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Europe
Norden plans dry bulk growth
Norden has outlined plans to grow more as an operator rather than an owner in the dry bulk market. In…
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Europe
Rash of VLCC sales
China’s HNA Group has sold the 2016-built VLCC for $60m to New Shipping. Built at Jinhai Heavy Industries in China…
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Asia
PIL makes rare boxship order
Containership orders have been almost non-existent through 2016. Nevertheless, with less than a fortnight of the year to go, Splash…
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Europe
Evalend in for trio of kamsarmax resales
Greece’s Evalend Shipping has picked up a trio of Chinese bulker resales. Having been inspected by over ten interested parties,…
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Asia
BC groups club together to provide some Xmas cheer for stranded Hanjin crew
Various bodies have clubbed together in British Columbia to try and make Christmas more bearable for 13 crewmembers stranded on…
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Europe
Prosafe pockets $1.7m from charter extension
Aker BP, formerly known as Det norske oljeselskap, has extended the charter of Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation vessel at the Ivar…
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Asia
EMAS Chiyoda Subsea defaults on Forland Shipping charter
Embattled Ezra Holdings faces another tense fight as it stands accused of failing to pay up for a charter of…
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Europe
‘Quality revolution’ among Greek fleets continues
The annual report into the Greek fleet carried by Petrofin Research shows the world’s top shipowning nation has grown this…
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Europe
ECSA hits out at EU shipping emissions plans
The Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament adopted yesterday its report on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading…
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Europe
ICTSI and DP World in the mix for Thessaloniki
Greek authorities are willing to sell off a greater chunk of the nation’s second largest port than originally planned. The…
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Asia
Koreans rally to help yards
Korea, Inc has rallied to club together to save the nation’s hard-pressed maritime sector. At a government convened meeting yesterday…
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Offshore
OSV carnage images spark frenzy
Sometimes in this game of news, pictures can sell really well. Shipping tends to be a tricky industry to source…
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Shipyards
Malawi seeks yards on its lakeshore
The landlocked southeast African nation of Malawi is looking for shipyards to set up business on the shores of its…
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Asia
ICTSI pitches Cavite terminal to help decongest Manila traffic
The Department of Transportation in Manila is studying a proposal to develop a common-user barge and roro terminal in the…
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Asia
NYK teams with KEPCO for new LNG carrier
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) of Japan has signed up for joint ownership of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with…
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Europe
Established value propositions are being redefined: Danish Ship Finance
Danish Ship Finance, the Scandinavian shipping bank, has just published its eagerly anticipated forecasts for the industry. Published twice a…
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Asia
HMM eyes new ships
South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has set up a team to start assessing where to place new ship orders…
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Americas
THE Alliance gets FMC approval
The Federal Maritime Commission in the US has now approved the creation of new container grouping THE Alliance after the…
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Asia
New Delhi approves sweeping changes to Indian ports
The Indian government yesterday approved the Major Port Authorities Act, 2016, arguably the biggest regulatory change in Indian shipping in…
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Europe
10 missing as SOCAR platform collapses in high winds
An oil platform belonging to Azerbaijan’s SOCAR has collapsed in the Caspian Sea and ten workers are missing. The accident…
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