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Asia
SingTel first in Asia to sell new Inmarsat product
London: Global mobile satellite communications giant Inmarsat has signed Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of…
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Mermaid scores $25m Qatar subsea contract
Bangkok: Thai offshore outfit Mermaid Maritime has announced that its business unit Subtech in Qatar has been awarded a…
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Indonesia behind in MLC adoption
Jakarta: The government is not ready for next year’s implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, according to the nation’s top…
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Upping oil production a priority for Jakarta
Jakarta: The government has set a goal to increase the archipelago’s oil production to 1m bpd by 2014. Production,…
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Pertamina splits shipping and lube divisions
Jakarta: Indonesia’s energy giant Pertamina has split its shipping and lubricant businesses as part of an ongoing streamlining of…
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Greater China
CANSI boss issues offshore warning
Dalian: With the declining market of traditional shipbuilding sector, more yards are looking for the opportunities to enter the offshore…
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Greater China
Icebreaker first for China
Shanghai: China is designing its own icebreaker for the first time as it rapidly ups its interest in the Arctic.…
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Greater China
Bridge building exercise for Sainty Marine
Shanghai: Sainty Marine, arguably China’s most diversified shipbuilder, has announced on Thursday that it has won a bid to construct…
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Greater China
Global acceptance of LNG as marine fuel unlikely this decade
Singapore: In the final report of our four-part series covering Tuesday’s Eco-Dollars Business Breakfast, sponsored by Ideocean and Lloyd’s Register…
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Greater China
Minsheng gets first export tax rebate for financial leasing cargo in China
Tianjin: Minsheng Financial Leasing recently got an export tax rebate of RMB81.94m from Tianjin State Taxation Administration – the first…
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Fredriksen offloads Seadrill tender-rig ops for $2.9bn
Kuala Lumpur: In a deal worth billions of dollars Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum, the nation's biggest oil and gas services…
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Growth of budget airlines forces Pelni to modify ships
Jakarta: With customers increasingly choosing air travel over ships in Indonesia, state-run PT Pelni has decided to modify its…
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Keppel subsidiaries snare orders
Singapore: Keppel’s overseas yards have secured contracts worth S$160m. Keppel Subic Shipyard, Inc. (Keppel Subic Shipyard) in the Philippines…
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More work for Alam Maritim
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s busy Alam Maritim Resources has announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alam Maritim, has received a letter of award…
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Asia
Ezion enters into $298m Central American jv
Singapore: Offshore firm Ezion Holdings Limited today announced it has entered into a jv with Kim Seng Holdings Pte…
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Asia
UMW offloads interest in Offshore Construction Services
Kuala Lumpur: UMW subsidiary, UMW Singapore Ventures has entered into a share sale agreement with Mr Neo Teck Seng…
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Asia
Asia Shipping Media takes over running of world’s top social media cruise group
Singapore: The commercial director of this website, Grant Rowles, has been chosen ahead of a number of well-known cruise executives…
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Asia
Social media use in shipping growing: ShipServ
London: Maritime and offshore e-marketplace ShipServ’s 2012 Internet and Social Media Use in Shipping Survey shows that the industry,…
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Greater China
Ningbo Marine takeover finally concluded
Shanghai: Ningbo Marine’s protracted takeover by local utility firm Zhejiang Provincial Energy has finally gone through, taking three months…
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Greater China
Korean offshore cluster looks for Chinese investors
Dalian: Korea's Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone (GFEZ) is looking to attract foreign investment while it attends the…
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