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Ultra Deep Solutions seals long-term contract for newbuild DSCV
Singapore subsea specialist Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) has announce the signing a long-term contract with an unnamed EPC company for…
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Maersk forms Indian digital trucking partnership
Maersk has formed a strategic partnership with Indian digital trucking marketplace solutions startup BlackBuck to provide an online marketplace for…
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Indonesia gets back in line with sulphur cap introduction
Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation has reversed its decision to delay the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) low sulphur fuel regulations, and…
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Icon Offshore appoints new managing director
Malaysian offshore vessel operator Icon Offshore has appointed Dato Sri Hadian Hashim as the new managing director of the company. Dato…
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Hyundai Mipo celebrates landmark methanol developments
Vancouver-based methanol shipping specialist Waterfront Shipping and Swedish shipowner Marinvest today held a naming ceremony for two landmark chemical tankers…
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Sinanju readies Singapore’s first LNG dual-fuel powered bunker tanker
Sinanju Logistics Services, the tanker operating arm of Sinanju Tankers Holdings, has signed a two-year time charter agreement with ExxonMobil…
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Modec raises $1.1bn to refinance Brazilian FPSO
Japan’s Modec says that an affiliate of the company has issued a project bond in the international capital markets to…
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Nam Cheong grows vessel chartering business as shipbuilding totally dries up
Malaysia’s Nam Cheong has substantially grown its business in the offshore vessel chartering segment, helping to offset its lack of…
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PSA buys into Bangkok river terminal
PSA International’s latest investment is inland – at a river terminal in Bangkok. The Singapore terminal operator has teamed up…
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HSFO availability tightens as sulphur cap nears
With 140 days until the start of the International Maritime Organization-mandated global sulphur cap, Splash has been hearing plenty of…
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Alphaliner warns of tough second half for Asia-North Europe
Liners are bracing for a tough second half of the year with rates sliding across the board in recent weeks.…
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Johor details Bunker Island Development
Malaysia continues to develop plans to rival neighbour Singapore’s bunkering dominance. Johor Port Authority has outlined a $477 million development…
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DHT Holdings seals three-year VLCC charter
NYSE-listed DHT Holdings has sealed a three-year charter for one of its three 2012-built VLCCs. The charter, with an unnamed…
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IMC Group founder Frank Tsao dies at 94
Frank Tsao Wen-king, founder of Singapore’s IMC Group, and one of the most renowned pioneers in Asian shipping history, died…
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Tributes flood in for Asia’s shipping champion
The passing of the founder of IMC, Frank Tsao, has been greeted with a series of tributes from across the…
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SR Shipping resurfaces with supra swoop
One of South Asia’s most prolific buyers in 2016, Bangladesh’s SR Shipping has added its first ship in years. Staying…
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Deadly fire rips through Indian offshore support vessel
One person drowned and 13 others suffered burn injuries after a major fire swept through an offshore support vessel in…
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Fire erupts in six containers onboard APL Le Havre
Surveys are ongoing to assess the damage to the 10,106 teu after yet another container fire ripped through the aft…
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Djakarta Lloyd snaps up GoodBulk supramax
Indonesia’s Djakarta Lloyd has been named by brokers as the buyer of GoodBulk’s 2007-built supramax bulker . John Michael Radziwill-led…
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Modec confirmed as buyer of Euronav VLCC
Japanese FPSO operator Modec has been confirmed to be the buyer of Euronav’s 2005-built VLCC . Euronav announced the sale…
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