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Great Eastern Shipping sells ageing VLGC
India’s Great Eastern Shipping Company has announced the sale of 1994-built VLGC to an unnamed buyer. Great Eastern did not…
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Manila broadens discussions with overseas firms to acquire bust Hanjin Subic
Authorities in the Philippines are determined to give Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil) every chance of surviving, with…
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Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade
The voyage data recorder (VDR) – shipping’s black box – could become a blockchain box with news from Singapore of…
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BW completes Hafnia merger
BW Tankers has competed its merger with Denmark’s Hafnia Tankers, creating a company with the world’s largest product tanker fleet.…
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Oshima markets rare 2019 bulker resale
Oshima Shipyard is marketing a 60,000 dwt bulker for resale. The Japanese bulker specialist has a 2019 ship for delivery…
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Barakah Offshore secures offshore contract from Petrofac
Malaysian offshore service provider Barakah Offshore Petroleum has won a five-year contract from Petrofac for work offshore Malaysia. The five-year…
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Duterte receptive to idea of nationalising Hanjin Subic
All options are being considered by the Philippine government as it scrambles to save its largest shipyard. Hanjin Heavy Industries…
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SDTR Marine signs for 10 post-panamax bulkers at DSIC
Singapore-based shipping company SDTR Marine and AVIC Leasing have signed shipbuilding contracts with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry for the construction of…
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Stena and Hyundai Glovis to form car carrier joint venture
Stena Rederi, a shipping unit of Swedish shipping group Stena AB, and Glovis Europe, Hyundai Glovis’ German subsidiary, have filed…
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Cosco readies first overseas yard with Hanjin Subic bid
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) was officially put into receivership yesterday by the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court (RTC)…
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Maersk Honam cut in two and will be shipped to Hyundai Heavy to be rebuilt
The 15,262 teu Maersk Honam is expected to be back in service in the second half of this year following…
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L&T Hydrocarbon and Subsea 7 secure another EPCI order from Saudi Aramco
Indian offshore engineering firm L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, in consortium with Subsea 7, has been awarded yet another EPCI project by…
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Sohmen-Pao channels Bill Gates in warning of changes ahead
Speaking last night at the New Year cocktail for the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF), Andreas Sohmen-Pao, the boss of BW,…
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ST Engineering wins $414m worth of contracts
Singapore’s ST Engineering has announced that its marine arm has won S$560m ($414m) worth of new contracts in the last…
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Tristar returns to Hyundai Mipo for six product tankers
UAE-based Tristar Transport has placed an order at South Korean yard Hyundai Mipo for the construction of six 25,000 dwt…
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Campaign launched to get Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to intervene in horrific crew abandonment case
A campaign has been launched on change.org to put pressure on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of…
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Pertamina tanker slams into side of pipelay vessel anchored off Bintan
Hong Kong flagged 2002-built product tanker T-boned 2012-built pipelay vessel Star Centurion east of the Singapore Strait entrance around 10…
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Two Chinese shipbuilders keen to take over Hanjin Subic
Two unidentified Chinese shipbuilding groups have expressed an interest in taking over the bust Philippine yard belonging to Hanjin Heavy…
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Aulac Fortune to be towed away
Rescuers boarded the product tanker after the fire onboard the vessel was completely put out in a bid to find…
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South Korean LPG tanker leaks gas at Dongying Port
The 1998-built South Korean LPG tanker leaked gas at China’s Dongying Port on Saturday. According to local reports, the gas…
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