Americas
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3D printed ships move a step closer
A 3D printed ship moved a step closer yesterday. Shares in New York-listed 3D Systems rocketed on news it has…
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Japanese line fined $1m in the US
Japan’s Nitta Kisen Kaisha has been fined $1m by the US Department of Justice after one of its ships was…
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McDermott and CB&I complete merger
McDermott International and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I) have completed a $6bn merger, despite unwanted interest in McDermott from…
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Venezuela fixes shipping service fees in euros and its virtual currency Petro
Venezuela has fixed the price of shipping fees for services rendered to international vessels in euros or the virtual currency…
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Panama Canal increases neopanamax slots to eight per day
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has added an extra reservation slot to its neopanamax locks, making the total eight per…
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Genco secures $460m refinancing
US bulker owner Genco Shipping & Trading has entered into a commitment letter for a five-year $460m senior secured credit…
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McDermott wins Lucius tieback contract from Anadarko
McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for subsea umbilical and flowline installation to support a…
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Curacao faces potential crisis because of ConocoPhillips and PDVSA dispute
The Prime Minister of Curacao says the Caribbean island could suffer great economic damage if it continues to be the…
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US withdrawal from Iran deal will see sanctions reimposed on Iranian ports and shipping
Tuesday’s decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will have ramifications for…
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Trade war between China and the US could hit 2.5% of global box trade
BIMCO’s president Anastasios Papagiannopoulos has called for China and the US to hold off from a trade war as data…
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SMT Shipping and CSL form cement shipping jv
Cyprus-based bulk shipping operator SMT Shipping and Canadian owner CSL Group have entered into an agreement for CSL to acquire…
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Junior officer pleads guilty to dereliction of duty in USS Fitzgerald collision
A junior naval officer on Tuesday pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty for her role in last year’s multiple-fatality collision…
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All systems go for Elon Musk’s SpaceX at the Port of Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council yesterday approved a lease agreement for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build rockets capable of interplanetary…
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Jumbo awarded Vito installation contract by Shell
Dutch shipping and offshore firm Jumbo has been awarded the installation contract for Shell’s deep-water Vito development in the US…
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Another Hapag-Lloyd prang caught on video
Hapag-Lloyd is investigating another embarrassing boxship prang caught on social media. The one-year-old, 10,500 teu collided with three ferries while…
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ConocoPhillips seeks control of PDVSA offshore oil assets as it pursues arbitration award
Houston-based multinational energy corporation ConocoPhillips is asking a court in the Dutch Antilles to give it control of offshore facilities…
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New York state requests exemption from expanded offshore drilling plan
New York’s governor announced on Monday that it has joined the growing list of states to have requested an exemption…
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President Trump says Soo Locks improvements a priority
US President Donald Trump has declared that he wants to see investments made to improve the Soo Locks, which link…
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Dorian LPG plans upgraded gas-powered VLGCs
New York-listed gas carrier operator Dorian LPG is planing to retrofit up to ten VLGCs to utilise LPG as a…
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Grounded Wah Kwong bulker disrupts traffic around Rosario port
A bulker carting a cargo of soybean meal was grounded on Argentina’s Parana River causing disruption to the grains hub…
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