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Eastern Pacific behind new Singapore maritime tech accelerator

February 1st, 20190 Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping and startup specialists Techstars have launched a shipping startup accelerator in Singapore. The EPS MaritimeTech Accelerator...

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Mandarins arrive in Singapore ahead of Lunar New Year thanks to landmark blockchain shipment

February 1st, 20190 Ahead of next week’s Chinese New Year, Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) has used an electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) built on the IBM Blockchain...

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Kawasaki Heavy Industry unveils LNG-powered bulker design

February 1st, 20190 Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industry has completed the development of a design for a 200,000 dwt bulk carrier powered by LNG. According to Kawasaki, the ship,...

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Norden seals 10-year COA with Sembcorp Energy India

February 1st, 20190 Danish shipowner and operator Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN has signed a 10-year contract of affreightment with utility firm Sembcorp Energy India. Commencing April 1,...

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Saipem awarded new FEED contract in Vietnam

January 31st, 20190 Saipem’s XsightSIGHT division has been awarded a new onshore-offshore contract for the Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) project by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production...

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Hyundai Heavy given go-ahead to take over DSME

January 31st, 20190 The state-run Korea Development Bank, the largest shareholder of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), has signed a conditional deal with Hyundai Heavy...

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NAT and Sinokor branded shipping’s worst ‘corporate dumpers’ for their scrapping decisions

January 31st, 20193 Sinokor and Nordic American Tankers have been branded the world’s worst two “corporate dumpers” for their ship scrapping decisions last year. According to new...

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Sinokor puts another ageing VLCC in the shop window

January 31st, 20190 Sinokor is in the market for second time this year, offloading a 2004-built VLCC. This ship is the 319,000 dwt , a tanker Sinokor bought five years ago as Ardenne...

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MOL creates chief safety officer position

January 31st, 20190 Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), which has been hit by more than its fair share of accidents over the past decade has appointed a chief safety officer. The new position will...

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Asahi Tanker shows off electric ambitions

January 31st, 20190 Japan’s Asahi Tanker, along with its partner Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation Tokyo, has jointly developed a new domestic shipping tanker design which incorporates what it...

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Hyundai Heavy makes bid for DSME

January 31st, 20190 Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has confirmed it has been in discussions to buy a majority stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) from the state-run...

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Polaris Shipping to exit supramax sector as VLOCs start rolling in

January 30th, 20190 South Korea’s Polaris Shipping has put its only two supramaxes up for sale as a slew of much larger size newbuild vessels start to deliver into its fleet. Brokers...

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EA Technique settles FSO contract dispute with Amaniaga Resources

January 30th, 20190 Malaysian owner EA Technique has withdrawn its arbitration proceedings against offshore service provider Amaniaga Resources after the two parties reached a...

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South Korea in pole to win up to 60 LNG carriers from Qatar

January 29th, 20190 Qatar is readying another mammoth round of LNG carrier orders with South Korean yards in pole position. Qatar’s energy minister has outlined plans to order 60 new...

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Eastern Pacific renews effort to exit handysize segment

January 29th, 20190 Eastern Pacific has put its fleet of four handysize bulkers back into the shop window after an attempt to exit the sector last October failed, according to broking...

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Nissen Kaiun’s latest cape sale watched with interest

January 29th, 20190 Nisshin Kaiun’s ongoing fire sale continues. This time the privately owned Japanese shipping mammoth is attempting to sell its oldest cape, an eight-year-old cape...

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Seven Islands Shipping pounces for released Torm MR2

January 28th, 20190 India’s Seven Islands Shipping has forked out $8.5m to acquire Torm’s 2002-built MR2 tanker , according to Seasure Shipbroking and Advanced Shipping &...

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Stellar Daisy VDR recovered
The voyage data recorder (VDR) of the sunken very large ore carrier has been located and recovered... Feb 18th, 2019 inDry Cargo
China extends import restrictions on Australian coal
Adding to dry bulk’s woes, China is believed to have imposed import restrictions for Australian... Feb 18th, 2019 inDry Cargo
Sterile living conditions onboard make hospitals look attractive: Mission To Seafarers
The Mission To Seafarers has hit out at today’s accommodation blocks, suggesting the sterile... Feb 18th, 2019 inOperations
Cosco ordering 16 newcastlemaxes for bauxite shipping project with Chalco
Chinese state-run shipping giant Cosco is ordering up to 30 newcastlemax bulk carriers at domestic... Feb 15th, 2019 inDry Cargo
Chopped up Maersk Honam in transit
Maersk has issued photos of the chopped up which is now bound from Dubai to be rebuilt at Hyundai... Feb 15th, 2019 inContainers

Ruben Brothers offer for RBD Armatori sees fleet auction cancelled

SSY slashes dry bulk trade forecasts as uncertainties grow

Cobelfret returns to dry bulk buying with Japanese post-panamax deal

MOL Chemical Tankers takes a 20% stake in Den Hartogh

Vale temporarily shuts down Malaysia distribution centre after fire

Laker in winter layup catches fire

Stellar Daisy located

ExxonMobil takes option on Rowan drillship

Bahri clarifies position on Venezuela-bound tanker

Shelf Drilling secures jackup extension from Chevron

Data is the new container: DP World

Milaha starts first direct Europe boxship calls

Stellar Daisy VDR recovered

Tanker owners risk being elbowed out of Korea’s top yards as huge LNG order hoves into view

MOL Chemical Tankers takes a 20% stake in Den Hartogh

Valles back in Japan for an aframax

China extends import restrictions on Australian coal

Valles back in Japan for an aframax

CSC Phoenix parent goes into liquidation

Cosco ordering 16 newcastlemaxes for bauxite shipping project with Chalco

Ezra Holdings subsidiary to be wound up