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Greater China
Rui Hai reenters shipowning
Broking sources tell Splash Japanese trading house Marubeni has sold tanker the 47,407 dwt MR product tanker Nord Optimiser, built…
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Europe
Oil discovery off Norway
Friday started with some good news after a week of depressing tales for the Norwegian offshore sector. There has been…
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Europe
FMC Kongsberg Subsea cuts more staff
An additional 200 employees must go at Norwegian oil service company, FMC Kongsberg Subsea, according to local media. Barely three…
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Europe
Aibel Haugesund wins Odfjell Drilling contract
Oslo: Odfjell Drilling has awarded Norway’s Aibel Haugesund shipyard a NOK40m ($5.13m) contract for yard stay services related to the…
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Europe
Murmansk Shipping takes its first VLCC
Moscow: In a big step up for Murmansk Shipping, brokers report that it is the company behind the acquisition from…
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Europe
Wintershall offloads Norwegian assets for $602m
Stavanger: Wintershall, a subsidiary of German chemicals giant BASF, is selling its assets in four non-operated fields Knarr (20%), Veslefrikk…
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Europe
Siem Offshore pushing through emergency $100m rights issue
Oslo: With the oil price dive plunging Siem Offshore into financial trouble the company is convening an extraordinary general meeting…
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Dry Cargo
Zodiac Maritime continues bulker spree
Oslo: Sources tell Splash that Zodiac Maritime has snapped up the 175,600-dwt C Prosperity for $25m. Online pricing platform VesselsValue.com says…
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Europe
Odfjell sends 11 tankers for retrofit
Oslo: Odfjell is sending 11 chemical tankers in for a retrofit. The Kvaerner class 37,500 dwt ships will dock over…
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Europe
Polar Code introduction is not going swimmingly
Olo: The introduction of a mandatory Polar Code in 2017 appears challenging for owners, operators, manufacturers and class. The topic was…
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Europe
Petrobras regaining Norwegian trust
Oslo: Norwegian financial intuition GIEK, who financed Skandi Africa, the ship that was awarded Ship of the Year 2015 at…
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Europe
Shipping’s borderless trend
Oslo: Geographical and market boundaries are becoming less important than multi-discipline knowledge, delegates attending the conference on the second day…
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Bunkering
Russia’s first three LNG bunkering tankers ordered
Moscow: LNG-Gorskaya is eying an LNG plant near Saint-Petersburg and is spending on new bunkering tankers. LNG-Gorskaya has inked a…
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Europe
Sanctions are still a minefield for trade with Iran and Russia
Oslo: Midday at the Nor-Shipping conference on Monday saw a high-calibre line-up of panellists discussing navigating the minefield of international trade…
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Europe
It’s not just trade flows that will change shipping, Nor-Shipping hears
Oslo: A mix of geopolitics, regulatory pressure, innovation and business issues were discussed at the Nor-Shipping conference on Monday by a…
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Europe
DOF Subsea sells vessel, extends another contract
Oslo: A subsidiary of DOF Subsea has entered into an agreement with Technip for the sale of DOF Subsea’s ownership in…
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Americas
Teekay Offshore to spend $365m on three shuttle tankers
Oslo: Teekay Offshore Partners has entered into new long-term contracts with a consortium of energy companies to provide shuttle tanker services for…
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Containers
Delphis goes for panamax boxship pair
Oslo: Compagnie Maritime Belge’s (CMB) container unit Delphis has bought the Santa Regula and its twin, Santa Regina from German owner…
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Europe
Höegh LNG to build up to nine FSRUs
Oslo: Oslo-listed Höegh LNG has ordered eight floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), South Korea,…
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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd readies to join the 20,000 teu club
Hamburg: Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd looks set to join G6 alliance members OOCL and MOL in ordering a series of 20,000 teu…
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