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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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HJH CSL jv exercises bulker option at CSSC Chengxi

February 14th, 20190 A joint venture by Canada’s CSL group and German Hartmann family's HJH Shipmanagement has exercised an option with CSSC Chengxi Shipyard to build one 40,000 dwt...

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Diamond Offshore semi-submersible pair contracted by Shell

February 12th, 20190 Houston-headquartered offshore driller Diamond Offshore has revealed a pair of contracts for semi-submersible rigs Ocean Apex and Ocean Valiant with Shell in its latest...

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Search for Stellar Daisy starts

February 11th, 20190 US ocean exploration company Ocean Infinity has announced that it has mobilised its survey vessel from Cape Town to begin the search for VLOC Stellar Daisy. Ocean...

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Bahri clarifies position on Venezuela-bound tanker

February 11th, 20190 One of the Middle East’s largest shipping lines, National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), yesterday clarified that its tanker was not breaching the US...

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Woes continue for Vale as terminal closed by authorities

February 8th, 20190 Brazilian miner Vale continues to have an eventful start to the year, with news today that authorities have closed the company's terminal at the Tubarão complex in...

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Ken Bloch Soerensen steps down at Algoma

February 8th, 20190 Canadian dry bulk operator Algoma Central Corporation has announced that Ken Bloch Soerensen has resigned as president and CEO to spend more time with his family in...

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Sanctions on Venezuela create tanker snarl-up

February 8th, 20190 Reuters is reporting that sanctions on Venezuela are creating a sizeable tanker traffic jam off the US Gulf coast. More than 20 tankers loaded with 9.6m barrels of...

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Praestensgaard appointed NYSHEX chairman

February 7th, 20190 Jesper Praestensgaard has been appointed chairman of the New York Shipping Exchange (NSHEX) in a series of changes to the board. Praestensgaard spent 20 years at...

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TechnipFMC awarded Mero 1 contract by Petrobras

February 7th, 20190 Offshore services firm TechnipFMC has been awarded a large engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by Petrobras, on behalf of the Libra...

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Vale’s production cuts labelled a black swan moment for dry bulk shipping as BDI is chopped in half this year

February 6th, 20195 Brazilian miner Vale declared force majeure yesterday on some iron ore contracts after a court-ordered halt to a mine following a deadly dam burst on January 25 which...

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Collapsed crane removed from Evergreen boxship

February 6th, 20190 A crane that collapsed on an Evergreen boxship at the port of Vancouver has now been removed and the vessel will depart from Canada tomorrow morning. The ship, , will...

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Port of Savannah outlines 2024 expansion plans

February 6th, 20190 Georgia Ports Authority will upgrade the Port of Savannah so that the east coast facility can simultaneously handle six 14,000 teu vessels by 2024. The plan, revealed...

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Stellar Daisy VDR recovered
The voyage data recorder (VDR) of the sunken very large ore carrier has been located and recovered... Feb 18th, 2019 inDry Cargo
China extends import restrictions on Australian coal
Adding to dry bulk’s woes, China is believed to have imposed import restrictions for Australian... Feb 18th, 2019 inDry Cargo
Sterile living conditions onboard make hospitals look attractive: Mission To Seafarers
The Mission To Seafarers has hit out at today’s accommodation blocks, suggesting the sterile... Feb 18th, 2019 inOperations
Cosco ordering 16 newcastlemaxes for bauxite shipping project with Chalco
Chinese state-run shipping giant Cosco is ordering up to 30 newcastlemax bulk carriers at domestic... Feb 15th, 2019 inDry Cargo
Chopped up Maersk Honam in transit
Maersk has issued photos of the chopped up which is now bound from Dubai to be rebuilt at Hyundai... Feb 15th, 2019 inContainers

Ruben Brothers offer for RBD Armatori sees fleet auction cancelled

SSY slashes dry bulk trade forecasts as uncertainties grow

Cobelfret returns to dry bulk buying with Japanese post-panamax deal

MOL Chemical Tankers takes a 20% stake in Den Hartogh

Vale temporarily shuts down Malaysia distribution centre after fire

Laker in winter layup catches fire

Stellar Daisy located

ExxonMobil takes option on Rowan drillship

Bahri clarifies position on Venezuela-bound tanker

Shelf Drilling secures jackup extension from Chevron

Data is the new container: DP World

Milaha starts first direct Europe boxship calls

Stellar Daisy VDR recovered

Tanker owners risk being elbowed out of Korea’s top yards as huge LNG order hoves into view

MOL Chemical Tankers takes a 20% stake in Den Hartogh

Valles back in Japan for an aframax

China extends import restrictions on Australian coal

Valles back in Japan for an aframax

CSC Phoenix parent goes into liquidation

Cosco ordering 16 newcastlemaxes for bauxite shipping project with Chalco

Vale temporarily shuts down Malaysia distribution centre after fire