam with local marine contractor…
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Offshore
Valeura Energy buys FSO working on Nong Yao field off Thailand
Canadian operator Valeura Energy has exercised its purchase option to acquire Nong Yao field’s , previously under lease from an…
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Containers
RCL orders boxship quartet in China
Multiple broking reports note Thai liner Regional Container Lines (RCL) has gone to southern China to order a quartet of…
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Offshore
Velesto scores $76m jackup rig extension with Carigali Hess
Offshore drilling unit of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has secured a contract extension with Carigali Hess for the provision of jackup…
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Asia
Thailand dusts off Kra transport link plans
Thailand has dusted off plans for a transport link that would allow ships to skip the Malacca Strait, one of…
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Asia
Thoresen Thai invests in Valeura Energy
Thoresen Thai Agencies, best known for its dry bulk fleet, has announced its strategic plan to expand its investment holdings…
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Containers
Thailand looks at creation of national liner
The Thai Transport Ministry is looking to establish a national shipping company. The Port Authority of Thailand has conducted a…
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Offshore
Mermaid Maritime wins $485m worth of contracts
Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime has secured multiple contracts valued at $485m. The Singapore-listed company said the project awards are for its…
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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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Offshore
Borr Drilling jackup gets more work in Thailand
Norwegian jackup rig owner Borr Drilling has secured a contract extension from Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy for…
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Contributions
What I’d like to see come out of next month’s MEPC meeting
Khalid Hashim, managing director of Thai-listed dry bulk owner Precious Shipping, lays out his green vision for shipping. Next month…
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Offshore
Valeura and Petrofac agree five-year FPSO extension in Thailand
Canada-based Valeura Energy has extended a charter contract for the floating production storage and offloading vessel operating in the Jasmine…
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Offshore
InterMoor wins Chevron decommissioning contract in Thailand
InterMoor, an Acteon brand, has been awarded a decommissioning contract by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production (CTEP). Following the successful…
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Offshore
Oil spill fears off Thailand after fatal incident on FSO
Thai authorities ordered their navy to assist in preventing an oil leak from a damaged floating storage and offloading (FSO)…
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Offshore
Aquadrill reveals new contract in Thailand
UK-headquartered rig owner Aquadrill and a subsidiary of rig manager Energy Drilling Management have secured a deal for the provision…
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Offshore
Japan Drilling awarded jackup contract in Thailand
Tokyo-based offshore driller Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Medco Energi for the jackup rig Hakuryu…
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Operations
At least one dead in Thai tanker blast
One person was killed and at least another ten injured in a massive explosion on a Thai tanker at a…
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