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Wan Hai orders 12 boxships at JMU
Taiwanese shipping line Wan Hai Lines has announced a plan to order twelve 3,013 teu boxships at the newly founded…
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NYK forms offshore wind partnership with OYO and Fugro
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the OYO Corporation (OYO) and Fugro to…
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KSOE develops digital twin ship technology for virtual ship testing
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries, has announced that it has developed…
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Kawasaki Heavy completes world’s first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries has announced the completion of the Kobe LH2 Terminal, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal.…
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DSME merger delayed
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has revised a contract with Korea…
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Indonesia seizes two tankers conducting Iranian oil transfer
Indonesia’s coast guard arrested the Iranian-flagged Horse and the Panamanian-flagged Freya tankers on Sunday over suspected illegal fuel transfers. The…
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Thoresen Thai buys another Scorpio ultramax
Thai owner Thoresen Thai has announced the acquisition of a 2016-built 61,144 dwt ultramax vessel. The vessel has been identified…
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Tasik Subsea DSV earns Covid-19 accreditation from ABS
Tasik Subsea’s dive support vessel has become the first vessel to receive the IDM-A (Infectious Disease Mitigation – Arrangements) Class…
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Koreans develop innovative wing-sail
Class society DNV GL has awarded an approval in principle (AIP) to Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the parent…
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DSME diversifies into offshore substations
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has entered into an agreement with compatriot power plant builder Kepco…
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MOL establishes ¥400bn venture capital fund
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s largest shipowner by fleet size, has established a ¥400bn ($38.7m) venture capital fund called MOL…
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Tanjung Offshore secures contract extension from Petronas
Malaysian offshore service provider Tanjung Offshore Services has received a contract extension from Petronas. The contract is for the provision…
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Singapore to vaccinate over 10,000 frontline maritime workers by end of month
Singapore will deliver Covid-19 vaccinations to over 10,000 maritime personnel by the end of January under its Sea – Air…
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Avance Gas orders dual fuel VLGC pair at DSME
Norwegian pure-play VLGC shipowner Avance Gas has entered into shipbuilding contracts with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)…
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Affinity acquires Grieg Shipbrokers’ dry bulk operations in Shanghai and Singapore
Richard Fulford-Smith-led broking firm Affinity has hired Grieg Shipbrokers’ teams in Shanghai and Singapore. Affinity has also confirmed that it…
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Dawei port project suffers another setback
One of Southeast Asia’s most drawn out port projects has suffered another setback. Myanmar yesterday announced it was cancelling contracts…
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Polaris completes clear-out of controversial converted ore carrier fleet
Polaris Shipping has completed its clear-out of its controversial vintage converted ore carriers. Cash buyer Best Oasis reports that the…
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Pacific Drilling seals new drillship contract with Petronas
Offshore driller Pacific Drilling has been awarded a new contract in Mexico by Petronas for 2013-built drillship . The contract…
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Frank Coles quits Wallem
Frank Coles revealed to staff today he has resigned as the CEO of Wallem Group, just over two years since…
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Fatal incident onboard BW Offshore FPSO, two dead
BW Offshore has announced that an incident occurred onboard its FPSO operating on the Espoir field offshore the Ivory Coast. The…
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