Asia
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Call to revive Sri Lanka’s flagship carrier
A call has been made for Sri Lanka’s flagship carrier to move more wholeheartedly back into the container business. The…
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Indian crew paid as little as $105 a month go on hunger strike
Hundreds of seafarers have been on hunger strike at several ports across India since the start of the week demanding…
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McDermott and Baker Hughes score Myanmar subsea contract
McDermott International and Baker Hughes, a GE company, have been awarded a contract by Posco Daewoo for phase two of…
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Alam Maritim scores $56m worth of new contracts
Malaysian offshore service provider Alam Maritim has been awarded a series of new offshore vessel contracts worth a total of…
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Hadjipateras turns fire on BW LPG
In the ongoing back and forth between top management at acquisitive BW LPG and its target Dorian LPG, John Hadjipateras…
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Keppel strikes back at supplier over legal dispute
Singapore’s Viking Offshore & Marine has accused government-backed shipbuilding conglomerate Keppel Offshore and Marine of not acting within its own…
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BW LPG eyes dual fuel retrofits
BW LPG, in the midst of a protracted takeover bid of rival Dorian LPG, is looking to take a leaf…
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Total commits to LNG bunker supplies in Singapore
Total and state-backed Pavilion Energy, through their subsidiaries Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions and Pavilion Gas, have signed heads of…
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Crack found on Shreyas boxship after major fire
A crack has been found on the upper deck of Shreyas Shipping’s containership , which caught fire near Kolkata of…
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BW LPG presses Dorian board to discuss takeover bid
BW LPG has not given up in its pursuit of rival Dorian LPG. In May, the Andreas Sohmen-Pao-led gas vehicle…
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Japan looks to the WTO to fix shipbuilding row with South Korea
Not for the first time Japan is contemplating turning towards the World Trade Organization (WTO) to resolve a longstanding bitter…
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Korea Shipping Corporation orders bulker pair at Dae Sun Shipbuilding
Korea Shipping Corporation has signed shipbuilding contract with domestic yard ordered Dae Sun Shipbuilding for the construction of two 19,500…
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Icon Offshore utility vessel contracted to Hess
Malaysia’s Icon Offshore has been awarded a contract by Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia to provide a utility vessel to…
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Temile orders LPG carrier at Hyundai Mipo
Temile Development, a Nigerian engineering and transportation company, has placed an order at South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for the…
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Hanoi approves Vinalines IPO
The Vietnamese government has approved the IPO plans of state-run Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) as part of its efforts…
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Tan Binh back in buying mode
Vietnamese bulker player Tan Binh is back after an 18-month hiatus from its last buying binge. The handysize specialist was…
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MOL to provide Hong Kong with an FSRU
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into a preliminary agreement to supply a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU),…
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Hyundai Heavy runs out of offshore work
South Korean shipbuilding major Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced that it will suspend work at its offshore facility in…
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Korea’s largest steel mill gets shipping partners to install scrubbers
Korea, Inc has thrown its weight behind scrubbers. In a significant move, POSCO, one of the top five steel mills…
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Sungdong Shipbuilding seeks new owners
Sungdong Shipbuilding, once one of the world’s ten largest shipbuilders, has set out to seek new owners. The bankruptcy department…
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