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Asia
MOL wins India coal deal
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines has signed a coal transport contract with Thermal Powertech Corporation Thermal Powertech, owned by Sembcorp Industries…
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Tankers
More than 40 VLCCs ordered in the first five months of the year
VLCC orders this year have now topped 40 units, including options, according to Fearnleys. The Norwegian broker revealed this startling…
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Asia
K Line boss sweats on his job prospects
In just over three weeks Eizo Murakami, the boss of one of the world’s largest shipping lines, will learn of…
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Operations
RPGs fired at tanker transiting Bab-Al-Mandeb Strait
The , a Marshall Islands flagged tanker, was fired on by three RPGs yesterday from three men in a skiff…
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Europe
CLdN adds more car carriers
CLdN, part of Cobelfret, has confirmed the lifting of options for an additional two 5,400 lane meter vessels from the…
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Europe
Study claims shipping can make 75% GHG cuts by 2050 using existing technology
Sleeker hulls, bigger ships, efficient operations and the use of sustainable biofuels can ensure the shipping sector radically cuts its…
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Americas
Is the future of transport magnetic?
Project leaders from two well known universities have revealed their experiences in developing magnetically-propelled transit pods for the SpaceX Hyperloop.…
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Tech
Global real-time maritime tracking service launched
Satellite AIS data services provider exactEarth has launched exactView RT powered by Harris, which it claims is the world’s first…
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Europe
Four European banks take ship recycling stance
At Nor-Shipping in Oslo yesterday, Dutch banks ABN AMRO, ING Bank and NIBC, together with the Scandinavian DNB, announced that…
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Europe
A2B-online buys its largest ship
The Anglo-Dutch intra-Europe short-sea operator A2B-online has bought its biggest ship. A2B-online has purchased the 658 teu and renamed it…
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Europe
Greece tries to lure UK-based owners and insurance firms to Piraeus post-Brexit
Greece is laying out the red carpet to try and entice UK-based owners and insurance firms to consider setting up…
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Asia
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding keen to diversify away from dry bulk
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding is looking to diversify from its core dry bulk offerings. The shipbuilder, with yards in Japan, China and…
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Asia
Posco keen to order LNG-fuelled cape
Korean steel mill Posco is in talks with local shipping lines and shipbuilders to construct an LNG-fuelled capesize. The 180,000…
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Asia
NS United to order another Japanese valemax
Japanese bulker giant NS United has signed a 25-year contract of affreightment with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal and committed…
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Asia
Japan’s big three lines christen new merged container entity Ocean Network Express
Ocean Network Express is the name Japan’s three largest shipping companies have come up with for their new merged container…
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Europe
Fredriksen turns attention away from DHT to another big VLCC operator
John Fredriksen is looking at alternative crude tanker targets having given up hope of taking over DHT Holdings. In an…
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Containers
Alphaliner revises upwards its global boxport throughput growth projections
Good news for containership owners comes from the lead article in the latest weekly report from analysts at Alphaliner, who…
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Asia
Coroner confirms foul play onboard the ‘death ship’
A Sydney coroner has finally delivered a verdict on the so-called ‘death ship’. Three men died in mysterious circumstances on…
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Asia
SM Line adds two more boxships
The quickest build up from scratch of any containerline ever continues apace with news that South Korea’s SM Line has…
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Europe
MSC signs 35-year concession agreement to develop Côte d’Ivoire terminal
MSC and San Pedro Port have signed a 35-year concession agreement for the expansion of the San Pedro Container Terminal…
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