Africa
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Noble sees drillship contract extended in Nigeria
Offshore drilling giant Noble Corporation has secured more work for its drillship offshore Nigeria. The New York and Copenhagen-listed company…
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Transocean bags new deals for drillship pair
Swiss-based offshore driller Transocean has won one new contract and one extension for two of its drillships. The first contract…
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DOF wins installation deal for Baleine FPSO and FSO
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install FPSO and FSO units for…
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Trident Energy terminates deal for Island Drilling semisub
The contract for the rig, owned by Norwegian rig owner Island Drilling, has been terminated by Trident Energy over safety…
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ADES scores contract extensions for jackup trio in Egypt
Saudi oil and gas driller Advanced Energy Services (ADES) has secured a contract extension for three of its jackup rigs…
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ExxonMobil lines up shuttle tanker newbuilds
US supermajor ExxonMobil has reserved up to four slots for shuttle tanker newbuilds in South Korea. Shipbuilding sources report Samsung…
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New shipping registers raise concerns
They are more than 9,000 km apart, in separate continents, both are landlocked, but the backwaters that are Laos and…
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Two vessels freed following Somali pirate hijackings
Two fishing vessels – one from Iran and the other from Sri Lanka – have been freed following hijackings by…
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Former Tsakos tanker reflags to Gabon
Last week Nikolas Tsakos-controlled Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) put out a release that it had offloaded a debt-free elderly suezmax…
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Top official at Transnet under investigation
The bad news keeps emanating from the headquarters of Transnet, South Africa’s under pressure state-run port operator. An investigation is…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo fares the worst in flag survey
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been named as the worst shipping flag among more than 100 registries…
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Maridive’s Emirati unit lines up $40m asset sale to settle debt
Egyptian OSV player Maridive has announced that its Emirati unit, Ocean Marine UAE, is finalising a deal to sell a…
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Sovcomflot reflags en masse to Gabon
Gabon, a small Central African nation on the Atlantic coast, was last year’s fastest-growing shipping registry. In the opening days…
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Three60 Energy wins engineering work on two BW Offshore FPSOs
Energy services company Three60 Energy has won two engineering and construction contracts with Oslo-listed floater specialist BW Offshore. Under the…
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South Africa seeks emergency external help to remedy dire situation across the nation’s ports
The dire situation at South Africa’s ports, which have some of lowest productivity levels in the world, has seen the…
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UAE cracks down on Cameroon flag
Ships flagged with Cameroon face restrictions when calling in the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates has added the Cameroon…
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Somalia strikes back at Ethiopia’s bid for Red Sea access
Landlocked Ethiopia’s bid to gain access to the Red Sea via the port of Berbera has created a predictable diplomatic…
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Bulk carrier secured after hijack attempt off Somalia
India’s navy said its commandos have secured a bulk carrier after its attempted hijack in the Arabian Sea. The Liberian-flagged…
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Bulk carrier boarded off Somalia
A Liberia-flagged bulk carrier was boarded yesterday by armed individuals while underway in waters some 460 nautical miles off Somalia.…
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Spot box rates rocket amid Red Sea shipping crisis
Drewry has published its keenly awaited first box spot rate details of the year, with the Red Sea shipping crisis…
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