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Samos Steamship snaps up Nissen Kaiun capesize for $26.2m
Greek owner Samos Steamship has acquired 2011-built capesize bulker according to brokers. The Athens-based owner, which has a history dating…
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Soechi takes Eletson gas carrier
Greek tanker outfit Eletson Gas has sold its first ship in a year, offloading its only LPG vessel built before…
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Feeder boxship brings down crane at Indonesian port
Feeder boxship defied its name yesterday, slamming into a pier and bringing down a gantry crane at Indonesia’s Semarang Port.…
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Equinor and Korean companies form consortium for floating offshore wind project
Equinor, Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and the Korean power company Korea East-West Power (EWP) have formed a consortium to…
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CMA CGM, Cosco, Hapag-Lloyd and leading ports set out to create the internet of logistics
A host of top carriers and port groups have signed up to a CargoSmart-led new association designed to come up…
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H-Line adds two LNG-fuelled capesize bulkers at Hyundai Samho
South Korean owner H-Line has placed an order at domestic yard Hyundai Samho for the construction of two LNG-powered 180,000…
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Icon Offshore secures charter extension
Malaysian offshore service provider Icon Offshore has secured a two-year contract extension from Zell Transportation for the charter of its…
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NYK orders energy-saving bulker at JMU for long-term JFE Steel charter
Japanese owner NYK has placed an order at Japan Marine United for the construction of a capesize bulker with delivery…
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Maritime Anti-Corruption Network turns its attention to India
Having carried out similar campaigns in places such as Nigeria and the Suez Canal, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is…
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China on track to overtake Japan this year as the world’s top importer of LNG
China is on track to overtake Japan this year as the world’s top importer of LNG, according to a new…
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Kmarin to order eight VLOCs at Chinese yards for Vale charters
South Korean owner Kmarin has entered into letters of intent with two Chinese yards for the construction of eight VLOCs.…
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Lecca Group comes in as Barakah Offshore white knight
Malaysian offshore service provider Barakah Offshore has proposed a regularisation plan under which the company will enter a series of…
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Nissen Kaiun takes 10 of Tsuneishi’s new handymaxes
Clarkson Research has identified Nissen Kaiun as the mystery owner to have ordered ten 42,000 dwt log-fitted handymax bulkers, split…
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Ridgebury Tankers makes tidy profit from VLCC sale to Yinson
Bob Burke-led Ridgebury Tankers has sold 2002-built VLCC to Malaysian FPSO specialist Yinson Holdings, according to brokers. Seasure Shipbroking is…
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Shelf Drilling awarded Gulf of Thailand contract by Chevron
Dubai-headquartered Shelf Drilling has secured a contract from Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production for 2008-built jackup rig . The contract…
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Singapore unaware of any specific Malacca threat
On the back of China’s Ministry of Transport raising security fears over Chinese vessels transiting the Straits of Malacca, the…
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Royal Marines storm Syria-bound VLCC
At 2am this morning British military forces in Gibraltar took control of a VLCC bound for Syria, suspected of breaching…
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Office of Sembcorp Marine subsidiary raided by Brazilian authorities
Brazilian authorities have executed a search warrant at Sembcorp Marine’s Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA) in Brazil as part of Operation…
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Hapag-Lloyd and ONE sign up to TradeLens
Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express (ONE) have signed up to TradeLens, the blockchain platform created by Maersk and IBM, bringing…
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Sinokor orders up to four aframaxes at Samsung
South Korean owner Sinokor has placed an order at domestic yard Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of up to…
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