Asia
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‘Human capital is the key enabler for the future of maritime Singapore’
Extra money is being spent in the Lion City to develop interest in maritime careers, but more is needed. Teo…
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North Atlantic Drilling looks to delay rig at Sembcorp
North Atlantic Drilling, the majority owned subsidiary of John Fredriksen-controlled Seadrill, has revealed in it’s third quarter report that it…
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Icon Offshore charters PSV for work in offshore Borneo
Borneo Seaoffshore has today signed a letter of award worth RM 51m ($12m) to charter a deepwater platform supply vessel from…
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Marco Polo starts legal proceedings against PPL Shipyard over cracked rig
Marco Polo (MP) Drilling has initiated legal proceedings against PPL Shipyard, which has declined to give its client a refund…
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Pelindo II outlines port development plans for 2016
State port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo II) will build two new ports next year and upgrade Cirebon Port in…
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From pirate’s nest to free port
Celebrating 50 years since the founding of the republic, award-winning author Paul French writes exclusively for Splash on the history…
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Sungdong sells cape to Zodiac
Zodiac Maritime Agencies stays active in sniffing out opportunities. This time, brokers report that the Eyal Ofer-chaired outfit has been…
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UMW Offshore Drilling to supply jack-up rig to SapuraKencana
UMW Offshore Drilling has won a contract to provide a jack-up drilling rig and associated services to SapuraKencana Energy Peninsula…
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NOL’s shares soar on back of CMA CGM deal
The share price of Neptune Orient Lines had leapt 5.8% by 14.00 hrs today on the back of news over…
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Singapore’s value proposition
Singapore’s shipping community debates whether the city-state is pricing itself out of the market. In compiling Splash’s annual Singapore magazine…
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Safe Lanes Consultants: Servicing the needs of owners and seafarers alike
Singapore: Captain Rachit Jain is quite an entrepreneur with a keen eye for what both seafarers and owners need. The…
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Malaysia detains three tankers over illegal fuel transfers
Three tankers were detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) for illegal ship-to-ship transfer of marine fuel oil (MFO)…
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KS Energy wins new jack-up rig contract in Indonesia
Singapore’s KS Energy and its Indonesian subsidiary, PT Atlantic Oilfield Services, have won a contract for jack-up rig KS Java…
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CMA CGM moves into pole position for NOL with exclusivity agreement
The race between CMA CGM and Maersk for the acquisition of Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) looks to have been won…
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Indonesia bans ship carrying nuclear waste
The government of Indonesia plans to close its national waters to an approaching vessel carrying nuclear waste because it fears…
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SPP urges South Korean president to save yard
Since imperiled SPP Shipbuilding’s urgent plea to its creditor to issue refund guarantees has fallen on deaf ears, management have…
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Harsh winters tend to follow Indian summers
The fall in the price of oil has hammered Singapore’s top two shipyards leading some to speculate merger is the…
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Cosco confirms Chandris’ kamsarmax to aframax swap
Cosco Dalian shipyard has confirmed that Greece’s Chandris has cancelled one of its two 82,000-dwt bulk carriers on order and…
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800 staff face the axe at troubled STX yard
Financially troubled STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX O&S) will slash 800 staff, roughly 30% of its approximate 2,600 workforce, as…
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Bladerunner vision
Singapore’s new terminal in Tuas will be revolutionary in its use of technology. Fifteen years from now Singapore’s port sound…
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