Asia
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NYK eyes crew transfer vessel sector
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), one of Japan’s largest shipowners, has indicated its keenest to get into the crew transfer vessel…
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Ship capsizes departing from Ho Chi Minh City
A 34-year-old Mongolia-registered general cargo ship capsized yesterday as the 2,470 dwt Alica readied to set sail from Ho Chi…
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Fujairah prohibits crew changes for seafarers with recent travel to India
Fujairah has become the latest in line to ban crew change from vessels arriving from India as Covid crisis intensifies…
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Trafigura helps Braskem achieve carbon-offset naphtha shipment
Petrochemical company Braskem has collaborated with Trafigura to deliver what they believe is the first shipment of carbon-offset naphtha. Emissions…
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Tsuneishi and Mitsui E&S join forces
Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding will take a 49% stake in Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, the latest merger in the redrawing of…
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BW Offshore recycles ageing FPSO
BW Offshore is disposing of FPSO Berge Helene for environmentally safe demolition and recycling at Priya Blue shipyard in India.…
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Hyundai Heavy develops AI safety solution
The world’s first class and flag approval for an artificial intelligence-based fire monitoring system in the shipbuilding industry has been…
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Singapore bans seafarers with recent India travel history
Singapore, one of the world’s most important crew change hubs, has banned all seafarers who have been in India up…
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Sonangol splashes $137m on suezmax pair
South Korean yard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has won a KRW153bn ($137m) contract from Angola’s state-run oil company Sonangol. The…
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Vietnam’s ITC seals $7m profit from sale of bulker pair
One of Vietnam’s fastest growing owners, International Transportation and Trading Joint Stock Company (ITC Corp), is behind this week’s finest…
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Chevron and Toyota exploring hydrogen alliance
US supermajor Chevron and Japanese carmaker Toyota have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a strategic alliance to catalyse…
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CMB and Tsuneishi launch hydrogen joint venture in Japan
Belgian shipowner Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) and Tsuneishi Facilities & Craft, a business unit of Tsuneishi Group, have launched a…
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Euronav contracts Hyundai Samho to build ammonia-ready VLCCs
Belgian tanker giant Euronav has placed orders at Hyundai Samho in South Korea for two firm LNG-ready VLCCs, with an…
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Avance Gas adds two VLGCs at DSME
Norwegian VLGC pure-play owner Avance Gas has increased its newbuilding program at South Korea’s DSME from four to six 91,000…
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Four dead, nine still missing in Philippine cargo ship grounding
Four of the 20 crewmembers of the grounded cargo vessel LCT Cebu Great Ocean have been found dead along the…
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Sumitomo and Corvus Energy form maritime ESS joint venture
Japanese trading house giant Sumitomo Corporation and Norwegian energy storage systems (ESS) specialist Corvus Energy have established a Tokyo-based joint…
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MPA rolls out $90m decarbonisation fund
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has partnered up with several major industry players to boost decarbonisation efforts…
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Seven rescued, 13 missing after cargo ship runs aground in Philippines
Seven of the 20 crewmembers of LCT Cebu Great Ocean have been rescued after they went missing when the vessel…
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Shell trials hydrogen fuel cell on roro in Singapore
Shell will collaborate on a feasibility study to trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells for ships, the first of…
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20 missing after cargo ship runs aground in Philippines during super typhoon
Search and rescue operations are ongoing for 20 missing crewmembers of a vessel laden with nickel ore that ran aground…
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