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Ocean Network Express: Jeremy Nixon ready for April ONE
Neatly bookending a key chapter in his career, Maritime CEO has the last interview with Jeremy Nixon ahead of Sunday’s…
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PIL founder retires
Y C Chang, the founder of Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL), is handing the chairmanship of the company he founded…
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Splash TV: Bullish bulk outlook
Is dry bulk at another false dawn or does the much maligned sector finally have some legs? That was the…
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Korea Line ordering another pair of VLCCs
Korea Line is ordering a pair of VLCCs just days after it ordered two VLCC newbuildings at domestic yard Hyundai…
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Sinokor and Heung-A agree to merge container operations
Days ahead Japan’s big three lines merging their container shipping operations, there’s news breaking from neighbouring South Korea where two…
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Samsung Ningbo sends workers on compulsory vacation
Samsung Ningbo, the Chinese yard owned by South Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries, has implemented a compulsory vacation plan…
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TCI Seaways buys its biggest ship
India’s TCI Seaways has bought the 1,900 teu from Myanmar’s Continental Investment Holdings (CIH) for $6.2m, according to Alphaliner. The…
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Sembcorp Marine secures FPSO EPC contract from TechnipFMC
Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters, a subsidiary of Singapore shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine, has secured a contract from offshore service provider…
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Apeejay Shipping confirms panamax acquisition
Apeejay Shipping, a shipping unit of India’s Apeejay Surrendra Group, has confirmed the acquisition of a secondhand 76,602 dwt panamax…
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Talisman suspends Yinson FPSO works
Malaysian FPSO operator Yinson Holdings has announced that its joint venture company PTSC Ca Rong Do has been notified by…
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Fredriksen seeks solution for Seadrill newbuilds in Korea
Four ships that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries have nearly finished building for Seadrill could be…
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Splash TV: Shipping and offshore stuck in the 1990s
Watch as a leading name in the OSV sector hits out at shipping and offshore’s mid-1990s mindset when it comes…
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New shipbroking company launches in Singapore
Yesterday saw the launch of a new shipbroking house in Singapore. Tanker specialists Sentosa Ship Brokers, named after an island…
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Hyundai Heavy Industries in dispute with Qatar Petroleum subsidiary
South Korean shipbuilding major Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced that Barzan Gas, an affiliate of Qatar Petroleum, filed for…
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Great Eastern Shipping acquires secondhand gas carrier
India’s Great Eastern Shipping has signed a contract to buy a secondhand 36,567 cu m gas carrier. The 1996-built vessel…
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K Line offloads stake in Daito Corporation
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, (K Line) has decided to sell the assets of its subsidiary Daito Corporation. K Line said…
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Eastern Pacific tipped as buyer of Mitsubishi aframax quartet
Japan’s Diamond Tanker, part of Mitsubishi Corporation, has found a buyer for four of its aframaxes. Brokers are tipping the…
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STX workers strike against restructuring plans
Around 700 workers at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding have gone on indefinite strike in South Korea today, protesting restructuring plans.…
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Polaris rocked by another safety fault
Just ahead of the first anniversary since the high profile sinking of its VLOC Stellar Daisy, South Korea’s Polaris Shipping…
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Saipem buys Lewek Constellation
Italy’s Saipem is paying $275m to acquire , an ultra deepwater rigid and flexible pipelay, heavy lift and construction vessel.…
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