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Tag Offshore abandons its only tanker with 17 crew onboard
Indian offshore service provider Tag Offshore is believed to have abandoned its 1991-built MR tanker along with its 17 crew.…
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Samsung Heavy wins $963m FPSO contract
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries is celebrating winning a huge FPSO contract worth $963m. The yard revealed in a release…
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Boskalis awarded Indonesian dredging contracts
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two contracts in Indonesia for dredging work on the islands of Sulawesi and Java.…
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Kenny Rogers walks away from Aurora Tankers
A well-known name in Singapore shipping circles has had a career change. Kenny Rogers, head of Aurora Tankers, part of…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Dry bulk hit by bad luck or something far more serious?
The first quarter for dry bulk was a “total train wreck”, but is that just down to a series of…
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Thoresen picks up Nisshin Shipping ultramax
Thailand’s Thoresen Shipping has acquired 2014-built ultramax from Nisshin Shipping for mid to high $18m, according to broking sources. The…
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Keppel Offshore & Marine scores new contracts worth $118m
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, via subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard and Keppel FELS, have secured integration and upgrading contracts worth a…
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MOL invests in six Reliance ethane carriers
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has taken its Indian energy shipping aspirations to the next level by investing in six…
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BW’s takeover of Epic Gas nears completion
BW Group’s acceptance period for its voluntary unconditional offer of Epic Gas passed yesterday with the Andreas Sohmen-Pao-led company now…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Innovative or nickel and diming?
Is shipping innovative or does it just harness technology to save a few cents here and there? That was the…
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Wilmar takes another MR
Singapore-listed conglomerate Wilmar has bought an MR tanker, taking the 45,780 dwt from Norway’s DSD Shipping for $8.65m. Wilmar is…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Scrubbers give tanker owners a commercial advantage
Scrubbers present a commercial advantage for tanker owners, maintained a majority of panellists speaking at last week’s tanker session during…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Banchero Costa on where dry bulk went wrong
Watch Ralph Leszczynski, global head of research at Banchero Costa, give his take on the dry bulk markets. Leszczynski took…
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Sinokor and Heung-A merger moves ahead
From Monday, Sinokor and Heung-A, South Korea’s fourth and fifth largest liners respectively, will merge their container services ahead of…
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Maritime CEO Forum: IMO 2020 compliance workshop
A shipmanager, a shipowner, a fuel reseller and a fuel verification expert made the perfect panel for Monday’s special IMO…
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Dong-A Tanker granted interim protection by court
The Seoul Bankruptcy Court has granted an interim protection to the financially troubled domestic owner Dong-A Tanker, following the company…
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Japan seeks foreign shipbuilding workers
The Japanese government is looking to recruit over 13,000 shipbuilding overseas workers this year, primarily from China, as part of…
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Sapura Energy scores five new contracts
Malaysia’s Sapura Energy has secured a series of new contracts for offshore services with total value of RM1.3bn ($315m). The…
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Shipping’s lost generation
We’ve schmoozed and schnarfed our way across myriad events at Singapore Maritime Week. It’s been insightful, and yet I come…
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DSME CEO appointed chairman of KOSHIPA
Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Association (KOSHIPA) has appointed Lee Sung Geun, CEO of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), as…
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