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Social media use in shipping growing: ShipServ
London: Maritime and offshore e-marketplace ShipServ’s 2012 Internet and Social Media Use in Shipping Survey shows that the industry,…
Read More »Fredriksen offloads Seadrill tender-rig ops for $2.9bn
Kuala Lumpur: In a deal worth billions of dollars Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum, the nation's biggest oil and gas services…
Read More »Malaysian logistics firm buys into Thai shipyard
Bangkok: Malaysia’s Freight Management Holdings is spending RM2.5m to take a 25% stake in Thailand’s YKP-FM Global Shipyard. The…
Read More »Australian oil company gets nod for Thai drilling
Sydney: MEO Australia has said that the Thailand Department of Mineral Fuels, Ministry of Energy has formally approved the…
Read More »Thumbs down for COSCO Corp
Singapore: DBS Vickers has cut its target price for shipbuilder COSCO Corp (Singapore) Ltd to S$0.80 from S$0.88 and…
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Chevron’s Thai port plans draw environmental ire
Bangkok: American oil giant Chevron’s plans to build a deepsea port in the south of Thailand is meeting plenty of…
Read More » Singapore shipping charity drive
Singapore: Two well-known maritime firms in Singapore are taking divergent paths to raise money for charity, one opting for…
Read More »An industry divided: divergent sentiments for box and bulk
Singapore: It has been a busy week both for financial announcements and shipping social functions for SeaShip News. The…
Read More »Double contracts for SapuraKencana
Kuala Lumpur: SapuraKencana Petroleum’s subsidiary Allied Marine & Equipment has won a contract worth RM700m from Petronas Carigali for…
Read More »Keppel chosen for Fredriksen’s first FLNG project
Singapore: John Fredriksen’s Golar LNG made a big announcement yesterday, announcing plans to enter the FLNG market for the first…
Read More »Green light for Tangguh expansion
Jakarta: Jakarta has approved in principle a $12bn expansion of the Tangguh LNG facility in Papua, operator BP announced…
Read More »Queensland cruise development raises Singaporean ire
Singapore: The Queensland government and the Gold Coast City Council are likely to find themselves in a legal fight…
Read More »Rustibus targets Asian offshore market
Singapore: Norwegian surface treatment experts Rustibus are now marketing their offshore oil and gas range of EX approved machines…
Read More »Financing secured for Vietnamese oil exploration
Hanoi: PetroVietnam's Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) has signed a total of US$140m in credit contracts to develop an…
Read More »Oil find off Kuantan
Kuala Lumpur: The government announced yesterday that an oil field with estimated reserves of 64m barrels was discovered about 160…
Read More »Singapore’s MTQ launches Neptune Marine Services takeover
Perth: Neptune Marine Services Limited announced yesterday they have received a takeover bid from Singapore’s Blossomvale Investments Pte. Ltd., a…
Read More »Thoresen Thai looks to double fleet size
Bangkok: Thoresen Thai Agencies Plc (TTA) is looking to raise 9.9bn baht through a rights offering as it looks…
Read More »Hot spots for OSVs discussed
Singapore: The opening day at the NHST-organised Offshore Marine Asia looked at opportunities in the market both from a…
Read More »Labuan set for offshore transformation
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia is looking to ramp up offshore related investments in the Labuan area of Johor to make…
Read More »Hallin Marine completes $3m SURF project
Singapore: Hallin Marine has announced today the completion of a subsea infrastructure, umbilicals, risers and flowlines project at the…
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