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Hyundai Heavy wins multiple VLCC contracts
Christmas has come early for the world’s largest shipbuilder with a bumper crop of VLCC contracts just in. Allied Shipbroking…
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Maersk adding 200 tech savvy engineers in India
A.P. Moller-Maersk is hiring more than 200 engineers at its new Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru to help the world’s…
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UMW awarded ConocoPhillips Sarawak jackup contract
Malaysia’s UMW Oil & Gas Corporation has announced that subsidiary UMW Offshore Drilling has won a contract with ConocoPhillips Sarawak…
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Mitsubishi Heavy restructures shipbuilding division
One of Japan’s top shipbuilders is going through yet another restructuring. From January 1, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will create two…
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Many dead as bunker tanker collides with fishing vessel off Incheon
In the worst South Korean maritime disaster since the dreadful sinking of the Sewol in 2014 a bunker tanker collidied…
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Cosco takes another berth in Singapore
Cosco Shipping Ports is taking another berth in Singapore. The third berth at joint venture Cosco-PSA Terminal will launch next…
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Pan Ocean in for six VLOCs
Pan Ocean has sealed a series of contract of affreightments with Brazilian miner Vale and is ordering six very large…
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Sungdong on the verge of liquidation
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering from South Korea, once upon a time a top 10 yard globally, now stands on…
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Tanker trio sale sees ugly abandonment spat come to a close
An ugly impasse involving three ships managed by Singapore-headquartered Elektrans is coming to an end, with the vessels being sold…
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Pioneering VDR test brings MOL a step closer to operating ships remotely
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) said today pioneering work with a voyage data recorder (VDR) on one its ships had…
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NS United fixes VLOC deal with Vale
Japanese owner NS United Kaiun Kaisha (NSU) has fixed another deal with Brazilian miner Vale and will order a very…
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ONE’s magenta ships set to turn heads
Shipyard workers in Japan have ordered in a batch of magenta paint which will go on an NYK ship under…
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HMM denies Zodiac chartering deal
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) from South Korea has denied it has sealed a deal to take five 11,000 teu boxship…
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Shapoorji Pallonji makes first MR tanker play
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, the Indian-born Irish construction tycoon, has been linked to his first medium range tanker swoop. The reclusive…
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MOL and Marubeni team up for Kamchatka LNG transhipment project
Japan’s largest shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and compatriot trading house have today signed a memorandum of understanding in Moscow…
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ICTSI moves ahead with PNG terminals
Impacted community landowner groups in Lae in Papua New Guinea have signed an agreement with International Container Terminal Services, Inc.…
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Zodiac orders five 11,000 teu ships to go on charter to HMM
Zodiac Maritime has ordered five 11,000 teu ships for delivery in 2019. The scrubber-fitted vessels will go on time charter…
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South Korea’s antitrust watchdog throws Maersk a curveball in its pursuit of Hamburg Sud
Maersk Line’s takeover of Hamburg Sud has hit a speed-bump in South Korea where the local antitrust watchdog has demanded…
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Thoresen offloads 15-year-old open hatch bulk carrier
Thoresen Thai Agencies has announced the sale of 2002-built open hatch bulk carrier for around $5.4m. MarineTraffic data shows the…
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Seaman Guard Ohio crew acquitted
A judge in India yesterday acquitted the 35 men onboard the anti-piracy vessel of weapons charges. They were previously convicted…
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