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Containership catches fire at Manila International Container Port
A 2,742 teu containership, Cape Moreton (37,882dwt, built 2005) caught fire Saturday morning while anchored at Manila International Container Port…
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Sealink and Cakara form shipowning joint venture for OSV
Malaysia-listed Sealink International and its compatriot company Cakara Maritime today agreed to restructure and reactivate Seasten, a dormant Sealink subsidiary,…
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Evergreen orders 10 more small containerships
Taiwan’s Evergreen Group has ordered ten more 2,800-teu containerships from the Imabari shipyard in Japan, for delivery over a 12-month…
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Changes afoot for Indian ship finance
India could face a dramatic change to its ship financing landscape with the Export-Import Bank of India planning to establish…
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Hong Kong sends another delegation to Greece to tempt shipowners East
A delegation from Hong Kong plans to visit Greece in October to encourage owners and shipping companies to make a…
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Malaysian ship missing for eight days not hijacked, located by authorities
A ship that many had suspected had become the latest victim of piracy in Malaysian waters turns out to have…
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China to develop Pakistan’s first FEZ
China is set to sign a 43-year lease agreement for more than 2,000 acres of land to develop a Free…
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Japanese in for more LNG carriers
Shipping giants Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) are ordering two LNG ships each in partnership with…
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Technip wins EPIC offshore Malaysia contract from Petronas
France’s Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract by Malaysia’s Petronas. The work is for the…
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The world’s largest shipowner revealed
Who’s the world’s largest shipowner? That was the question posed to 100 people by Professor Stavros Tsolakis at the International…
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Thailand’s Department of International Trade Promotion: On the map
Bangkok: Because Thailand’s economy is driven by exports, making logistics smoother is a national priority. Thailand’s economy, as measured by…
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Polarcus awarded Shell seismic project offshore Myanmar
Dubai seismic operator Polarcus has received a letter of award from Shell Myanmar Energy for a 3D marine seismic project…
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Myanmar: Headwinds or progress?
Over the last few weeks we have seen several significant developments within Myanmar, and I thought it appropriate to give…
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IMC secures Japanese financing for Oshima quartet
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed buyer’s credit agreements worth up to $60m to fund the purchase…
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Ezra’s EMAS AMC wins project offshore Trinidad and Tobago
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings has announced that subsea division, EMAS AMC, has won a contract with Australia’s BHP Billiton for the…
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Eight workers hospitalised after blast at Chittagong shipbreaking yard
A leak in a gas cylinder led to an explosion yesterday morning at Shital Enterprise scrap yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh,…
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Japan’s largest steel producer orders nine super-capesize bulkers
Japan’s largest steel producer Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) reportedly plans to replace its fleet of chartered-in capesize…
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VLCC floating storage fixtures start sailing in
Three fixtures of VLCCs for floating storage have been confirmed so far, and more could follow as contango oil market…
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Meratus Line containership goes down in Java Sea, two missing
Indonesian containership Meratus Banjar 2 (7,761dwt, built 1998) sank yesterday morning around 10am in the Java Sea northeast of Surabaya, Indonesia.…
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PIL in for its largest boxships
Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) is back at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding ordering four firm plus four optional container vessels of 11,800…
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