Asia
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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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Otto Marine wins new AHTS charters
Otto Marine has announced that subsidiary, Go Marine, has won two long term anchor handling tug supply vessel charter contracts…
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India ready to simplify its dense 57-year-old Merchant Shipping Act
New Delhi is looking to make shipping less of a bureaucratic nightmare by revising and simplifying its 1958-created Merchant Shipping…
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Edelweiss assumes management control of Bharati Shipyard
Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company, part of private equity firm Edelweiss, has taken over management control of Bharati Shipyard. Edelweiss now…
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Cairn India seeks drilling contractors for projects in offshore India
Cairn India is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from contractors to provide jack-up drilling rigs and other services to its…
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Singaporean warship stops robbery
The Resilience, a warship belonging to the Singapore Navy, helped foil a pirate attack yesterday in the Singapore Strait. The…
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VLOC scrapped in Pakistan
Germany’s Neu Seeschiffahrt has sold its very large ore carrier (VLOC) vessel Rebekkah N (255,300 dwt, 36,615 ldt; built 1990)…
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Samsung Heavy comes to Sungdong’s rescue
A rescue path has officially been laid out for Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Samsung Heavy Industries and the Export-Import…
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Rotterdam looks at Indonesian port development
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed a partnership agreement with the Indonesian Port Corporation Pelindo I to develop a…
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