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Petronas’ unit Gentari enters offshore wind sector with Northland Power deal in Taiwan
Petronas’ clean energy unit Gentari has marked its inaugural entry into the offshore wind segment buying into a project in…
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Molten salt nuclear power barge pitched to Indonesia
American nuclear power technology developer ThorCon is pushing ahead with the development of a 500 MW molten salt nuclear power…
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Penta-Ocean firms up Japanese wind farm deal
Japanese marine contractor Penta-Ocean Construction has secured a contract for the construction of turbine foundations and marine civil engineering works…
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Esben Poulsson: Maritime matters
Many of his peers in their eighth decade of existence might quite reasonably have reached for the slippers and cocoa.…
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MOL signs up for Elon Musk’s Starlink
Shipping’s satellite communications shake-up is now in full swing with Elon Musk disrupting the existing dominant players. Japan’s largest shipowner…
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Japan’s first offshore solar project presses ahead
Dutch-Norwegian floating solar specialist SolarDuck and its Japanese partners, Tokyu Land Corporation and Everblue Technologies, are pressing ahead with a…
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Voyager Worldwide hit by cyber attack
Maritime tech giant Voyager Worldwide has become the latest big name in maritime to be hit by a cyber attack.…
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South Korean trucker strike comes to an end
The majority of striking South Korean truckers returned to work today after a damaging 16-day walkout came to an end.…
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Trafigura charters Clean Sea methanol-powered product tanker in an industry first
Methanex subsidiary Waterfront Shipping has entered into a time charter with Trafigura for the 2021-built methanol dual-fuel product tanker .…
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Singapore Shipping Association teams with ClassNK for cyber security research
Singapore Shipping Association and the Japanese classification society ClassNK have joined forces to work on cyber security research. Under a…
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Pan Ocean invests in Korea’s top airline
Another shipping line is showing an interest in airlines. South Korea’s Pan Ocean has bought a 5% stake in Hanjin…
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Hyundai Heavy to develop ammonia FSRU
Hyundai Heavy Industries has begun to develop a floating storage re-gasification unit (FSRU) for ammonia in cooperation with Korea National…
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Interasia orders three more 3,055 teu ships
Singapore-based Interasia Lines has declared options for three 3,055 teu boxships at Japan Marine United (JMU), following on from an…
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Saipem exercises purchase option on Samsung drillship
Italy’s Saipem has exercised its purchase option on drillship currently on charter from Samsung Heavy Industries. The Milan-headquartered firm is…
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Marco Polo Marine marks Japanese offshore wind sector entry with K Line partnership
Singapore offshore vessel player and shipyard Marco Polo Marine is joining forces with Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K…
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Hyundai Heavy creates chief artificial intelligence officer position
Hyundai Heavy Industries has created the position of chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) in another marker about how South Korea’s…
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Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation pushes ahead with shipboard captured CO2 studies
The Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is issuing an invitation-for-proposal (IFP) to evaluate the safety, technical and operational…
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Oldendorff Carriers invests in BW-backed Alpha Ori Technologies
German dry bulk owner Oldendorff Carriers has signed a deal that will see it invest in BW Group-backed Alpha Ori…
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Yinson agrees new Angola FPSO deal
Malaysian floater operator Yinson has sealed an agreement with Azule Energy to start preliminary activities related to floating, production, storage…
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Trafigura seals $3bn Germany-backed loan for gas supply
Commodity trading giant Trafigura has agreed a $3bn German government-backed loan for gas supplies. The loan, jointly arranged and underwritten…
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