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Dry Cargo
China’s Ministry of Transport gives valemax verdict
Beijing: In China’s post-valemax ban era, the Ministry of Transport has released design details of new 400,000 dwt bulk carriers…
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Finance and Insurance
Contrasting fortunes for top shipowning nations
London: Statistics from UK online ship pricing vehicle VesselsValue.com show contrasting fortunes for the world’s top 10 shipping nations. The…
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Asia
South Sulawesi port development
Jakarta: Details of a new Indonesian port have been revealed, the latest in a slew of terminal developments under the…
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Americas
Overheating electrical equipment cited as cause of fire on MOL Contribution
Los Angeles: A fire broke out on the MOL Contribution yesterday evening. The ship was docked at the Port of…
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Asia
Details of Dynamic Oil Trading’s bankruptcy revealed
Singapore: Dynamic Oil Trading (Singapore), the subsidiary of bankrupt Danish firm OW Bunker, is owed $329m in gross receivables, its…
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Asia
Hijackers leave a ‘bomb’ on Thai tanker
Bangkok: In a frightening new development in the ongoing series of fuel thefts in Southeast Asian waters, a bomb has…
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Asia
Taiwanese captain in court over Great Barrier Reef transit
Newcastle: The Australian Federal Police have arrested the captain of a Taiwanese vessel carrying coal for sailing through part of…
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Asia
Su reveals another patent
Taipei: Serial shipping inventor and troubled shipowner, Nobu Su, the chairman of TMT, has registered a patent in the Republic…
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Americas
Transocean boss steps down
New York: Amid declining oil prices the man tasked with guiding Transocean through the tricky waters following the Deepwater Horizon…
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Asia
Poultry group takes over Pan Ocean
Seoul: A new dawn has crowed for one of South Korea’s largest shipping lines. Pan Ocean has been bought out…
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Asia
MOL secures E.ON contract, orders two DSME LNG carriers
Tokyo: Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), via a joint venture shipowning company with Itochu Corporation, has secured charter agreements with Germany’s…
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Africa
Do not have security guards onboard when calling Nigeria
London: The Maritime Trade and Information Sharing Centre for the Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GoG) has advised vessels transiting or visiting…
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Greater China
Uneasy holidays for many top execs as graft watchdog visits near
Beijing: For many top executives in shipping-related companies heading on their Lunar New Year holidays today, there will be an…
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Asia
Tanjung Offshore gets new CEO, and another board battle looms
Kuala Lumpur: Yesterday was another day of high drama in the unfolding battle raging at Tanjung Offshore. A new ceo…
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Asia
Do not use security guards in SE Asian waters: Skuld
Singapore: With piracy and armed robbery on the increase in Southeast Asia, P&I Club Skuld has warned shipowners to be…
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Asia
Pertamina switches tactics to save $100m in shipping costs
Jakarta: Indonesian state-run energy giant is looking to save up to $100m a year by switching its crude oil and…
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Asia
NOL’s APL Logistics forms North American rail JV
Singapore: Neptune Orient Lines’s wholly owned subsidiary, APL Logistics Transportation Management Services,, a Delaware limited liability company has entered into…
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Asia
Two more bunker traders axed by MPA
Singapore: The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker supplier and bunker craft operator licences of…
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Asia
Masterbulk turns 20
Singapore: Yesterday saw shipowner Masterbulk celebrate its 20th anniversary. Founded in Singapore as the shipowning entity for the dry bulk…
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Asia
Tan turns whistleblower as Tanjung Offshore allegations escalate
Kuala Lumpur: In the ongoing tit-for-tat over allegations of corruption at Tanjung Offshore, one of the accused has hit back…
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