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Americas
Japanese authorities investigating deadly ship collision that killed seven US Navy personnel
Japanese authorities are now investigating how an NYK chartered boxship slammed into the side of a US Navy destroyer over…
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Europe
Georgiopoulos ousted as chairman of Aegean
Shareholders have ousted Peter Georgiopoulos as chairman of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network. The Greek shipping tycoon is still the largest…
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Asia
Hyundai Merchant Marine sells product pair
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has sold a pair of pump room MR product tankers for $10.5m each. The sister ships…
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Tankers
Winson bags cheap vintage VLCC
DS Tankers has sold its 1999-built VLCC to Winson Oil for $16.5m. Clarkson Research notes in its most recent weekly…
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Americas
LA and Long Beach brace for another truckers strike
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are bracing for yet another truckers strike on Monday. The Los Angeles…
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Asia
Asian Exim banks throwing good money after bad
Throwing good money after bad – that does seem to be the modus operandi of arguably the two most powerful…
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Europe
Odfjell takes five chemical resales for $200m and forms new pool with Georgiopoulos
Odfjell has signed a term sheet with Peter Georgiopoulos ‘s Chemical Transportation Group (CTG), to buy the last five of…
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Americas
Cosco diverting cargo to less environmentally stringent Long Beach, LA port boss claims
Cosco Shipping is diverting cargo away from the Port of Los Angeles to nearby rival Long Beach because of more…
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Europe
Maersk Oil IPO on the cards
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk will list its oil business in the coming months but has ditched plans to list other smaller…
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Middle East
Qatar fixes regular direct calls with India
Qatar continues to strike new shipping arrangements in the wake of its sudden diplomatic isolation. With many Arab countries cutting…
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Greater China
Regulations needed because of ‘bad apples’ within the industry: Sabrina Chao
Sabrina Chao has hit out at “bad apples” within shipping that need to be targeted by legislation. Interviewed for the…
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Asia
Statoil and Astomos studying the potential of LPG as a marine fuel
Could LPG make a late bid in the running as the next marine fuel? Two very big names in the…
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Asia
Korean government in dialogue with Hyundai Heavy to keep Gunsan yard open
The Korean government is looking into the closure of Hyundai Heavy’s Gunsan yard, trying to find a solution to keep…
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Asia
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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Europe
Vitol ups stake in Latvian Shipping Company to 70%
A Dutch subsidiary of energy giant Vitol has bought some 39m shares, equivalent to 19.62% of the total voting capital…
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Americas
Charleston terminal reopens after suspected dirty bomb threat is lifted
A bomb threat at a top port in South Carolina is over. At approximately 20.00 hrs on Wednesday authorities were made…
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Europe
Vroon maintains it is close to sealing deal with lenders
In the wake of disparaging comments carried in the mainstream media Vroon Group has insisted it is on track to…
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Europe
Songa Bulk spends $28.5m on 2010-built cape
Songa Bulk has bought a 2010-built capesize, adding to its fast growing fleet. Sources tell Splash the unnamed cape was…
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Asia
New Delhi mulls SCI stake sale
Shares of Shipping Corporation of India leapt today after a government think-tank suggested another 26% of the nation’s flag carrier…
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Europe
‘Like white sheep ready for slaughter’: The suicidal plight of crew detained in Angola
The NGO Human Rights At Sea (HRAS) has issued a shocking 18-page report on the plight of the suicidal former…
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