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Greater China
CSC Phoenix acquiring two bulkers
Chinese domestic bulk shipping operator CSC Phoenix has announced a plan to acquire two 50,000 dwt bulk carriers. CSC Phoenix…
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Greater China
Seacosco takes over six resale PSVs from Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry
Seacosco Offshore, a joint venture formed by China Cosco Shipping and offshore operator Seacor Marine Holdings, has acquired six resale…
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Europe
EDT and URS partner on subsea work
Cyprus-based EDT Ship Management and Scottish company Utility ROV Services (URS) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on subsea…
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Europe
Amurskaya Neftebaza orders tanker at Dajin Heavy Industry
Russian oil product supplier Amurskaya Neftebaza has placed an order at China’s Dajin Heavy Industry, a subsidiary yard of Shanghai…
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Europe
Bibby Offshore and Rever Offshore to merge
Fara Holdco, owners of UK offshore service company Bibby Offshore, has announced a merger with Norway’s Rever Offshore. Rever Offshore…
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Asia
Detained Varun Shipping tanker sold at auction
Shanghai Maritime Court has sold the 1997-built aframax tanker via an online auction on Taobao. The vessel was abandoned by…
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Greater China
Court freezes Dandong Port’s assets
Dandong Intermediate People’s Court has ruled to freeze RMB4.893bn ($773m) worth of assets owned by Dandong Port at the request…
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Europe
MPC Container Ships buys five boxships from Simatech
German feeder boxships operator MPC Container Ships has announced the acquisition of a fleet of five boxships from Dubai-based Simatech…
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Middle East
KOTC orders VLCC at Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry
State-owned Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) has signed a shipbuilding contract with China’s CSIC-affiliated Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for the…
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Asia
Korea Line confirms VLCC order at Hyundai Heavy
South Korean shipping firm Korea Line has officially placed an order at compatriot yard Hyundai Heavy Industries for the construction…
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Europe
Seatrade fined for toxic ship scrapping
The Rotterdam District Court sentenced Dutch shipping company Seatrade for breaking the EU Waste Shipment Regulation by illegally export vessels…
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Asia
DSME secures orders for LNG carrier pair
South Korean shipbuilding major Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has announced today that it has secured a deal for…
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Containers
Weekly Broker: Red-hot feeder boxship charter market spurs buying spree
The red-hot charter market for feeder boxships is seeing a number of box operators scramble to buy up tonnage as…
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Americas
Seaspan adds 18 boxships with $380m GCI deal
Canada’s Seaspan has acquired the remaining 89% equity interest of Greater China Intermodal Investments (GCI) from affiliates of The Carlyle…
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Europe
Ship Finance International snaps up 15 vintage boxships
John Fredriksen’s Ship Finance International (SFL) has agreed to acquire a fleet of 15 feedermax boxships, ranging from 1,100 teu…
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Asia
Asian Bulk Logistics plans to develop global bulk shipping fleet
Asian Bulk Logistics, a Jakarta-based integrated logistics and transportation service provider for the mining and commodities industry, has launched a…
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Europe
Bibby Offshore secures offshore contract hat-trick
Bibby Offshore has secured three major contracts from an unnamed oil and gas supermajor. The initial contract will see Bibby…
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Europe
Ningbo Marine initiates restructuring
Chinese bulker owner Ningbo Marine has announced a major restructuring plan in which it will acquire all the shipping assets…
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Europe
BW Offshore awarded FPSO extension by Petrobras
BW Offshore has received notice from Petrobras exercising a one-year extension of the contracts relating to the . BW Offshore…
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Europe
Wood secures Senegal contracts from Woodside
UK-based Wood has been awarded three contracts by Australia’s Woodside to perform subsea and flow assurance studies in Senegal supporting…
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