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Singapore Port launches co-funding grant for new LNG-fuelled ships
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has set aside S$12m ($8.4m) from its Maritime Innovation & Technology Fund…
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NEPA Projects launches Indonesian coal shipping venture
Hong Kong’s NEPA Projects and Investments, through its Global Maritime Services business, will provide a range of commercial shipping services…
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Daiichi Chuo seeks US court protection
Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha has sought bankruptcy protection in the US as well as at home in Japan, it emerged…
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Shell to axe 1,300 jobs in Malaysia
Shell Malaysia said in a statement yesterday that it will be commencing a transformation programme for its upstream division which…
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K Line fixes another VLGC with Gyxis
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has reached an agreement with fellow Japanese firm Gyxis Corporation to enter into a time…
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BW back at DSME for LNG pair
South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has confirmed that Singapore’s BW Group has signed for two 173,400…
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Bangladesh Shipping Corp signs for 3 tankers
State-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation has signed a much telegraphed deal for three 50,000 dwt tankers. Brokers put the price of…
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MES pays €164m for German gas tech firm
Some of the biggest names in Japanese shipbuilding are nailing their colours to the mast of gas carriers. With China…
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Namsung takes two more boxships at Hyundai Mipo
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard will build two feeder boxships for fellow South Korean firm Namsung Shipping. The 1,600 teu ships will…
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Cochin Shipyard to expand
India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is to expand. The shipbuilder has announced plans to build a new large drydock as…
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Two Gujarat shipbreakers deemed HK Convention-compliant
In a big boost to India’s green shipbreaking credentials two recycling yards have been deemed by Japanese class society ClassNK…
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Daiichi Chuo files for bankruptcy
As first reported by Splash last week, Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha, Japan’s fifth largest shipping line, has filed for bankruptcy,…
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Chiyoda and Ezra move closer
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings’s proposed subsea services joint venture with Japan’s Chiyoda Corporation has moved a step closer with a binding…
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Nissen Kaiun sells its best cape
Several brokers report that the Japanese bulker specialist Nissen Kaiun has shed one of its best capesizes. The one-year-old Japanese…
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Mitsubishi Heavy streamlines Nagasaki operations
One of Japan’s most prestigious shipyards has outlined plans for the future of its Nagasaki operations, a move that will…
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Wisdom takes Namura handies
Ordering counter cyclically Taiwan’s Wisdom Marine is back in Japan for a pair of 34,000 dwt bulkers at Namura Shipbuilding.…
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Nikko Kisen sells cape
Several broking sources report Kobe-headquartered bulker specialist Nikko Kisen has just offloaded its oldest cape, the nine-year-old 177,656 dwt, Shagang…
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Singapore deputy PM outlines recruitment packages at record-breaking SSA dinner
Teo Chee Hean, Singapore’s deputy prime minister, received a rousing round of applause last night when announcing a further raft…
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Jumeirah Offshore orders two diving support vessels at Huangpu Wenchong
Singapore-based Jumeirah Offshore has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC-affiliated Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard for the construction of one diving support vessel…
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EMAS Offshore appoints new CEO
Offshore services provider EMAS Offshore has announced that it has appointed Adarash Kumar as its new chief executive officer, effective…
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