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Latsco orders VLGC pair at Hyundai Heavy Industries
Greek company Consolidated Marine Management (CMM) has placed an order at South Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries for the construction…
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India and Myanmar push ahead with Sittwe port development
India and Myanmar are pushing ahead with plans to jointly develop the port of Sittwe. Sitting on the Bay of…
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Calls grow for HMM to merge with SM Line
Two of South Korea’s top containerlines must merge or risk becoming the next ‘Hanjin’, according to the vice chairman of…
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Eastern Pacific exiting handysize and ultramax segments
Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping is having a notable dry bulk clear-out of its fleet. Seven smaller bulkers have been…
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BW fixes LNG carrier pair to Pavilion Energy
Singapore’s BW Group has signed an agreement with compatriot company Pavilion Energy for the long-term charter of two LNG newbuilds.…
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ABN AMRO, Samsung and Port of Rotterdam team up on container logistics blockchain technology
ABN AMRO, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Samsung SDS, the logistics and IT arm of Samsung, have joined forces…
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Sembcorp Marine awarded FPSO modification job by Teekay Offshore
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has been awarded a contract by Teekay Offshore Partners for the modification, repair and life extension of…
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Del Monte squeezes an extra pair of reefer ships out of Huangpu Wenchong
Del Monte’s shipping division Network Shipping has extended its series of fully reefer containerships at Huangpu Wenchong in China to…
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India’s largest container port seeks new pastures to expand
India’s largest container port is seeking room to expand outside of Mumbai. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is in talks…
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Eastern Pacific bags punchy $26.75m for 2016-built ultra
Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific has notched up what brokers describe as a “very good price” for an Imabari-built, two-year-old ultramax.…
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Japanese owners pile in for LPG carriers
Japanese owners Iino Kaiun Kaisha, Tabuchi Kaiun and Komaya Shipping have ordered a total of five small scale LPG carriers…
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Protests ring out at deadly Gadani
Hundreds of workers protested yesterday at the Gadani shipbreaking site in Pakistan, demanding firm action be taken to improve conditions…
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Adani and Total partner up to develop LNG terminals
India’s major infrastructure developer Adani Group and French energy giant Total have announced a partnership to develop LNG import terminals…
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ONE set for singularly awful first year with $600m loss
Carrier consolidation can prove tricky as evidenced today with news of a massive revision of projected earnings from Japan’s Ocean…
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Minsheng Financial Leasing snaps up five PIL boxships
Chinese financial leasing house Minsheng Financial Leasing has acquired five boxships from Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) in an en…
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HMM denies move to take over SM Line’s transpacific business
South Korea’s flag carrier HMM has denied rumours carried in the local press that the company is looking to take…
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MOL focuses on next chapter in its smart ship voyage
Japanese shipping major Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is teaming up with compatriots Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding and Weathernews to launch its…
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South Korea looks at Russian Far East port investment
South Korea’s oceans ministry is to conduct a feasibility study looking at developing a port in Russia’s Far East with…
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Another blaze injures seven at the world’s most dangerous shipping destination
The world’s most dangerous shipping destination has suffered another accident. Gadani, Pakistan’s main shipbreaking area, is reeling from another blaze…
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Quah Ley Hoon to replace Andrew Tan as head of Singapore’s MPA
Quah Ley Hoon had been named by Singapore’s Ministry of Transport as the new chief executive of the Maritime and…
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