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Berge Bulk scales up with Matterhorn purchase
Berge Bulk is revealed as the taker of the eight year old cape, , a Dalian-built ship reported sold at…
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H-Line takes another modern cape
Hsin Chien Marine is the second Taiwanese owner in the past fortnight to be offloading relative modern bulkers. Over the…
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Meghna orders ultramax pair at Taizhou Sanfu
Bangladeshi owner Meghna Marine has placed an order at China’s Taizhou Shipbuilding for the construction of a 64,000dwt ultramax bulker,…
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Hyundai Merchant Marine exits the transatlantic trades
South Korean shipping major Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is exiting from the transatlantic container trades by terminating service of two…
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OSERV: The complete cyber damage limitation service
OSERV, a part of OSM Maritime Group focusing on supply chain management and value-added services, has geared up to offer…
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International Chamber of Shipping: Two more years under Esben Poulsson
“You’re either mad or a masochist,” Maritime CEO fires in with our first question to the newly re-elected chairman of…
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India relaxes cabotage laws
India is finally relenting to calls from global containerlines, and will ease its cabotage rules. The government has decreed that…
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Novel Singapore container haulage start-up emerges
Singapore’s home-grown container haulage start-up Haulio has raised S$1m ($745,000) in seed round investment, led by PSA unboXed together with…
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Yasa Shipping orders tanker quartet at Hyundai Mipo
Turkish shipowner Yasa Holding is said to have placed an order at South Korean yard Hyundai Mipo for the construction…
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Car carrier fire under control
At around 0100 hours Korean time this morning the main fire on the car carrier was finally extinguished although the…
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Essar Shipping to dispose of older vessels
India’s Essar Shipping has passed a resolution to sell off its older vessels as part of the company’s fleet renewal…
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Major fire rips through car carrier docked at Incheon
Hundreds of emergency workers rushed to Incheon port on the west coast of South Korea this morning after a major…
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Nisshin Shipping adds nine ultramax bulkers at Nantong Xiangyu
Japanese owner Nisshin Shipping has placed an order at China’s Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering for the construction of up to…
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Nova Shipping adds to woodchip orderbook at Chengxi
Singapore’s Nova Shipping has returned to Chengxi Shipyard in China for four firm plus four options of woodchip carriers. The…
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Shell awards FPU construction contract to Sembcorp Marine
Shell Offshore has awarded a contract to Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters, a unit of Singapore shipbuilding group Sembcorp Marine,…
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Polaris Shipping orders capesize bulker at Waigaoqiao
South Korean owner Polaris Shipping has placed an order at China’s CSSC-affiliated Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of an 180,000…
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Pacific Radiance commences court led restructuring
Singapore offshore vessel operator Pacific Radiance has announced its intention to pursue a restructuring through the courts via a scheme…
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Oracle looks at shipping’s blockchain quest with HMM collaboration
South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has started working with California-based software company Oracle in order to move its data…
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Keppel to build LNG-powered dredger pair for Van Oord
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s Keppel Singmarine has been awarded a contract by Dutch dredging company Van Oord to build two…
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Sinokor orders up to 20 newcastlemax bulkers at Jinhai
South Korean owner Sinokor Merchant Marine has signed shipbuilding contracts with China’s Jinhai Intelligent Manufacturing, formerly Jinhai Heavy Industry, for…
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