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Flexport secures $1bn in new financing

February 22nd, 20190 California-based digital forwarder Flexport yesterday announced it has secured $1bn in a funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from existing...

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CSL Group adds handymax for conversion

February 22nd, 20190 Handysize specialist CSL Group has snapped up its first ship of the year, adding a 2003-built vintage handymax, sources tell Splash. The Louis Martel-led company has...

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Shareholders approve Ensco’s acquisition of Rowan Companies

February 22nd, 20190 Shareholders of both Ensco and Rowan Companies have approved a $12bn all-stock transaction that will see the two companies combine. Rowan shareholders will receive...

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Ensco awarded series of new contracts

February 22nd, 20190 Offshore driller Ensco have secured a series of new contracts and extensions, according to the company's latest fleet status report. Semi-submersible rig Ensco 8503...

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Foremost Group orders kamsarmax pair at CSSC Chengxi

February 21st, 20190 US-based dry bulker owner Foremost Group has placed an order at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard for the construction of two 85,000 dwt kamsarmax bulk carriers. Delivery of the...

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Oceaneering awarded Trya work by Total

February 21st, 20190 Houston-based Oceaneering International has been awarded a two-year integrity management contract with Total E&P Danmark to support its redevelopment project at the...

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Canada and US shipping associations join efforts to protect the Salish Sea

February 20th, 20190 Canada's Chamber of Shipping and the US-based Pacific Merchant Shipping Association has announced their joint support for continued binational federal leadership in...

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Vale selling last three ships in owned fleet

February 20th, 20190 Brazilian miner Vale is clearing out its owned fleet by selling off its last three ships. According to shipbroking sources, the company is inviting bids for the sale...

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Keppel finds sale and leaseback solution to deliver Mexican jackup

February 20th, 20190 Keppel FELS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has fixed a sale and leaseback solution in order to deliver the jackup rig, , to...

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McDermott awarded major contracts in Malaysia

February 19th, 20190 US offshore engineering firm McDermott International has secured two major contracts in Malaysia, one from Sarawak Shell and the other from Sapura Exploration and...

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Ricaurte Vasquez appointed next Panama Canal administrator

February 19th, 20190 Ricaurte Vasquez has been tapped to become the next Panama Canal administrator. He will take over from Jorge Quijano on September 4, who will be stepping down at the end...

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Vale temporarily shuts down Malaysia distribution centre after fire

February 18th, 20190 A fire broke out at one transfer house at Brazilian miner Vale's distribution centre in Malaysia on Friday, resulting in the temporary shutdown of the facility. Vale...

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Laker in winter layup catches fire

February 18th, 20190 A team from the US Coast Guard spent Saturday night fighting a big fire aboard the self-discharging bulk carrier in Oregon, Ohio, just outside Toledo. The fire was...

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Stellar Daisy located

February 18th, 20190 The has been located six hundred and eighty-eight days after the giant VLOC sank in the south Atlantic, spurring hope to the families of the bereaved that...

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ExxonMobil takes option on Rowan drillship

February 15th, 20190 US offshore driller Rowan Companies, soon to be part of Ensco, has announced that ExxonMobil has exercised the third of four options for 2015-built drillship . The...

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Maersk fixes US East Coast fuel supplies ahead of the sulphur cap

February 14th, 20190 Maersk is getting its low sulphur fuel supplies fixed around the world as the days count down to the introduction of the global sulphur cap. The Danish carrier has...

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Rowan Companies drillship contracted to Petronas

February 14th, 20190 Houston-based offshore driller Rowan Companies has been awarded a one-well contract in Mexico by PC Carigali Mexico Operations, part of Malaysia’s Petronas, for...

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Flexport secures $1bn in new financing

CSL Group adds handymax for conversion

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ADNOC plans to add 25 vessels to fleet

UAE eases Qatari shipping ban

Shelf Drilling acquires two jackup rigs, charters another two

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HMM CEO quits

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Coles wields the axe at Wallem

China Merchants to raise $610m for newbuildings and scrubbers

Foremost Group orders kamsarmax pair at CSSC Chengxi

Zhejiang Seaport Group buys into Shanghai container terminal operator

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