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Kra backers rebrand project as the Thai Canal with marketing picking up for ambitious Asian waterway
The backers of the Kra Canal are stepping up marketing, rebranding the centuries-old project as the Thai Canal and will…
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Calls return for Kra Canal feasibility study
A centuries-old Southeast Asian canal project is being dusted off once again. Plans to create a waterway through southern Thailand’s…
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Mermaid Maritime secures Singapore subsea contract
Thailands’s Mermaid Maritime has been awarded a subsea contract with an estimated value of $5m. The contract involves use of…
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NYK sells 15-year-old VLCC
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has sold a 15-year-old Japanese built VLCC to Thailand’s Nathalin Group. No price has been revealed…
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Mermaid Maritime wins two new subsea contracts
Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime has been awarded two subsea contracts worth around $4.6m. In Indonesia, the company has been awarded a…
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Thoresen Thai returns to Santoku Sanpaku for supramax addition
Thoresen Thai Agencies is continuing to expand its supramax fleet with the acquisition of 2008-built bulk carrier from Japanese owner…
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Americas
Precious Shipping bulker runs aground off Norfolk, Virginia
A bulk carrier owned by Thailand’s Precious Shipping ran aground off Sewell’s Point in Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday. The 2008-built…
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Precious ditches final ultramax at Taizhou Sanfu
In an announcement to the Thai stock exchange, Precious Shipping has revealed it has canned the last ship it had…
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Mermaid Maritime awarded two more subsea contracts
Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime has been awarded a pair of subsea contracts from oil majors with a combined value of around…
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Mermaid wins subsea contracts worth $26m
Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime announced the award of subsea contracts during the first quarter of 2017 worth a total of up…
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Thoresen Shipping acquires secondhand supramax bulker
Thoresen Thai Agencies has announced that subsidiary Thoresen Shipping Singapore has acquired secondhand dry bulk vessel from an undisclosed seller…
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Thoresen Thai sells general cargo ship for scrap
Thai owner Thoresen Thai has announced that it has sold its 15-year-old general cargo vessel to ship scrapping company Murali…
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Vietnamese vessel loses power and ploughs into Thai houses
A small Vietnamese general cargo ship smashed into four riverside houses to the south of Bangkok as it lost power…
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Americas
Vantage Drilling gets jackup extension from CPOC
Vantage Drilling jackup rig has been awarded a nine-month extension by Carigali-PTTEP Operating Company (CPOC) for operations in Malaysia and…
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Asia
Pizza Hut on the menu for Thoresen Thai
Thailand’s second-largest shipping line is set to add extra toppings to its bottom line with news that Thoresen Thai Agencies…
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Scrap more bulkers or face more pain: Precious Shipping
Never a dull read, Thai-listed Precious Shipping’s 26-page annual report, out yesterday and penned by veteran managing director Khalid Hashim,…
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Shokuyu Tanker sells chemical tanker to Thai firm
The low key Japanese oufit Shokuyu Tanker has sold the eight-year-old Miura Shipbuilding-built, 13,000 dwt chemical tanker for $13m to…
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Asia
Why Singapore and friends cannot ignore the new Silk Road
At the recent briefing looking at China’s One Belt One Road strategy and Myanmar opportunities, held in Yangon, attendance was…
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Europe
Solstad Offshore wins Thai work for derrick lay barge
Solstad Offshore has won a contract with CUEL in Thailand for the provision of transportation and installation for phase 4…
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Asia
Mermaid Maritime cancels rig pair at China Merchants
Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime Public Company has cancelled construction contracts with China Merchants Industry Holdings for a pair of tender assist…
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