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Fire ravaged New Diamond VLCC set to discharge cargo at Kandla port
The burnt VLCC will discharge its cargo at an offshore oil terminal at Kandla Port Trust rather than its intended…
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Bumi Armada secures contracts from ONGC
Malaysian offshore service provider Bumi Armada has secured two contracts from India’s state-owned oil company ONGC for works to support the…
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O K Lim charged for forgery again
The founder of Singapore oil trading company Hin Leong was charged in court on Friday for the second time with…
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Consort Bunkers linked to Xihe tankers
Singapore’s Consort Bunkers has acquired two small clean product tanker from financially troubled Xihe Group, according to brokers. Both Advanced…
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Trafigura submits its own carbon levy plan to IMO
Multinational commodity trading company Trafigura has detailed its own ideas of how a carbon levy might work for the shipping…
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China, South Korea and Taiwan join search for missing livestock carrier crew
China, Taiwan and South Korea have joined the search and rescue operations for 40 missing crew from livestock carrier at…
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NYK seals landmark shipbuilding contract guaranteeing propulsion in actual sea conditions
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has signed an agreement with major shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) to introduce a new…
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POSH secures accommodation vessel charters from Petrobras
Singapore-based offshore marine service provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH), has secured a contract from Petrobras for the long-term charter…
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Japan’s great shipbuilding joint venture put on hold
Japan’s two largest shipbuilders, Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United, will postpone their plan to establish a joint venture due…
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Ammonia-fuelled aframax project passes key milestone
A keenly watched ammonia-fuelled aframax project in South Korea has passed another hurdle today with the possibility that this new…
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Nordic American Tankers orders suezmax pair at Samsung
Herbjorn Hansson-led Nordic American Tankers (NAT) has signed newbuilding contracts with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries for two suezmax tankers.…
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ClassNK close to returning to the top
Japan’s ClassNK, also known by its full name, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, is closing back in on the top spot in…
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HMM shows off its new fleet control centre
South Korean flagship carrier HMM has unveiled its new Fleet Control Centre at the company’s R&D hub in Busan. The…
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PIL slides out of the top 10 liner list
Embattled Pacific International Lines (PIL) of Singapore has slid out of the top 10 global liner rankings with further sales…
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Why the IMO should move its HQ from London to Singapore
There is a variant of Parkinson’s Law which says that once an organisation builds itself a grand headquarters it is…
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Omegra Shipping: Higher risk levels returning to dry bulk
Dry bulk shipping ought to prepare for a long period of higher risk levels, warns the chief operating officer of…
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Keppel Offshore & Marine seals pair of new contracts
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has clinched a pair of contracts worth a total of around S$200m ($146.9m) via Keppel…
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Santoku Senpaku adds ultramax pair at DACKS
Japanese owner Santoku Senpaku has returned to Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) for the order of two ultramax bulk carriers.…
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Eastern Pacific confirms newcastlemax order for BHP charter
Idan Ofer’s Singapore-headquartered Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has placed orders with two Chinese yards for the construction of a total…
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Mermaid and Meindo form transport, installation and decommissioning JV
Thai subsea firm Mermaid Maritime has set up a joint venture with Meitech Offshore Engineering, providing Mermaid with access to…
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